UB40 - Red Red Wine

Spiritually High!





Today we would learn about being Spiritually High...Yes..You got it! Alcohol!



Why is alcohol called spirit?

• From late 14c. in alchemy as "volatile substance; distillate;" from c. 1500 as "substance capable of uniting the fixed and the volatile elements of the philosopher's stone." Hence spirits "volatile substance;" sense narrowed to "strong alcoholic liquor" by 1670s.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=spirit





So what do we call alcohol in Sanskrit?



It is called मद्यसार (madhyasAra) and at times just मद्य(madya).



An alcoholic is called मद्यप(madyapa)..which literally means drinker of alcohol.





But anyway since we are talking about spirits and getting high here, how does this relate to Spirituality?



Well it does..just watch a man high on alcohol he would be a divine mystic!



Enjoy the Red Red Wine song! But remember DO NOT DRINK and DO NOT GET SPIRITUALLY HIGH!