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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
- A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This audiobook challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion:
- The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity.
- The living power of cultic rites and symbols.
- The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity.
- The secret meaning of biblical myths.
- The language of religion that links us to our ancestors.
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's quest through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-2023
Good 👍
At times a hard listening but interesting , well worth a listen in my opinion defo a different way to look at things
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- tim gibson
- 19-03-2023
well worth it!
Seldom do we hear the contradictions in the good book mapped out and explained in this way. really enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-2024
good naration bad book
the book has an interesting premise, but ultimately ends up making the mushroom cult less likely than a literal interpretation of the bible. the ideas put forth lean on false premises like referring to 'original Aramaic' when all the oldest manuscripts are greek and historically understood to be greek.
worth looking into textual criticism, or james white has good resources on youtube.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-2023
The accuracy of detail!
Seems far more believable and balanced then any old or new testaments, as men in positions of power have altered the bible throughout time to suit their own needs and are not the true words of the ancient scriptures.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-03-2024
Waste of time
his book is not worth the read, no solid evidence supporting the claims and very pagan like
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Just boring as hell. Derivation
Loose derivation of language to try and draw conclusions from 6000 years of language evolution. Just repetitive and so boring. Very disappointed
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