The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East

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The most important thing in life was life itself, and life is rain. The reasoning is simple. Rain begets vegetation on the earth as spermatozoa beget offspring in the womb. God, the Creator, the source of rain, must therefore be the sperm of creation and the heavenly penis from which it spills. The storm is the orgasm of God. The drops of rain are the ‘words’ of God. Earth is the womb of creation. John M. Allegro was born February 17, 1923 in London. He served in the Royal Navy then studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a first-class Honors Degree in Oriental studies in 1951. A year later, he was awarded a Masters degree for his work on the Balaam Oracles. His Oxford research on Hebrew dialects was interrupted when in 1953 he was called to join the first international team of scholars working on the newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. The Sacred Mushroom And The Cross Summary

a b c George J. Brooke, "Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship in the United Kingdom", in Devorah Dimant, ed. (2012). The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research. Leiden: Brill. p.457. ISBN 978-9004208063.John M. Allegro was an English biblical scholar and archaeologist who is best known for his book “The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross”. He was born on February 17, 1923, in London, England and died on February 17, 1988, in Somerset, England. it has been my practice to offer no more than the basic essentials of photographs, transliteration, translation of non-biblical passages where this might serve some useful interpretative purpose, and the minimum of textual notes." [20]

a b c d Mosley, Charles, ed. (1982). Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life. Debrett's Peerage Limited. p.30. ISBN 0-905649-38-9.

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It is our conviction that either he [Allegro] has misread the texts or he has built up a chain of conjectures which the materials do not support. [13] s/t: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East Allegro argued that Jesus in the Gospels was in fact a code for a type of hallucinogen, the Amanita muscaria, and that Christianity was the product of an ancient "sex-and-mushroom" cult. [29] [30] Critical reaction was swift and harsh: fourteen British scholars (including Allegro's mentor at Oxford, Godfrey Driver) denounced it. [29] Sidnie White Crawford wrote of the publication of Sacred Mushroom, "Rightly or wrongly, Allegro would never be taken seriously as a scholar again." [31]

EAOR is where Allegro’s exploitation of the bad reputation earned and ‘enjoyed’ by psychedelics and leaders of the movement from our distinguished Learies to our illustrious Mansons (“and a nice lot too”) – reaches its zenith. So if there’s anything left of your poor shattered delusion, any least shreds to lovingly protect against any further damage – Taylor, Joan E. (2012). The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea. Oxford University Press. p.305. ISBN 978-0-19-955448-5. As I navigate through the thought-provoking content of “The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross,” I find myself contemplating the intersections of nature, spirituality, and human consciousness. It prompts me to consider the profound connections that exist between the natural world and the development of human beliefs and traditions. Conclusion

Years later, having gotten two degrees in religion and having read some of Allegro's other work, I returned to this book, hoping that I now knew enough to evaluate it. The target audience of “The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross” is people interested in biblical studies, the history of religion, and the use of psychoactive substances in spiritual practices. The foundation on which he built it was a moonbeam in a jar – his supposed 'discovery' (as he heralds it) of hitherto unknown 'relationship' (he 'discovered') – between Semitic languages he'd studied, and – the Unsolved Mystery language Sumerian, in which he was no expert – but thought he'd try "playing one on TV." J.M. Allegro (1956). "Further Messianic References in Qumran Literature". Journal of Biblical Literature. 75 (3): 174–187. doi: 10.2307/3261919. JSTOR 3261919.