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In the Ben Franklin thread, Wordminstrel cited painting by Delacroix of Liberty leading the people into battle. She was wearing a Phrygian cap, so I looked that up. I ran into a long discussion of mind altering mushrooms and their use in ancient rituals and mysteries. The catchall word for such substances is "entheogens" which was new to me.Here is a link to sites on this topic: http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Pharmacy/Drugs_and_Medications/Types/Entheogens/Religious_Use/
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Oh dear. Oh dear. Just looking at the titles on this site tells me not to read further...I just know they'd lead me to post something I'd regret. [hands over eyes e]
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entheogensTruly, Dr. Bill...Don Juan and Carlos Casteneda salute you!  I had you pegged as a 'shroomy form way back!
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Dear WO'N: You and Jackie sound as though you think I am peddling that crap. Far from it, just the new word. It sure was news to me that the ancient Greeks used them.
I am not enthusiastic about entheogens.
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The Archaic Revival : Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, Ufos, Evolution, Shamanism,and the Rebirth of the Goddess, by Terence K. McKenna, et al;  I haven't read this book, but it is on my wish list and not on the list found at Bill's site.
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My dear consuelo...I didn't know you had past affiliation with a breakthrough film of such startling infamy!  May I have your autograph?
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Curious ? eh, connie? sometime this past summer, Naturual History magazine has a article about the Inca's and ancient Mexican's use of mild altering drugs, and their preferred methods of taking them. (the article also discussed why this was a very effective method for ingesting(not sure ingesting is the right word to use here. (or there...))
they, too, used mind altering mushrooms and plants as part of religious services.. a sort of Amen enema Palindrome thanks to Barbara Kingsolver, The poisonwood bible
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Don't ask me how the reindeer got into the Santa Claus myth.
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the Santa Claus mythAre you trying to tell me that Santa Claus doesn't really exist!?  Darn!!! Well, I have to tell you...I pulled his beard once and it was real! Rudolph made me do it!
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Rudolph made me do it!
That would be Rudolph the Red Nosed Drag Queen?
And just because someone's a myth doesn't mean he doesn't exist!
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