The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
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- Author：John Marco Allegro
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Reviews
Kamran Ali
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Very compelling hypothesis about Mushrooms in Sumer supported by linguistic evidences， but to me it felt like too much at some point。 There are so many linguistic references and at the end most of them are either a Penis， a Vulva or something related to them or fertility。 But since I have had my own Psychedelic experience， I can imagine how it might have worked out for ancient people tripping on Mushrooms and actually experiencing God like entities and forming a religion out of it。 PS: I read it Very compelling hypothesis about Mushrooms in Sumer supported by linguistic evidences， but to me it felt like too much at some point。 There are so many linguistic references and at the end most of them are either a Penis， a Vulva or something related to them or fertility。 But since I have had my own Psychedelic experience， I can imagine how it might have worked out for ancient people tripping on Mushrooms and actually experiencing God like entities and forming a religion out of it。 PS: I read it through a poorly compiled eBook that I found for free， so I could not properly get the references in the book。 Because of that， I am sure I missed a lot of information being conveyed。 Also I did not read bible before， so all the old and new testament references were totally unfamiliar to me。 。。。more
hawk
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a flash of recognition when I stumbled across this title and cover photo - I can't remember much of the content， but have a body-brain response。 one of the fascinating reference books（*） I read in the library while writing an essay over 30 years ago。 great to become reacquainted with it 🙂🍄（* along with 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality' by R。 Gordon Wasson） a flash of recognition when I stumbled across this title and cover photo - I can't remember much of the content， but have a body-brain response。 one of the fascinating reference books（*） I read in the library while writing an essay over 30 years ago。 great to become reacquainted with it 🙂🍄（* along with 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality' by R。 Gordon Wasson） 。。。more
Steve Meli
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I found it first off very difficult to read。 It was very interesting and that is from someone who went to Catholic school my entire life but eventually strayed away。 The book seems to ramble on from page to page then release one tidbit of intriguing information that leads the reader to want to keep going。 I eventually got lost in the minutia and stopped reading。 Unless you are a strong reader and willing to devote the time go for it…
Jaime Roth
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By far the most blasphemous book I’ve ever read。 Brings up a lot of questions; but for me， not enough answers to find it convincing。
Popa
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Lindsey
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I'm not academically qualified to give this review， but this easily would've been my edgelord 16 year old self's favorite book。 And we probably should bring back worshipping mushrooms。 I'm not academically qualified to give this review， but this easily would've been my edgelord 16 year old self's favorite book。 And we probably should bring back worshipping mushrooms。 。。。more
Kelsey
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I really enjoyed reading about the connections he makes through language。 For anyone interested， I’ll say it may be difficult for those who don’t like certain faiths questioned。 If your open， it’s quite interesting。 It does get dry at points， but overall enjoyable。
Rediheem
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This book are very awesome。
Devin
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Joe rogan/jordan peterson rec
JACOB STONE
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Well。。 that was interesting。。Never before have I read anything that has in a baffling yet convincing way dismantled the three major religions present in our everyday lives。。
Ryan D
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The writing is extremely difficult to follow。 Very interesting though。。。
Matson Adams
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According to Allegro， the ancients had 10，000 words for “Dick” and “Mushroom” and the Bible took advantage to use every last one of them to codify its REAL message。Any rationalist probably sees the bible as being a bunch of bullshit， and I’m sure the Christian Slaughter machine that was the late Roman Empire went to enormous lengths to tailor the story of Christ toward a more digestible liking， but this revelation of the “TRUE WORD” was pretty far fetched。What do I know tho， my ancient Sumerian According to Allegro， the ancients had 10，000 words for “Dick” and “Mushroom” and the Bible took advantage to use every last one of them to codify its REAL message。Any rationalist probably sees the bible as being a bunch of bullshit， and I’m sure the Christian Slaughter machine that was the late Roman Empire went to enormous lengths to tailor the story of Christ toward a more digestible liking， but this revelation of the “TRUE WORD” was pretty far fetched。What do I know tho， my ancient Sumerian and Aramaic is a little rusty。 。。。more
Don Singh
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Allegro layouts and describes quite an alternate view of the origin stories we all accept。 Him being on the original board that translated the Qumran Texts as commissioned by the Catholic Church adds some weight to his real thoughts on the matter of the seeping of layered stories into one another and the origin of words and names that we have come to accept as deities。 Read it…。the above will make sense once you’ve read it。 Great book。
