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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

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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

By: John M. Allegro
Narrated by: Martyn Swain
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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 Ancient Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Thought-Provoking Mythology
Thought Provoking Content • Extensive Research • Clear Narration • Fascinating Linguistic Study • Enlightening Etymology
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This book was something I kinda always just assumed they did. Even as a kid I knew ancient history is A LOT of guess work. Plus i believe people have been using psychedelics for literally 1000s of years for many different purposes.

Great book

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This book is incredibly extensive; diving into the history of the words of The Bible. Revealing in it the hidden works of a religious cult. Highly recommend! A+

Incredibly Fascinating

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In certain circles there is quite a bit of hype about this book - or more specifically the theory it espouses. I am just over halfway and it seems to me that a lot of the enthusiasts who push this book haven't read it.

I'm not a linguist nor do I play one on TV so I cannot challenge the author's theory. And I stress this is merely a theory (a rather titillating one but a theory nonetheless) that makes far too many assumptions based on how words are adopted into different languages.

The narration is excruciating. It sounds like a bored British Civil Servant reading a dry economics report. I find myself unable pay attention for long stretches only to find that I didn't really miss anything. Just another long list of sumerian words that really mean penis.

And wow those Sumerians were sure obsessed with the penis.

Look, I don't want to demean the work of a noted (and now dead) scholar who seemed to be really excellent at deciphering dead languages. It's just that there seems to be too much of a leap of logic here.

We used to be told that we shouldn't take the Bible literally.. now we are supposed to believe it's full of hidden dick jokes??

I am going to return this one. I might read the actual book format because I don't feel I have given it a fair chance but for now I am going to shelve this one under the category "life's too short to listen to bad audio books.

Doesn't live up to the hype.

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A sound from the Underground! Follow me, I know the way! The mushroom is calling… Follow me, I know the way… the mushroom calls… 🍄

Hear that?

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A great book, a lot to take in , the aspects about language and entomology of language was very enlightening. I’ll never be a Christian again with the true knowledge . Christianity is /was for controlling the masses .

Never be fools my Christianity

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Hard to follow without the paper book. There’s a great deal of foreign language characteristics.

Hard to follow

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Fantastical believable story. It’s a logical take on the “greatest story ever told”. I highly recommend it!

Mind altering

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Fascinating read, especially since much of the source material is based around ancient languages/cultures. It’s unfortunate that the author has received the level of criticism he has for writing this book, considering the depth of his research on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Compelling conjecture

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interesting perspective on religion and psychedelics. would also recommend immortality key to follow up with.

fertility cults

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I'm going to have to do a lot of research, and then reread this. It definitely begs many questions.

Intriguing.

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