Classicist and Christian theologian Dr. Ammon Hillman says the historical Jesus took many entheogenic drugs as part of the mystery cult he formed with his very young apostles. This was in keeping with a long imperial Greek and Roman practice of mystery school initiations, like the famous Eleusinian Mysteries many great Western thinkers like Aristotle participated in for mystic visions, divine knowledge, and esoteric understanding.
So Jesus got high in Gethsemane and other places around ancient Palestine?
The Secret Eleusinian Mystery Cult (School) for drug initiation
The Eleusinian rites, ceremonies, and beliefs, like those of other "mystery schools," were kept secret on pain of death and consistently preserved from antiquity [6].
For the initiated, the rebirth of the Greek Goddess Persephone symbolized the eternity of life that flows from generation to generation, and they believed that they would have a reward in the afterlife [7, 8].
There are many paintings and pieces of pottery that depict various aspects of these Mysteries. Since the Mysteries involved visions and conjuring of an afterlife, some modern scholars believe that the power and longevity of the Eleusinian Mysteries -- a consistent set of rites, ceremonies, and experiences that spanned two millennia -- came from psychedelic/entheogenic drugs [9, 10].
The name of the town, Eleusis, seems to be pre-Greek and is likely a counterpart with Elysium and the Goddess Eileithyia [11].
Drug-induced mysticism
ETYMOLOGY: Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) was the name of the "mysteries" [occult, esoteric knowledges] of the City of Eleusis.
The name of the City Eleusis was established before ancient Greece, likely related to the Goddess Eileithyia [12]. Her name Ἐλυσία ("Elysia") in Laconia and Messene probably relates her with the month Eleusinios and Eleusis [13], but this is debated [14].
The Ancient Greek word from which English "mystery" derives, mystḗrion (μυστήριον), means "mystery or secret rite" [15] and is related to the verb myéō (μυέω), which means "(I) teach, initiate into the mysteries" [16], and the noun mýstēs (μύστης), which means "one initiated" [17].
The word mystikós (μυστικός), source of the English word "mystic," means "connected with the mysteries" or "private," "secret" (as in Modern Greek) [18]. More
The Psychedelic Christ recovers a forgotten possibility: that early Christianity preserved an [entheogen assisted mystery school] initiatory technology of transformation — centered on the [drug] Son of Man, the light body, and a sacramental [consumption of a] catalyst that was later suppressed, symbolized, or lost.
Drawing on the [official, canonical Christian] Gospels, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Essene mysticism, Egyptian and Greek mystery [school] traditions, and modern neuroscience, William Henry explores the hypothesis that Jesus' teachings about being "born from above" and entering the Kingdom of God were not theological abstractions — but references to an experiential, embodied transformation.
(World Science Festival) Nearly every culture throughout history has used substances that alter consciousness for spiritual exploration. In the 20th century these entheogens (substances that reveal the divine within) caught the attention of scientists. Psychedelics (mind or soul manifesting chemicals), as they were named, proved effective at treating intractable illnesses like depression and drug addiction. And they became a tool for studying the mind, opening “the doors of perception,” as Aldous Huxley wrote.
There is much more to life than what we see.
But these doors were slammed shut by President Dick Nixon, who declared psychedelics "dangerous" and "medically useless." Join scientists and “psychonauts” (explorers of the psyche) who are now picking up where research left off 50 years ago, experimenting with LSD, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), DMT, and other psychedelics to heal — and reveal — the mind. The Big Ideas Series is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation.
PARTICIPANTS: Prof. Alison Gopnik, Eduardo Kohn, Stephen Ross, Anil Seth
25:17 - Psilocybin testing on religious professionals
27:59 - The shaman’s message from the rainforest
31:04 - Rainforest soundscape
33:03 - Mind altering experiences without drugs
37:03 - Philosophical questions about psychedelics
42:37 - Can psychedelics restore brain plasticity?
45:16 - Measuring randomness of brain activity
51:58 - Psychedelic drugs as medicine
58:38 - Psilocybin cancer study participants film and Q&A
1:04:43 - Treating psychiatric disorders with psychedelics
1:09:23 - Micro-dosing and “freelancing” psychedelics
1:13:50 - Medical complications and medication interactions
1:18:14 - The future of psychedelics in science
PROGRAM CREDITS
Produced by Nils Kongshaug. Associate Producer by Emmalina Glinskis. Short films produced and edited by Vin Liota. Music provided by APM. Additional images and footage provided by Getty Images, Shutterstock, Videoblocks. Recorded at NYU Skirball Center. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.
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Santa Claus was a Mushroom!
