The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East

O livro é curioso em alguns pontos, e histórico em outros, mas em alguns pontos se perde na ideia principal e tudo se torna o culto aos cogumelos.

Interesting perspectives on psilocybin and Christianity. While I don't necessarily agree with the majority of what is written, the author definitely drew my attention to some key symbolism in the OT.

This is a fun read if you want to hear a philologist make a fun and compelling argument. My scholastic opinion. I wouldn't really put too much onus on one person's argument as an opportunity to come "the truth" on any subject. There are many compelling arguments that discard Allegro's views. Off the top of my head, there's the cost of transcription, the loss of human life, and the choice of the amanita muscaria mushroom as his specified psychedelic. I find it hard to believe that someone would be willing to be torn apart by lions, skinned alive, crucified, etc., over a psychoactive plant that pretty much the entirety of the ancient world was well aware of, i.e. Natural History by Pliny The Elder. Not to mention the other recent historical findings that this book couldn't have accounted for since its publication predates them.Would I recommend it? Absolutely! Pleasurable read! Would I put religious value in it as a debunking of Christianity, well of course not. I would never put all my belief in a single argument, by a single author, in a single book. That would be foolishness.

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A book for people who like to be tickled by outlandish ideas and insights.Is it true? Who knows. Does it matter? Not really. Just be a nice person.