Talk:Dragon's blood

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[edit] POV

"The use of it, however, in a Native American ceremony is an obvious indicator that the ceremony is NOT an authentic Native American ritual and is most likely from a fraudulent source, as the plants were not available in North America until it was brought from Europe it was obviously never used in "traditional" or ancient Native American ceremonies."

- While it may be true, this statement is written in a very POV fashion. Needs severely reworded. Shador5529 15:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misguided Ancients?

"Due to the belief that it is the blood of the mythical animal, the dragon, it was also used in alchemy and for ritual magic." I have read many of the primary medieval sources that mention this substance, and not one has asserted that it is really the blood of a dragon. It doesn't even vaguely resemble blood unless you melt it, whereupon it becomes bright red and blood-like. It doubtless was used in alchemy and ritual magic, but those uses are not separate from its use as incense which I have added to the list of uses. Since that claim is unsourced and seemingly contradicted by personal experience, I have removed it to this page. 209.30.170.226 13:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)