Joe Rogan talks about Christian English archeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar John Marco Allegro and his amazing research. It rocked the Catholic Church because it proved that the Amanita muscaria "fly agaric" mushroom was what Jesus Christ symbolized -- showing the connection to Nordic Siberian Pagan (Swedish Sami) Santa Claus and the many clues to his origin as a symbol of this very special reindeer mushroom. No one would believe it, particularly out of the mouth of whacky Joe Rogan, but the scholarly evidence is all there laid out in Allegro's book, once banned by the Church, now available because the truth will not remain concealed.
The book follows the development of language and religions, myths, and cult practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, using etymology, that the roots of Christianity and many other religions, are in fertility cults.
Cool, man, I'm a Western cultural icon.
Furthermore, cult practices, such as consuming visionary plants (entheogens, "mind-making" psychedelics) to perceive the "mind of God," persisted into the early Christian era.
This continued into the 13th century with reoccurrences in the 18th century and mid-20th century, as Allegro interprets the fresco at Plaincourault Chapel: It is an accurate depiction of the ritual ingestion of Amanita muscariamagic mushroom as the Eucharist.
Allegro argues that Jesus never existed as a historical figure but was a mythological creation of early Christians under the influence of psychoactive mushroom extracts such as psilocybin (Ibid.)More
What do biblical scholars and researchers have to say about the pro-Roman Bible and Jesus?
The Truth About Christianity: AstroTheology, Magic Mushrooms...
Let us rejoice that the truth is out and can be shared. Let believers look into it. This documentary is made possible by Eric Dubay, D.M. Murdock, Kenneth Humphreys, Timothy Freke, John M. Allegro, Jordan Maxwell, Varg Vikernes, and Bill Donahue. Want to see only the evidence for what is being said? Skip to 29:43 and begin watching there. Spend some time doing research of these claim. The evidence is overwhelming. Research Christianity for yourself. Don't take anyone's word for it. There are books on astrotheology and mushrooms with numerous websites with information on these subjects. Here are some findings about astro-theology and more: TruthCenterResearch.com (twitter.com/TruthCenter1).
Oxford scholar proves Jesus was a Mushroom Historians and theologians have long debated the “real story” of [the SUN god] Jesus. Sure, the Bible says he was the son of God, born to a virgin in the stables of Bethlehem — but that’s just one take on it.
Some believe that Jesus (Joshua, Issa, Y'shua) was a real person and that the stories of his supernatural powers are made up. Others feel that the Jesus we read about is a composite of several historical people.
The evidence of who/what “Jesus” really is is clear. Allegro takes as a starting point something that’s perplexed other biblical scholars for centuries: When translating the Bible from the original Hebrew, there are some words that seem out of place. Allegro's book was banned by the Vatican. But it got out and is now available to serious scholars and those reevaluating psychedelics. More
The Holy Mushroom: Evidence of Mushrooms in Judeo-Christianity (FREE PDF) by J.R. Irvin
is a critical re-evaluation of the schism between John M. Allegro and R.
Gordon Wasson over the theory on the entheogenic origins of Christianity
presented in The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross.
Learn more. This highly compelling film offers a front row seat on an around the world exploration of how individuals, groups, and entire cultures tap into an alternative “true reality” through spirituality, meditation, and entheogens.
Join Michelle Rodriguez (of Fast and the Furious fame) and Zappy Zapolin as they meet with thought leaders from around the world, including Bruce Lipton, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Marianne Williamson, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Foster Gamble, Gerard Armond Powell, and many more, on their journey to find the reality of truth.
WHAT'S IN THIS FILM?
