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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ruck, Carl Anton Paul (1935-....)
Hoffman, Mark Alwin
González Celdrán, José Alfredo (1963-....)
Titre(s) : Mushrooms, myth & mithras [Texte imprimé] : the drug cult that civilized Europe / Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark A. Hoffman, José Alfredo González Celdrán
Publication : San Francisco : City Lights, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (290 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Comprend : Preamble : the first supper: the shamanic origin of religion ; Preface : Also sprach
Zarathustra ; The entheogenic eucharist of Mithras ; Becoming one with God ; The
water miracle ; Death by bull's blood ; Ass's ears ; Fire, mushrooms, and sexual
procreation / R. Gordon Wasson ; Mushrooms, gorgons, and the spring of Perseus ;
Menhirs ; Attis under the same cap ; The Persian, keeper of the fruits ; Pater,
magister sacrorum ; A God for the end of time ; The drama in the sky ; Freemasonry
and the survival of the eucharistic brotherhoods.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index
Anthropological evidence has long suggested that psychedelic plants have played important
roles in indigenous communities for thousands of years, but most scholarship does
not address their formative impact on Western culture ; Through careful studies of
art and archeology, Mushrooms, Myth Mithras reveals compelling evidence that ritual
use of psychedelic mushrooms was a powerful and closely guarded inspirational force
in the development of early European culture. We discover that Nero was the first
in a long line of Roman emperors to be initiated by secret "magical dinners" in which
mind-altering mushrooms were used as a source of spiritual awakening. Although this
sect was officially banned after Roman conversion to Christianity, aspects of its
practices and teachings went on to influence many subsequent secret societies, including
the Freemasons. --Book Jacket
Sujet(s) : Champignons hallucinogènes -- Religion
Mithraïsme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780872864702. - ISBN 0872864707 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45228092b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45228092
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