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purvabrown's review against another edition
2.5
Okay, I think it's a crazy book, but I do love the references to customs and things the early Christians / Jews did that I would not know if they weren't mentioned. Bible readers gloss over a lot of details and I do love how he mentions a lot of them in depth. For that I enjoyed it, but it was a serious plod.
russellreitsema's review against another edition
3.25
This was definitely one of the dryer books I've tackled in recent memory but well worth the investment. A classic I'm told, this book dives deep into the correlation between ancient religions and their texts and the sacred mushroom that this book claims is the basis for a lot of the Bible. A compelling and eye opening read, I was overwhelmed with the ancient language connections and the coincidences that just kept piling up. I will be taking more steps to research this topic for sure.
jezzatab's review against another edition
4.0
Wow. Such a trip. Logistically, metaphorically, intellectually, psychedelic-aly for sure. This was like eating a whole pack of sour cherry jelly beans (the best kind). After the first five, your tastebuds start to fall off. Your tummy after the next few is confused- “am I full?” or “am I a massive idiot?”
The amount of “the erect God-penis” and “inseminating of mother Earth’s dewey uterus” is wild. Every chapter another way for the fertility omnipotent god to ejaculate, and for us to consume their divine, illuminating offspring: the state-altering mushroom. With its cap, and shaft, the erection of heaven meant to bring forth further creative potential in its consummates was girthy indeed.
Look- this is a nerds dream of a book. The linguistics make you loopy and causes brilliant re-evaluations. Allegro drives the point home with a five-iron. Maybe belabours the point a little. A must read for anyone keen on linguistic-archeology, ancient theologies and their implications on pulpits, lecture theatres, or the home-study.
If you read this as a Christian, however, a word of caution. Read this maturely, not to assume it inaccurate in light of an “inerrant bible”. This will not change theologies or belief structures by demonising a text. It is rich in meaning for a particular subsection of academia, it is not meant as a manual for a system of belief in direct contest with Catechisms.
Have a peak into another perspective. And learn how someone else from the time that parchment was found viewed the same, favourite coin of yours, from an angle you could never conceive or consider.
Now a necessary fun-guy summary:
Jesus = Magic Mushroom = [looks like and reads like] erect phallus of sky-God impregnating Mother Earth (from the Sumerian linguistic root of Ancient Hebrew, pre-dating Greek Septuagint where we get our Indo-Romantic English translations via Sanskrit + Latin) = let’s trip and see God and do cool stuff = Bible is a manual to get high guarded by the Ancients for centuries on centuries.
The amount of “the erect God-penis” and “inseminating of mother Earth’s dewey uterus” is wild. Every chapter another way for the fertility omnipotent god to ejaculate, and for us to consume their divine, illuminating offspring: the state-altering mushroom. With its cap, and shaft, the erection of heaven meant to bring forth further creative potential in its consummates was girthy indeed.
Look- this is a nerds dream of a book. The linguistics make you loopy and causes brilliant re-evaluations. Allegro drives the point home with a five-iron. Maybe belabours the point a little. A must read for anyone keen on linguistic-archeology, ancient theologies and their implications on pulpits, lecture theatres, or the home-study.
If you read this as a Christian, however, a word of caution. Read this maturely, not to assume it inaccurate in light of an “inerrant bible”. This will not change theologies or belief structures by demonising a text. It is rich in meaning for a particular subsection of academia, it is not meant as a manual for a system of belief in direct contest with Catechisms.
Have a peak into another perspective. And learn how someone else from the time that parchment was found viewed the same, favourite coin of yours, from an angle you could never conceive or consider.
Now a necessary fun-guy summary:
Jesus = Magic Mushroom = [looks like and reads like] erect phallus of sky-God impregnating Mother Earth (from the Sumerian linguistic root of Ancient Hebrew, pre-dating Greek Septuagint where we get our Indo-Romantic English translations via Sanskrit + Latin) = let’s trip and see God and do cool stuff = Bible is a manual to get high guarded by the Ancients for centuries on centuries.
sylda's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
1.0
Look let me start by warning that like 75 % of this book is about how every religion is a fertility religion and semen is magic, so if like me you wanted to know about cults using magic mushrooms, do not read this book, there's very little of that.
It is nonsense and unless you really like semen-talk it isn't even entertaining nonsense
It is nonsense and unless you really like semen-talk it isn't even entertaining nonsense
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content
While it's never detailed the amount of time semen is mentioned makes "moderate" seem insufficienttabethas_biblioteca's review against another edition
slow-paced
0.25
This feels very much like some guys pet theory that serves only to push heteronormative ideals
sarah_snail's review against another edition
2.0
It was very academic. I could have done without so many examples, but found the information intriguing.