Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
Brilliant Source and Homage to the Mysteries: I am a student of Carl A.P. Ruck, who was one of the contributors for this collection. This volume is indeed a collection which covers several sides of the story, touching upon almost every civilization which [... more]
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Sacred Mushrooms: The Secrets of Eleusis
In the ancient world, men and women joined cults known as Mysteries to unite with the deities of the otherworld and achieve eternal life. The most important of the Mysteries existed for two millennia at the village of Eleusis. Its deities were Demeter [... more]
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Physician, Heal Thyself
Essenes, or Physicians, from Allegro's point of view: From the dustjacket: In Physician, Heal Thyself. . . , John Allegro examines the origins and literary basis for the phenomenon of faith, or spiritual, healing within Christianity. The author traces [... more]
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The Age of Entheogens & the Angel's Dictionary
One of the best on the entheogenic origin of religions: A solid 5 stars. 2 excellent short books in 1: The Age of Entheogens, The Pharmacratic Inquisition, and The Entheogenic Reformation. Describes that the ancients used psychoactives all the time, then [... more]
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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
A powerful document on attaining Greek wisdom: If other books are dynamite, this is nuclear. It documents how the Mystai at Eleusis became Epoptes, a standard rite of passage for all the famous Greek minds we seek to understand. Full understanding is not [... more]
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Intensive Latin First Year & Review: A User's Manual
Carl Ruck was the best language teacher I have ever had.: Ruck taught me Greek;he was the best language teacher I hav ever had. Carl A.P. Ruck taught me Greek for three years at Boston University. He was the best language teacher I have ever had; I have [... more]
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Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma
a great subject - a great writer - a great book!: This book is highly interesting, well-written and well-researched. Wilson's style is fun to read; there are a few pages of fascinating illustrations as well. Buy it! The Search for Irish Soma.: [... more]
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THE HOLY MUSHROOM: Evidence of Mushrooms in ...
Solid scholarship to force assessment of entheogens throughout Christian history: Every entheogen historian needs to read this book, to see how the field has been distorted and prematurely limited by too much uncritical respect for Wasson. The strange [... more]
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Ancient Greek - 2nd Edition
Good approach, but not for independent study: I have used two other Greek texts to try to learn the language on my own, Paine's Beginning Greek and Teach Yourself Ancient Greek. Please tolerate my discussion those other books in this review, since my [... more]
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Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
Brilliant Source and Homage to the Mysteries: I am a student of Carl A.P. Ruck, who was one of the contributors for this collection. This volume is indeed a collection which covers several sides of the story, touching upon almost every civilization which [... more]
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Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that ...
Author: Carl Ruck Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 299.15 EAN: 9780872864702 ISBN: 0872864707 Number Of Pages: 300 Publication Date: 2009-08-01 [... more]
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Sacred Mushrooms: Secrets of Eleusis
divIn the ancient world, men and women joined cults known as Mysteries to unite with the deities of the otherworld and achieve eternal life. The most important of the Mysteries existed for two millennia at the village of Eleusis. Its deities were Demeter [... more]
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