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  • The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

  • A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
  • Written by: John M. Allegro
  • Narrated by: Martyn Swain
  • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

Written by: John M. Allegro
Narrated by: Martyn Swain
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Publisher's Summary

Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This audiobook challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion:

  • The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity.
  • The living power of cultic rites and symbols.
  • The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity.
  • The secret meaning of biblical myths.
  • The language of religion that links us to our ancestors.

The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's quest through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from.

©1970 John M. Allegro (P)2022 Dreamscape Media

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Genital and Shroom Worship (respect)

Fabulous information. It shows how Christianity had repackaged Genital worship and turned it into a personality (ie Yeshua) removed the drug (shroom) out of original practice and turn the Euchrist into a placebo - no active ingredient to know the divine.

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interesting

was good , but the connection to everything being a phallus or erect was a bit much , I did enjoy the book

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Very in depth and scholarly

Certainly not light reading and I would advise the printed book to go with this. Some parts are easier if you can see the words and familiarize yourself that way.
As an exploration into the consequences of the Dead Sea scrolls and the fallout that happened with the other investigators would bring greater depth to what is being looked at here but this is a scholarly work that really brings up important questions about early Christianity and abrahamic religions vs what we see toady. Definitely worth the time if you like to see how a forensic eye looks at ancient texts.

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Loved it

I mean, it’s difficult. You need to take his word for it but he was the preeminent scholar chosen to translate the Dead Sea scrolls for a reason. He didn’t go to the scrolls to find this he was simply translating them and then discovered this information. It’s possible it’s all bunk but it’s also possible it’s all true. The real truth is somewhere in between most likely.

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Great book, tough listen

This is a really great book, just tough to listen to. If I hear anyone ever say pre-posited asterisk in real life I’ll lose it. Interesting topic, well thought out and is something you have to pay attention to.

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Poor narration read the actual book

The narration was horrible and hard to follow I ended up just buying an actual copy of the book to avoid the headache

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Not for everyone

Had to be one of the most boring books of all time. I listened more of spelling of old world wordage than learning of the actual connection to any particular religion. Sounded like he was trying to attribute every little thing to the mushroom.

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Repetitive

Im not sure how many times the author needs to talk about sacred god jizz. The tie in of the bible as some secret meaning to mushrooms is a greta idea but the evidence was pretty weak.

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