The Mushroom Kingdom: The Entheogen Theory of Religion

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this last full episode of the year before my holiday special, I tackle an alternative view of religion and history with some academic chops that also indulges in a great deal of conspiracy theory: the idea that all religion was actually inspired by the use of hallucinogens. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Cold War Echo," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "Daylight PON II," "daemones," and "Oneiri." Correction: The episode seems to imply that Ruck himself conducted research on cannabis's use as a sacrament, when in fact I only meant that Ruck had promoted the research, which was actually published in Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen's book Sex, Drugs, Violence... and the Bible. The blog post has been amended to clarify this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Hey, history fans. If you enjoy shows like historical blindness, then you'll love Airwave
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0:21.3	That Doesn't Suck, The Explorers Podcast, Redacted History, The Box of Oddities, History of Everything,
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0:45.5	What does Sputnik have to do with student loans? How did a set of trembling hands end the Soviet
0:51.5	Union? How did inflation kill moon bases? And how did a former president
0:56.1	decide to run for a second non-consecutive term? These are among the topics we deal with
1:01.8	on the My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Podcast. We tell stories of history that relate to today's
1:08.2	news events. Give a listen. My history can beat up your politics
1:12.1	wherever you get podcasts.
1:18.6	Medicine has always had a religious character to it, going far back into the obscuring veils of pre-history.
1:30.3	In numerous cultures all over the world, we find medicine men or women, witch doctors,
1:36.3	shamans, who are not only folk healers, but also spiritual leaders,
1:42.3	who are believed to heal through divination and communion with spirits,
1:48.0	typically achieved through some sort of trance.
1:53.0	The very word medicine, it has been suggested by some, finds cognates in numerous Indo-European languages that indicate its connection to the idea of
2:05.5	mediation, of acting as a medium or conduit for divine healing. It is no new idea that such trance
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