Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras : The Drug Cult That Civilized Europe.
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- 9780872868526
- 299/.15
- BL1585 .R835 2011
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prelude: The First Supper: Entheogens and the Origin of Religion -- Preface: Also Sprach Zarathustra -- One: The Entheogenic Eucharist of Mithras -- Two: Becoming One with God -- Three: The Water Miracle -- Four: Death by Bull's Blood -- Five: Mushrooms, Gorgons, and the Spring of Perseus -- Six: Attis under the Same Cap -- Seven: Pater, Magister Sacrorum -- Eight: A God for the End of Time -- Nine: The Bread of Heaven -- Ten: The Drama in the Sky -- Eleven: Freemasonry and the Survival of the Eucharistic Brotherhoods -- Envoi -- Appendix: The Mirgia Mushroom Among the Mithraic Yezidi -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
A fascinating tour of the mushroom-centered mystery religions which have profoundly influenced Western civilization.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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