Jesus and the Magic Mushroom

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Gnostic Media is excited to announce the special 40th Anniversary Edition of John Marco Allegro's The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, with an all-new foreword by Judith Anne Brown and afterword by Carl A.P. Ruck. In his groundbreaking book, Allegro explores the roots of several world religions by tracing the origin of key words to fertility cults, whose practices including ingesting hallucinogenic drugs.  Though originally condemned and vilified, recent evidence from many scholars and academic arenas have emerged which support Allegro's theories. Perhaps our world is now better equipped to do as Allegro hoped through his body of work - understand our origins so that we may free ourselves from dogma and consciously take responsibility for the lives we lead.

 

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Sacred Bliss

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-1861.html

 

 

 

Walking in Pacific Spirit Regional Park at this time of the year I get to see Aminita's both red's and brown's the size of dinner plates. 

god generated within

Highryder -- the "Jesus

Highryder -- the "Jesus smoked pot" researchers explain that the "Jesus did Shrooms" researchers were AGAINST the pot theory -- still there has to be some cross-over somewhere.... perhaps the wine at Cana? (Cana referred to Cannabis and not the name of a town? -- that one's hard to smoke!)

 here's from searching "Jesus smoked pot":

 

"In The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, Allegro translated the kaneh-bosm reference in Exodus as "aromatic cane", and I have quoted him here on how the anointing oil "could produce a kind of intoxicating belief in self-omniscience." Yet Allegro failed to make the rightful connection with cannabis, seeing instead another plant drug at use, the amanita muscaria mushroom. His writings reveal he was extremely prejudiced against cannabis, even going so far with his etymological arguments as to suggest that the Greek term "kannabis" somehow referred to a mushroom. Allegro never smoked marijuana, but his own observations of what he referred to as "the 'pot'-smokers of today, the weary dotards who wander listlessly round our cities and universities," caused him to discount any possible use of cannabis as a means of achieving spiritual ecstasy."

Asherah worship and Cannabis in Solomons Temple

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090909080037AAKHPBc

 

 

Cannabis was sacred to Asherah, who was worshipped in Solomon's temple for over two centuries.

The Hidden Story

http://www.rxdirect2u.com/p-cannabis.htm

 

I believe this Goddess exists.