The sacred mushroom and the cross
Subtitle: a study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East
By: by John M. Allegro
Edition: 40th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Gnostic Media Research & Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780982556276
Subjects: Origin; Fertility cults; Christianity; Mushrooms; Folklore; Hallucinogenic Mushrooms; Mythology; Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience; History
Description: Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book 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.
Notes: "First published by ... Hodder and Stoughton, London, May 1970, ... Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, August 1970"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface / by Jan R. Irvin; title: Foreword / by Judith Anne Brown; title: In the beginning God created ...; title: Sumer [sic] and the beginnings of history; title: Names of the gods; title: Plants and drugs; title: Plant names and the mysteries of the fungus; title: The key of the kingdom; title: The man-child born of a virgin; title: Woman's part in the creative process; title: The sacred prostitute; title: Religious lamentation; title: The mushroom "egg" and birds of mythology; title: The heavenly twins; title: Star of the morning; title: Colour and consistency; title: Mushroom cosmography; title: David, Egypt, and the census; title: Death and resurrection; title: The garden of Adonis, Eden and delight; zealots and Muslims; title: The Bible as a book of morals; title: Fungus redivivus / by Carl A.P. Ruck.