Nicky Molloy wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > Well no one ever said - we are all one, we are divine, love everyone - till > people started smoking dope. According to some researchers, religious 'authorities' (so-called) have been saying this from the get-go, and they weren't smoking 'dope', they were eating and drinking it: from: <a href="http://www.freedomdomain.com/relig.htm">Religion</a> There is NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN as they say.... 3. Mushrooms (Particularly Aminita Muscaria) : Yes these little things were also quite a wonder. Where did they come from. The ancient people had no immediate concept of spores. So a mushroom was considered a "virgin birth". Also they immediately noticed that mushrooms came after the rains and they would pick them in the early hours of the morning. This was the "MANNA FROM HEAVEN" that the Israelites would gather. The word "Manna" means "What is it". Well, after consuming it you would probably be wondering "What is it" as you were talking to God. John Allegro has authored one of the most interesting books in the world on the origins and sources of religion. It is called "The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross" and was published in 1970. Allegro was one of a team of researchers hired by the State of Israel and the British government to decipher the "Dead Sea Scrolls" when they were discovered in the 1950's. Allegro was hired because he was a biblical scholar and was familiar with ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MAJOR LANGUAGE including SUMERIAN, EGYPTIAN, HEBREW, CUNIEFORM. His ultimate conclusion (and he was kicked off the team for his opinions) was that Jesus was a Mushroom consumed by the Essenes and covered up to keep the Roman authorities in the dark about the fertility cult of the Essenes. Allegro claims that the ancient people considered the rain similar to God's sperm in that it would fertilize the soil (of Mother Earth) and allow the crops to grow. If the rain was a source of "Heavenly Sperm" then there must be a giant Penis in the sky producing this "Heavenly Sperm", assumed the ancients. Well, after the rain, the mushroom would grow, allowing them to "Talk to God" and the mushroom looked like a miniature Penis growing up from the ground. This, allegro adds, was to them the "Son of God come down in the flesh to show the way to himself". For a detailed analysis of the book Click Here to goto the Catalog Intro. These were indeed the mysteries and only the appropriate priest / shamen knew the exact amounts to take and how to prepare it without dying from overingestion of the poisons. That's why, today, the business of pharmaceuticals and the secret societies are intertwined. <snip> [image, see attachment] A fine depiction of a mushroom disc separated from Stem. The phallic symbolism is most obvious (with the nymphs worshiping). The disc is the cap of the Mushroom or female part. The place the phallus joins the cap is called the Vulva (in Mycological terms). The Nymphs are worshiping the phallus by dancing in an enticing way to provoke the phallus to join them (the Female disc) in the holy act of creation. An incredible imagery, The hope being, the Phallus joining the cap to form the union of the sexual act. This Picture and Text come from James Arthur's Website and from his soon to be released book "Mushrooms & Mankind : The Hidden Meaning of Christmas, The History and Philosophy of Mushroom Symbolism"-Click Here To Visit James has exposed the true hidden meaning behind "Christmas & Santa Clause" The word "Papa" from which we get "Pope" means "DOOR". The Pope in religion is the DOOR to the MYSTERIES. The word "Cardinal" means "Hinge". The Dome of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican, is also an important religious symbol. We have the same Dome here in Washington D.C., the Capital building and we don't even question it. The Word comes from the Latin "Domas". <snip> [I just read through James Arthur's Website (mentioned above) this week, which covers this info in depth, (including many revealing pics, such as the one attached -- don't worry, this is the first and last image I'll send to the list). I'll post a chapter from "Mushrooms & Mankind" and provide more links later tonight; here is a taste]: Revealing the secrets of Entheogens, which is one of the most closely guarded secrets of Freemasonry (as well as many other secret societies), is something that can only be done by a layman (non-member). This is because if you have initiation at that level you could not discuss it any further. Secret Societies are called Secret Societies because they keep certain secrets. I have spoken personally with High Priests and Bishops (Secret Society Initiates), who simply told me that they could NOT discuss anything with me because of their oaths of secrecy. In fact they were so blown away that I knew the information, that it scared the hell out of them. Entheogens, and particularly the Amanita muscaria, are a HUGE secret. The initiatory rites, into this particular field, are so far up the totem pole of secret societies and religions that when you find those who know, they really freak out, that anyone else knows, because it cuts to the deepest recesses of their self perceived spirituality, and cuts to the center of their most secret God/Society given indoctrination experiences. They have this certain look in their eyes, and unless you somehow are perceived as a threat to them, they invariably have the need to tell you that they DO know what you are talking about (which is likely a violation of oath in itself), but they CAN NOT discuss it further. This has left me not only feeling dis-enfranchised but sometimes pretty upset. Which has led to some severe, yet moderated, chastisement from me. Actually, I have nothing against any of those initiates that I have spoken with, personally (including those that knew about it), but secrecy itself is a problem of high proportional magnitude, in regards to the reason this world is in the state which it is in. In my opinion, the oaths and secret combinations are the basis for that which is fanatical, control oriented and destructive. The secretive vows are one of the biggest reasons that society has degraded. Supposed truth should be given to all for open debate. It is in this way, evolution is enhanced instead of inhibited. The secret societies strive to acquire information, technology, etc., and then hoard it for themselves. They then systematically destroy all public remnants of it, so they can keep it exclusive. This is a major problem for the world, it's like the Christians burning the libraries of the east (after pillaging what they wanted) in an attempt to erase the knowledge (and history) from the public domain forever. This secrecy is an abomination that makes the rest of the world desolate. Just as in the case of religion, where the revealing of the truth would relinquish the churches (and their authorities) of their power over people, so too would the governments and secret societies lose their power, were the truth to be revealed, and those formerly oppressed humans would not take it lightly that their lives have been manipulated through the false morals and dogma of Fascism.