Charlie
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This book took me awhile to get through。 I came back to it after a long pause。I enjoyed it a lot。 I'm not anywhere on the authors level but as someone who has lived within the confines of christianity growing up， moved away to hostility then come to wherever I am now。。I found it very interesting。 This book took me awhile to get through。 I came back to it after a long pause。I enjoyed it a lot。 I'm not anywhere on the authors level but as someone who has lived within the confines of christianity growing up， moved away to hostility then come to wherever I am now。。I found it very interesting。 。。。more
さやか むらさと
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A wild etymological journey through specialized Hebrew。 You will find that the author is at liberty to relate any subject to penises， vaginas， or what these two do best together。 Borat would have raised a thumb。With a load of intriguing but somewhat obscure historical evidence， this book could have used the additional boost of writers and researchers。 It seems John did all the work。 He did。 But his piece could have been a lot more convincing with more in-depth examples and maybe a smidgen of bet A wild etymological journey through specialized Hebrew。 You will find that the author is at liberty to relate any subject to penises， vaginas， or what these two do best together。 Borat would have raised a thumb。With a load of intriguing but somewhat obscure historical evidence， this book could have used the additional boost of writers and researchers。 It seems John did all the work。 He did。 But his piece could have been a lot more convincing with more in-depth examples and maybe a smidgen of better writing。 。。。more
Thomas
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The Sacred Mushroom 🍄 and the Cross couldn't possibly be more interesting。 It is more readable now after Brian Muraresku's "Immortality Key"， but I got to admit that I have no idea what to do with it。 It's a work of philology， a controversial one at that， and I'm in no position to judge。 I remember seeing a 'documentary' on YouTube when I was like 17， which for about 3 hours， documented mushroom symbology in various parts of the Catholic Church and beyond。。 Obviously， given its effects， it is al The Sacred Mushroom 🍄 and the Cross couldn't possibly be more interesting。 It is more readable now after Brian Muraresku's "Immortality Key"， but I got to admit that I have no idea what to do with it。 It's a work of philology， a controversial one at that， and I'm in no position to judge。 I remember seeing a 'documentary' on YouTube when I was like 17， which for about 3 hours， documented mushroom symbology in various parts of the Catholic Church and beyond。。 Obviously， given its effects， it is almost impossible that mushrooms aren't involved in the foundations of various， if not most， religions。 Is the bible a cryptic work hiding the secrets of a mushroom cult tho？ Which went undiscovered for like 2000 years until -some dude- unravels it single-handedly？ Possibly。。。。。。？ I don't know。 However it was rather scholarly， would be interested in seeing what author authors and scholars has to say about this book。 。。。more
Kai Perrignon
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Seems more like Allegro spent a long part of his life studying a text he belatedly realised he didn't find that interesting on its own terms so he invented/delusionally discovered a way cooler version based around puns and fucking。 Not convincing but an interesting thought experiment and good peek at Bad Academic Brain。 Cool book。 Seems more like Allegro spent a long part of his life studying a text he belatedly realised he didn't find that interesting on its own terms so he invented/delusionally discovered a way cooler version based around puns and fucking。 Not convincing but an interesting thought experiment and good peek at Bad Academic Brain。 Cool book。 。。。more
Nick Feinauer
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Jenny
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Tough read
Barry
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An extremely difficult book to get through。 The concept is great， but even though the book is intended for the general reader， it fails to accomplish that。 Any unique idea or point that the author tries to make， is soon bogged down by a technical linguistic explanation。 The author is so specialized （in ancient Sumerian linguistics） that the reader has to take his word for it when he shows his evidence。 There are many references， but the general reader， myself included， is not given the tools to An extremely difficult book to get through。 The concept is great， but even though the book is intended for the general reader， it fails to accomplish that。 Any unique idea or point that the author tries to make， is soon bogged down by a technical linguistic explanation。 The author is so specialized （in ancient Sumerian linguistics） that the reader has to take his word for it when he shows his evidence。 There are many references， but the general reader， myself included， is not given the tools to connect the information to the concepts in the text。 The general idea is simple to grasp: current religions- or cults as they are accurately referred to， are products of older fertility cults。 The proof of this thesis， lies in the ‘clues’ the writers of the religious included in their transcriptions of the bible。 Many of the names and events can， supposedly， be traced back to the names of mushrooms or fertility cult rituals。 The idea seems feasible， but again， much of the book is just supporting this claim with drawn out， linguistic explanations that tire out the reader。It also highlights how easy it is to draw wildly different ideas from the inchoate mess that is the bible。 。。。more
