The Passion Flower is widely used as a medicinal herb to treat
nervous disorders, insomnia, and anxiety. It also reduces spasms and
depresses the central nervous system. A thousand monkeys writing on a
thousand typewriters for a thousand years wouldn't be able to come up with a
reasonable explanation as to why this sense-deadening plant has anything to
do with passion. Oh sure, the fruit is tasty, but so are Reese's Peanut
Butter Cups, and we don't see those being sold as Lust Cups.
It's woody vine and flowers form crosses (?) which reminded early pilgrims of the "passion"
(or suffering) of Christ. That's all well and good, but there are a couple
of problems here. First, pilgrims saw Christ in pretty much
everything up to and including sticky buns. Second, heathens today wouldn't
know Christ if he floated down from heaven on a monkey-powered Vespa and bit
them in the ass. So, what does the Passion Flower remind us of? How does the
Passion Flower speak to our souls?
Those tendrils remind us of cheesy
special effects from the early 1980s, which is why the Passion Flower shall
now be known as "Mutara Nebula" from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
The Passion Flower is widely used as a medicinal herb to treat
nervous disorders, insomnia, and anxiety. It also reduces spasms and
depresses the central nervous system. A thousand monkeys writing on a
thousand typewriters for a thousand years wouldn't be able to come up with a
reasonable explanation as to why this sense-deadening plant has anything to
do with passion. Oh sure, the fruit is tasty, but so are Reese's Peanut
Butter Cups, and we don't see those being sold as Lust Cups.
It's woody vine and flowers form crosses (?) which reminded early pilgrims of the "passion"
(or suffering) of Christ. That's all well and good, but there are a couple
of problems here. First, pilgrims saw Christ in pretty much
everything up to and including sticky buns. Second, heathens today wouldn't
know Christ if he floated down from heaven on a monkey-powered Vespa and bit
them in the ass. So, what does the Passion Flower remind us of? How does the
Passion Flower speak to our souls? 
