... they know about sacred plants. Then to keep power, they institute ... the Pharmacratic Inquisition. ... that inquisition has metamorphosized to the current...
There are only 2 typical alternatives today when writing books about esotericism: Alternative A: mysterious esotericism. o Hard-to-follow o Convoluted,...
... otherworld altered-state figuration, even though it is drug-negative. The Philosopher's Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination Patrick Harpur ...
From http://timothyfreke.com -- August 1, 2005 -- condensed excerpts: I am going to do more radio interviews. I presented 'stand-up philosophy' events and...
From http://timothyfreke.com -- journal entry May 9, 2005 -- New Documentary On Mythic Christ -- "This week I will be conducting a phone interview which will...
Yearbook for Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness Editors: Christian Ratsch, John R.Baker http://www.vwb-verlag.com/reihen/Periodika/jb_ethno.html This...
I found the original glaringly, obviously preposterous quote Freke & Gandy used (repeated w/o attribution, as if an inside joke): The highly drug-positive,...
A few issues ago, Cannabis Culture magazine decided to quit covering drug policy reform activism and become like High Times magazine instead. It used to have...
"Your faith has made you whole"; "your faith has saved you"; the unpardonable sin is unbelief in the holy spirit -- rescue from self-control chaos in the light...
The first devil to break away from is naive self-control and naive freewill, seeking the relatively transcendent firm grasp and comprehension that the world is...
In intense altered-state mythic metaphor, 3 themes of gods, monsters, and heroes often work together. These themes primarily concern, first and foremost,...
... even though it is relatively transcendent compared to the naive initiate. Correction: the naive noninitiate. ... stable mental control system in the light...
Religious myth passes on through the generations of a society the keys to continued survival of that people. The key to survival and sustained viable healthy...
The dissociative-state Hell-experience is rationally realizing that you have no rational reason to trust the hidden mysterious source of your near-future...
... Divine rescue from the jaws of hell -- salvific rescue -- is, trans-rationally being given trust in the mysterious, uncontrollable, hidden source of one's...
The so-called "anti-Christian graffiti" showing a donkey on a cross, with inscription like "Apulius worships his god", makes sense: 'donkey' = God = the hidden...
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p. 147 Godwin continues the idea: "Herculean Initiate ... grasping a bunch of poppies ... The poppies suggest that the Eleusinian Mysteries ... inviolved the...
Mystery Religions in the Ancient World Joscelyn Godwin http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060631406/ 1981, Thames and Hudson This book is a mixture...
God: A Brief History John Bowker http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789480506/ 2002 DK Publishing p. 272 shows an illustration / illumination of...
http://jaimeherbaba.com/life%20Eternal/Book%20one/Drugs.htm Early, he wrote: "The main object of intoxicants in the ancient past was spiritual. Seekers then...
The Acid Trip: A Complete Guide to Psychedelic Music Vernon Joynson http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0907188249/ 1984 A cover scan is available...