OT: Moses High On Drugs?
Religious experiences, talking to God, burning bushes... Yep, I'd totally accept that Moses was tripping face.
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy...
He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.
He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were comparable to those produced by concoctions based on bark of the acacia tree, that is frequently mentioned in the Bible.
by MG at 12:26 PM
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Those damn hippies with their long hair and their drug induced thou shalt not kill ways!
I like to think that it was an act of God, rather then Moses being high. Maybe Mr. Shanon was using ayahuasca when he wrote this article.
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