Rami

In 1995 when i was socializing with the Nomadic Bedouins of Southern Jordan, i was particularly intrigued by one of the mythological stories related by the bedouins around the campfire. The story of the harmala plant concerned a variety of animals and birds endowed with the powers of reason and speech. It revolved primarily around a plant called Harmala, and how this shrub used to be an evil woman whose magic backfired on her. My fascination with the story led me to investigate, the history of the Harmala plant used in medical practice as well as spiritual rite.

Later in the spring of 1996 while while I was investigating the Harmla plant and it properties i was specially rewarded when i found out that the Bedouin Shaman of the Ammarin tribes of the Petra area were using Harmla seeds burnt with certain incense 'gum-resins' used for curing people possessed by the jinn, a treatment that often includes the beating of drums and the recitation of Koranic verses.

The techniques was taught by an Ammarin elder who lived in the early nineteenth century. A man that held many sacred keys and certain ancient knowledge in relation to the spirit of the lands he dwelt in. In the summer of 1996 i was able to reveal the secrets or the ''spiritual Science'' behind some of the Shamanic techniques and tools that he was using.

Upon the search for the bedouins mysteries i felt many similarities between bedouin's beliefs and the biblical beliefs and life style as related to us in the stories of Abraham and his grandsons. I was also encountering many tales and mythological stories of ''Solayman ben Dau'd'' or ''Solomon son of David'', then i realized that the bedouins holds many keys for unlocking many biblical mysteries that the western mind is unable to unlock of many biblical mystical symbols, stories and hidden knowledge.

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