The sacred mushroom and the cross
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
Christianity, origin
Mushrooms
Language and languages, study and teaching
Interpretation
Language, style
Primitive and early church
Symbolism
Origin
Mythology
Criticism, interpretation
Church history
Jews
Folklore
Religious aspects
Religion
Bible
Christianity
History
The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plant…
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