The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross [playlist]
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:37 am
I recorded this audiobook, because none of the currently available amateur recordings actually record the entire readable section of the book. The first 200 or so pages are readable although difficultly so.
This book is largely about language connections, however make no mistake, this is not a fringe author; maybe a fringe topic, but the author may as well be royalty. John Marco Allegro was one of the men hired for the official Dead Sea Scrolls translation team. He was the only agnostic on the team, this and his thesis along with this publication cost him absolutely everything, his reputation and his career.
His contemporary, R. Gordon Wasson eventually admitted defeat, it was posthumously printed in Persephone's Quest, he stated that he was wrong and that John Allegro was right that amanita muscaria (magic mushrooms) could be found in the garden of eden story in genesis in the holy bible.
R. Gordon Wasson and John Allegro were arguably the biggest names in this field of study, entheogens, which was the study of plant drugs as the origin of religion.
Wasson wrote a lengthy hardback called SOMA where he essentially made the firm case that amanita muscaria was written about in parables in the Rig Veda and that it was the long sought after ingredient to SOMA, a holy drink of the far east traditions. Enjoy. I apologize in advance for the low audio levels.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... z_OUO4bbhU
This book is largely about language connections, however make no mistake, this is not a fringe author; maybe a fringe topic, but the author may as well be royalty. John Marco Allegro was one of the men hired for the official Dead Sea Scrolls translation team. He was the only agnostic on the team, this and his thesis along with this publication cost him absolutely everything, his reputation and his career.
His contemporary, R. Gordon Wasson eventually admitted defeat, it was posthumously printed in Persephone's Quest, he stated that he was wrong and that John Allegro was right that amanita muscaria (magic mushrooms) could be found in the garden of eden story in genesis in the holy bible.
R. Gordon Wasson and John Allegro were arguably the biggest names in this field of study, entheogens, which was the study of plant drugs as the origin of religion.
Wasson wrote a lengthy hardback called SOMA where he essentially made the firm case that amanita muscaria was written about in parables in the Rig Veda and that it was the long sought after ingredient to SOMA, a holy drink of the far east traditions. Enjoy. I apologize in advance for the low audio levels.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... z_OUO4bbhU