Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher

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[crusty old prospector]

High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week. Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.

"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.

Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.

"The Bible says people see sounds, and that is a classic phenomenon," he said citing the example of religious ceremonies in the Amazon in which drugs are used that induce people to "see music."

He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.

He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were comparable to those produced by concoctions based on bark of the acacia tree, that is frequently mentioned in the Bible.

[crusty old prospector]

Dude, pass some more of the crazy toadstools.

[caver]

IBTZ!

[NordP]

Weeeellll....he had a pretty steady hand to carve out all those 20...ah, 10 Commandments in stone, considering (according to this story) he was “stoned” himself.

[mountainlyons]

I wonder what this guy is on?

[poobear]

It’s nice to see other religions have their nut cases and fringe!

[the OlLine Rebel]

Why?

[Artemis Webb]

Oh chill out!

There’s no zot here.

[agere_contra]

What was he on when he parted the Red Sea?

[Always Right]

LOL, so all that smoke was not from a burning bush, but just Moses smoking weed. Too funny the levels that ‘researchers’ stoop to.

[the OlLine Rebel]

LOL - in Islam, “nutcases and fringe” are the norm. Come up with a story like this and he’d be “stoned”, or preferrably, decapitated.

[crusty old prospector]

He must have also given some to Pharaoh so as to help deceive him with his magic tricks, like the plagues.

[tx_eggman]

Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.

No surprise there ...

[Enosh]

"The Bible says people see sounds"

Chapter/verse, please.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Pharoah, and all his subjects. That’s a lot of weed.

[crusty old prospector]

Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology...

No surprise there.

[theDentist]

That’s right: The Easter is just around the corner... Passover a bit further on. But it’s never too early to denigrate religious observances.

[LetsRok]

Carved in stone? That is a fairy tale. Maybe later, but not at the time they were declared.

[bmwcyle]

Yes and Moses only thought he saw the water part and the tripping people really walked across on top of the water. /sarcasm

[NordP]

I KNEW I should have put "/sarc" after my post...thought I didn't need to. Teach me to think.

[RetiredArmy]

Sure. He was there. He saw it in person. He knows FOR SURE EXACTLY what was going on. Right. Just like all these so called experts on everything back in history. They ALL KNOW now what happened back then. They are THE EXPERTS, in their own mines that is. /sarcasm still on very heavy