Along the same lines, a book titled "THE CHEMICAL MUSE: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization" will be published next month. The author (D.C.A. Hillman) has a doctorate in both Classics and Chemistry and uses them both to say, basically, Dionysian ecstasy is not brought about by beer. He's making a case that ancient Greece was thoroughly saturated with hallucinogens and he does so by way of a simple textual analysis. As he explained in an interview I heard the other day, that whole feature of Greek culture was air-brushed out of the picture by translators and historians but its all there in the original material for those unblinded by prudery or prejudice. And as a student, I appreciate the fact that there are academically respectable sources to cite on this point. There is also Huston Smith's "CLEANSING THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals". I mean, I imagine guys like McKenna and Leary are not acceptable in that re spect and I suppose suspicion is not completely unfounded. The whole end of time thing is not something I can swallow but maybe that's just because I don't understand the Mayans.
Rebecca said: > Another brilliant fellow who I highly suggest is Daniel Pinchbeck... I > haven't read his latest work on Quetzelcoatl yet but his first publication > "Breaking Open the Head" is more than worthwhile. > If one is truly interested in exploring notions of consciousness, they > absolutely can not disregard the work done on and with psychadelics and > altered states. Terrence McKenna is high on the list of the last century's > champion explorers in the realms of personal, private, internal experience > that has long been vilified by the established powers. For a credible and > honest look at the development of his Timewave Zero theory you should read > his 1994 account of the McKenna brother's experiences at La Chorrera in > Columbia entitled "True Hallucinations" > > If you haven't been there then you can't know... once you go, you come to > realize that the knowledge has always been inside you. _________________________________________________________________ Search that pays you back! Introducing Live Search cashback. http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=srchpaysyouback Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
