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This sort of thing has been known for a long time.
Pagans have always done this.
When the Old Testament talks about witchcraft it uses a word that means drugs, we got our words pharmacy, pharmaceuticals etc.. from it’s root.
Philip K Dick wrote a book about an Episcopal priest who became so obsessed with the idea that the original Host was actually a hallucinogenic mushroom found in cave in the Middle East that he went out looking for it and was never found again, or died looking for it. The book is called The Transmigration of Timothy Archer and was based on a Bishop Pike.
It's not science when the agenda is so blatant.
A litte Peyote or Syllacibin makes a vision quest move along a whole lot smoother. :-)
Cannabis seeds are highly nutritious but they are not psychoactive so she can scratch that one off of the list.
This brings back reading all those novels about Carlos Castendeda, and the teachings of Don Juan.
Priestly elites were drunks and stoners
Far from being consumed for hedonistic purposes, drug plants and alcoholic drinks had a sacred role among prehistoric societies.
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Well, when every waking moment is consumed with keeping body and soul together, I don’t think one has the luxury of being drunk and stupid.
Herodotus tells how the Massagetae threw a plant on the fire (apparently marijuana) and became intoxicated from the smoke, comparing it to wine in Greece (1.102). He also tells how the Scythians threw cannabis seeds on the fire; the fumes would make them shriek with delight (4.75). He regards that (the fumes from the seeds) as how they got clean instead of bathing with water.
