Somebody is always trying to pull this kind of shit:
JERUSALEM (AFP) — 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.
Uh, yeah, I’ll say he’s dabbled in the substances.
[Hat Tip: Megahaters!]
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Better article on the topic.
well, these are all opinions of what happened to these people. whether it be mystical, halucinagenic or both……
many mushroom heads do nothing but say “oh wow” and laugh…….awe is awe after all.
i have heard it said somewhere that that christianity it`s self is a mushroom cult.
i will try to find some info and links…..
http://www.johnallegro.org/Allegro-SundayMirror.htm
http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/end_of.html
and so on.
the occasions when i tripped i didn`t experience anything mystical, other than a strange ecounter with some ducks one time.
the mystical comes to me when i realise where i am……
I’m not saying there isn’t actual, compelling research to be done here, but where this line of inquiry is actually headed should be obvious. In the media-mass-mind, the spin will inevitably be: “Oh… They were all on “drugs” — nothin’ to see here, folks. Move right along” (but whatever — even academicians have no sensation of subtlety anymore (perhaps less than the average person); they want to control and be controlled, and will take great care to drain all the mystery out of life.
*kinda’ pissed*
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