It is interesting to see the link to Sumeria. I am reading a book entitled the Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, written by a linguist of near eastern languages and cultures who had a primary hand in the examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He argues that there are strong trace elements of the use of mushrooms in the priestly world from Sumeria right up through the Elusinian rites in Greece and into the New Testament. He also argues that the tree in the Garden of Eden was the mushroom tree, an archetype that appears widely in the iconography of a variety of cultures in the ancient near east. I wonder, our learned rabbi, whether you descry allusions to psychedelic it in our text?
Thank you for introducing me to poet Anna Kamienska. Heart opening.
It is interesting to see the link to Sumeria. I am reading a book entitled the Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, written by a linguist of near eastern languages and cultures who had a primary hand in the examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He argues that there are strong trace elements of the use of mushrooms in the priestly world from Sumeria right up through the Elusinian rites in Greece and into the New Testament. He also argues that the tree in the Garden of Eden was the mushroom tree, an archetype that appears widely in the iconography of a variety of cultures in the ancient near east. I wonder, our learned rabbi, whether you descry allusions to psychedelic it in our text?