The entheogen theory of religion

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	"Broad-ranging.  Psychoactive mushrooms are fundamental to Christmas symbolism, ancient Egyptian religion of experiential rebirth, Christianity, Vajrayana Buddhism."

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	"The ancient Age of Entheogens and the transition to Christian orthodoxy.  See my Amazon area for more information."

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	"This 2000 book, like Heinrich's 1995 book Strange Fruit, covers ergot and other use of entheogens in Jewish origins"

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	"Amanita is the Christian entheogen and the subject of alchemy.  Evidence in art.  Insightful proposals about ergot.  Also look up his earlier edition, Strange Fruit, with reviews."

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	"Covers entheogens in Hellenistic and Christian myth.  Evidence for entheogens in art & myth, emphasis on Amanita."

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	"Shows that psychoactives were utterly commonplace in antiquity.  Shows drug prohibition is historically an aberrance, and when it was tried, was always disastrous."

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	"Collection of writings on entheogens by a popular and widely respected comparative religion scholar."

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	"Ergot in Jewish origins and Jewish mysticism.  Tradition of rational, entheogenic short path to religious experience."

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	"Integrated coverage of mysticism and entheogens, good bibliography"

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	"The Jesus figure largely represents the mushroom and experiential allegory inspired by the mystic altered state."

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	"Defines eras: The Age of Entheogens, The Pharmacratic Inquisition, and The Entheogenic Reformation.  Includes The Angels' Dictionary -- sophisticated entheogen-aware definitions of religious terms."

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	"Searches out the entheogen references in the Old Testament, providing an essentially entheogenic perspective and explanation of the source of Biblical religious experiencing."

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	"Proposes that ergot was transfered from wild grain to cultivated grain, then soaked and filtered with water, to provide the entheogenic kykeon beverage for the Eleusinian mystery-religion."

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	"See my Amazon area for more information."