Easter magic mushrooms
0:13 Manna from heaven 0:29 The Reality of Truth intro - my life was about to change 1:26 I call up Deepak Chopra 2:00 Is there a plant sacrament connection? 2:14 Deepak talks about ancient religious possible connection to mushrooms 2:53 Deepak explains that we are all connected and the hallucination of separation 4:03 Could these sacred ancient plants be the solution to our problems? 4:32 Let's help enlighten people 4:45 Did Deepak Chopra tell me to go to Peru and drink ayahuasca tea? 4:58 Gerard Armond Powell's story begins - struggling with addiction and unhappiness 5:33 Who I am - Zappy's story - living the American dream 6:57 We need to change our collective consciousness to solve the world's problems. 7:54 I talked to Deepak's friends about reality 8:07 Marianne Williamson 8:26 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - beyond the 3 states of consciousness 8:55 Bruce Lipton - reflecting light as a forcefield of energy 10:15 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - teaches transcendental meditation 11:09 John Hagelin continues Maharishi's teachings 12:03 Dr. Fred Travis 13:36 I talked to religious teachers about meditation 13:56 Joel Osteen 15:20 Peter Coyote talks about his psychedelic experiences 15:36 Fabian Piorkowsky talks about how ayahuasca ceremonies use two separate plants that use chemicals our bodies produce. 16:02 Foster Gamble's movie "Thrive" - Foster talks about changing global consciousness 16:46 Aubrey Marcus talks about his experiences with ayahuasca 17:13 Amazon John Easterling - it's like ten year's of therapy in 7 hours 17:25 Kundalini Yoga icon Gurmukh teaches celebrities 18:44 Tim Booth - these plants are powerful tools 19:46 Dr. Drew Pinsky talks about the medicine 20:08 Dr. Jeff McNairy - 10 to 12 years of psychotherapy in 1 to 2 sessions 20:25 Shiva Rea - insight into plant medicine 21:01 Ram Dass - Richard Alpert - Worked with Timothy Leary at Harvard with psychedelics 21:44 Study shows 60% of alcoholics that took psilocybin were cured of alcoholism 22:24 A talk with Ram Dass 22:54 I decide to take a journey with friends 23:43 San Pedro 24:22 Fredy Puma - Shaman 25:13 Experience the healing effects 25:28 Daniel Macmillan - what drew him 26:14 Adam Singer - plant medicine ceremonies 27:08 We take the journey 27:30 Michelle Rodriguez - her San Pedro experience 28:50 Why suffer? 30:31 20 years of pain lifted 31:22 Enrique Umbert 31:49 Each person has a pattern - ayahuasca can change the pattern 32:38 Day of ayahuasca ceremony 32:49 My ayahuasca experience 33:27 Why do bad things happen? 34:47 Michelle Rodriguez talks about her ayahuasca experience 37:13 Laurent Levy 37:32 The plants will help your will to transform 38:38 Back to reality 38:56 Nature provides healing medicines 39:10 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - breathing technique 39:54 Altered states of consciousness 40:47 Psychonauts gather 45:35 We should set up a haven for like-minded people in Costa Rica 45:50 Was it making a difference? 46:30 Gerard Armond Powellcalls 46:58 The moon comes to Gerard Armond Powell 47:08 Gerard Armond Powell - addictions - Ibogaine experience helps come to grips with childhood trauma 48:39 Gerard Armond Powell goes back to the moon 50:02 Gerard Armond Powell hasn't touched drugs since 50:14 Brandee Alessandra talks about her experience 51:11 Plant medicine helps Brandee and Gerard Armond Powell find happiness together 52:18 Gerard Armond Powell broke his addiction in 1 plant medicine session and set up a center to expand consciousness, heal, and break addiction 52:52 The moon helps Gerard Armond Powell make the right choices 53:15 Rythmia in Costa Rica 53:46 Rythmia - spiritual growth - Rev. Michael Beckwith "The Answer Is You" 54:44 The miracle you get at Rythmia is the Reality of Truth 55:25 My journey has been worth it 57:33 Plant-based medicine, meditation, and breathing are all tools of ancient spiritual tradition 58:05 Ayahuasca in a clean, safe, and comfortable place 58:11 Credits 1:04:59
Meditate with Deepak Chopra, Michelle, Zappy, WQ, and friends:
What HERB makes a persontelepathic? Western "ayahuasca" -- Syrian rue, which contains the alkaloid telepathine or harmine.
Chris Everard presents a special episode that takes us on a psychedelic mystery tour to investigate the powerful mind-bending sacred plants that inspired the great religions. These ancient plants were traded by the prehistoric druid cultures of Europe. The shamans of Mexico were very familiar with them as well, deriving the essential substance from various plant sources. It exists in many things, even butterfly wings, and the human body saturating the mysterious pineal gland.
Telepathine
Harmine, also known as "telepathine," is a fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the beta-carboline family of compounds. It occurs in a number of different plants, most notably the Middle Eastern plant harmal or Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) and the South American vine Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca, yage, natema).
Harmine reversibly inhibits monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A), an enzyme which breaks down monoamines, making it a RIMA. Harmine selectively binds to MAO-A but does not inhibit the variant MAO-B. More
Pres. Obama has announced the deployment of more Special Op troops to Syria in a move that nearly doubles the U.S. presence. This is just days after the Obama administration announced more ground troops sent to Iraq.
The U.S. is now fighting a "war" against the CIA's creation, which Russia was ready to reveal and wipe out for what it is, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, ISIL, ISIS crisis, nonsense. As the U.S. spreads in Iraq and Syria, DN! speaks with legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.