Sarah Lauren
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book left a lot to be desired and doesn't feel finished。 The best part was the ending excert by Carl AP Ruck。 It's clear Allegro's intention was to focus on the etymology。 However I think it could have been a more compelling book if he spent more time explaining cultural backgrounds and connections to the words。 Almost every point turned into a tangent about how mushrooms look like penises or how various words/names are some sort of reference to a penis。 Just because something looks or soun This book left a lot to be desired and doesn't feel finished。 The best part was the ending excert by Carl AP Ruck。 It's clear Allegro's intention was to focus on the etymology。 However I think it could have been a more compelling book if he spent more time explaining cultural backgrounds and connections to the words。 Almost every point turned into a tangent about how mushrooms look like penises or how various words/names are some sort of reference to a penis。 Just because something looks or sounds like penis doesn't mean it's connected to a fertility cult。 Its quite disappointing。 He had the beginnings of some fascinating new takes on the christianity and folklore， but couldn't stop talking about penises。 On a positive note， this book inspired a number of other books on the subject， and I'm excited to read them。 。。。more
2lost2care
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What a bizarre perspective without any actual valid physical evidence。 I can just say that Scientology， Buddhism， Hinduism， you name it， only exists because magic mushrooms played a part or that
Sølvi Goard
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Interesting enough theory to start with but gets increasingly spurious over the course of the book。
ReConnect
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Very strange book ！ but good to have this knowledge， though ！
Alberto
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Is everything a penis？I don't know。 On one hand he's the most preeminent scholar in his field （he translated the Dead Sea Scrolls！）， on the other linguistics has little regard for consonants and none whatsoever for vowels and that is just too squishy for my hard-sciences-leaning left brain。It really could be that at some point in history we described so many objects and concepts as a variation on the sound for genitals。 If you remembered being 12 you'd agree。 I just cannot bear not having hard e Is everything a penis？I don't know。 On one hand he's the most preeminent scholar in his field （he translated the Dead Sea Scrolls！）， on the other linguistics has little regard for consonants and none whatsoever for vowels and that is just too squishy for my hard-sciences-leaning left brain。It really could be that at some point in history we described so many objects and concepts as a variation on the sound for genitals。 If you remembered being 12 you'd agree。 I just cannot bear not having hard evidence for it。Allegro writes like someone who never did shrooms （or so he wants us to think）， but if you have done shrooms it's easy to see that his hypothesis is more than believable。Why else did the Romans have such visceral hate for the meek Christians？ Why did the Church buy and then bury this book for decades？It left me eager to read more about Greek mythology， near east cults， the apocryphal gospels， the Gnostics， the Orthodox Church。 This is a disaster， it opened a portal to an unknown facet of reality。 。。。more
Maksiss
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The reading experience was a 1 star experience but because I respect the man and his ideas， I'll bump it up to 2If you're not in the linguistics field or have no interest in ancient communities and their writings and just thought that mushrooms are cool and the idea of psyhadelics being at the root of religions was cool - don't do it， watch a video or something。It's filled with ancient word spellings and how those words changed trough the ages and got combined into different words and it's more The reading experience was a 1 star experience but because I respect the man and his ideas， I'll bump it up to 2If you're not in the linguistics field or have no interest in ancient communities and their writings and just thought that mushrooms are cool and the idea of psyhadelics being at the root of religions was cool - don't do it， watch a video or something。It's filled with ancient word spellings and how those words changed trough the ages and got combined into different words and it's more boring than it sounds。 And he makes it sound that 90% of the ancient words are somehow connected with fertility （Everything resembles a penis/vagina/intercourse/ect。） and a mushroom resembles both a penis and a vagina， so， in a sense， 90% of the words are related to mushrooms。 And that's the book， stretched trough 200 pages。 Even got quite annoyed at a few parts， because it seemed like the guy was just pushing it a bit too much。And suuure， you could find a deeper meaning there and maybe everything connects quite nicely and the book ain't just how everything somehow resembles a penis and/or a mushroom。 But damn is that deeper meaning hard to find when one can barely get trough a chapter without dying of boredom。 Certainly not a casual read！ 。。。more
Josh
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This book was crazy！
Nikky Glez
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What。 WHAT。 last chapter is good。
William Shield
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Reframing of reality。
Fernando
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