War hawk like a nice-Cheney
He has just published a new book titled The Killing of Osama bin Laden. The intro reads:
"It’s now evident, fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, that Obama’s foreign policy has maintained many of the core elements of the Global War on Terror initiated by his predecessor [George W. Bush and Dick Cheney] -- [illegal] assassinations, drone attacks, heavy reliance on special forces, covert operations and, in the case of Afghanistan, the continued use of American ground forces in combat. And, as in the years of Bush and Cheney, there has been no progress, let alone victory, in the fight against terrorism." More
Millions of refugees seek one thing we all take for granted: a home.
While many of us are aware of the plight of the refugees, there has been very little focus on what can be done to help.
[What can YOU do? I don't know!] What you do know is that you #CantDoNothing. Choose to share your voice, money, or time to make a massive change in the world.
Step 1: Take a photo with your #CantDoNothing sign or film a video to share how you are choosing to help.
Step 2: Post photo or video to a social outlet; tell us why you #CantDoNothing.
Step 3: Tag 3 friends to do the same, and join the movement!
DOAM
(DOAM: Documenting Oppression Against Muslims)Greek Coast Guard deliberately sinking refugee boats: A Coast Guard vessel sank an inflatable boat full of refugees,
including women and children, that was trying to reach safety by landing on the Greek islands in the
Aegean Sea, video footage released by a Turkish Coast Guard officer
shows. Turkish security sources say the Greek Coast Guard
punctured the inflatable rubber dinghy with some sort of “lance.” The Turkish Coast Guard unit rescued 58 refugees and took them back to Didim Port.
This footage shows aerial views of UNESCO World Heritage Site Palmyra after Syrian government forces
backed by Russian airstrikes -- ordered by dictator Vlad Putin to make a point and to show up the United States and their clandestine creation "Isis" -- drove "Islamic State" (Isis, Isil, Dinesh, IS) fighters from the site.
Trust me. I don't care about the environment -- as long as running it into the ground is good for business, as long as I'm making a profit. We're going to be great again. Trust me (AP).
Airdropped UN food baskets miss Syria target. The Latest on Syria and provisional cease-fire proposed by U.S. and Russian dictator Putin (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via AP)
Gaga, 29, was "sexually assaulted" when she was 19. The song "Til It Happens to You," written with Diane Warren and a nominee for best original song, appears in "The Hunting Ground," a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses that was directed by Kirby Dick.
Songwriter Diane Warren and a prim Lady Gaga making a comeback (mail.com).
BROOKLYN, New York - The collapse of the case was no surprise after a series of revelations that challenged the woman's initial story that she'd been attacked by a group of boys who drove off her father with a gun to get her alone. Cellphone video snippets had emerged, showing the woman smiling, with her clothes partially removed, during the Jan. 7 encounter.
More disturbingly, the boys told police that when they encountered the woman, she was having sex with her father in the Brooklyn park. "That night, this young woman's father and the five young men engaged in conduct that was reprehensible and wrong," Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said, "but because of the lack of reliable evidence, criminal charges simply cannot be sustained."
The boys had been charged with rape, criminal sex act, sexual abuse, and other charges. They have said the encounter was consensual and maintained their innocence. Prosecutors will ask a judge next week to formally dismiss the charges against Travis Beckford, Onandi Brown, Denzel Murray, Shaquell Cooper, and Ethan Phillip, who range in age from 14 to 17, a spokesman for Thompson said. Authorities have no plans to charge the woman, who's 18.
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Let us rejoice that the truth is out and can be shared. Let believers look into it. This documentary is made possible by Eric Dubay, D.M. Murdock, Kenneth Humphreys, Timothy Freke, John M. Allegro, Jordan Maxwell, Varg Vikernes, and Bill Donahue. Want to see only the evidence for what is being said? Skip to 29:43 and begin watching there. Spend some time doing research of these claim. The evidence is overwhelming. Research Christianity for yourself. Don't take anyone's word for it. There are books on astrotheology and mushrooms with numerous websites with information on these subjects. Here are some findings about astro-theology and more: TruthCenterResearch.com (twitter.com/TruthCenter1). 
Historians and theologians have long debated the “real story” of [the SUN god] Jesus. Sure, the Bible says he was the son of God, born to a virgin in the stables of Bethlehem — but that’s just one take on it.
Learn more. This highly compelling film offers a front row seat on an around the world exploration of how individuals, groups, and entire cultures tap into an alternative “true reality” through spirituality, meditation, and entheogens.
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