The Forbidden Book Club (EP02): 'The Sacred Mushroom & The Cross' by John M. Allegro

[@Dhardy316]

Anyone who has takin and spent true intimate time with THE Mushroom knows the possibilities of this being truth

[@360.Tapestry]

with psilocybin, i have received communique from eternity that are echoed in scripture upon later review. despite my doubtful questions, the voices and visions embrace the bible and cheer at the name of jesus. this i can't explain, as i spent much of my adult life seeking out all reason, argument, and "evidence" against the existence of god and have spent countless hours lampooning what seemed the irrationality of christianity

[@wellskb]

Yes you are 1000% correct….pineal gland ….consciousness…🍄🍄🍄🍄

[@Stoned2daBone-r4g]

All I know I took some and it made me feel like my eyes were finally open, like they had been cleaned with the purest water. For about 5 days after I was in a perpetual state of peace. I now know what I need for my depression and anxiety...

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Intelligent and willing to teach! Yes.

[@dallassegno]

I don't and I have. I personally take all religion at face value with zero "interpretation". What's with Jesus being a 30 year old man hanging out with a bunch of young boys naked? Nah, it's just a mushroom talking.

[@branddrivenipad4772]

How did I x reach my 50’s without every hearing of this? Fascinating.

[@sharongarrett4356]

Same. And with a love of mushrooms and a Minor in Religious Studies, too!

[@gangajal9292]

​@@sharongarrett4356that goes to show...😊

[@cholst1]

Book is a bit of a slog tbf, unless you have knowledge in ancient languages from the region.

[@Robert-A-R]

John Lamb Lash put me onto John Allegro

[@KayWever]

There's s shroom behind his head in every pic

[@scotarris7280]

I bought this book several years ago, and it presents some pretty compelling ideas about ancient and prehistoric religion. To further explain. The Romans were masters at assimilating other cultures, customs and ideas. And just as the early Christians had to hide from the empire, they were already adept in code and secrecy. Also, ancient people didn't typically write literally like we do today. It was mostly allegory presented in poems, dialogue, and other ornate language. By the way, great channel, I look forward to more!

[@margaretring3120]

Hope it’s republished. I buy in it in a flash.

[@balluna1453]

@@margaretring3120 I've just bought one, Amazon.

[@magentapilot4576]

😮 ❤ This makes sense. Really excited about this channel! In a world ruled by psychopaths, we need to air out the forbidden.

[@Wowjustwow37]

As a black woman (who only mentions the color of my skin because the other black folks are acting like a billionaire is being persecuted instead accused of abusing kids) I completely agree! I’m so mad at these fake Christians actually working for 👿

[@mattm6720]

Fascinating. I've got a good feeling about this channel.

[@PerspectiveLove]

Me 7 😂

[@Dtansing1]

Me too, I hope they connect all of the obscure books and look at possible conclusions that bring all of this literature together to form a new truth about our existance.

[@unit23multimedia]

I have a copy of this book in hardback, published in 1970. I got hold of it in the 80s. Used to be a library book at Southend on Sea but was withdrawn from stock. I picked it up in Amesbury near Stonehenge. After leafing through it a few times it has sat unread amongst other occult books I own. Look forward to viewing more from your channel ✨

[@jacobdman5]

Fantastic book - fantastic video! I’m really impressed with the quality especially for a second KZbin video. Subscribed. Excited to see more like this

[@Anne.onymous2024]

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it. Eagerly awaiting further instalments. I wish you great success!

[@gangajal9292]

I love anything that goes against the fake narrative ....keep them coming 😊 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AphroLatinX]

Never subbed so fast in my life, this is the channel i didn’t know i needed

[@robertoperez2579]

I was 30 seconds in when I hit subscribe. When the universe speaks, I try my best to listen

[@maliceinw0nderland1]

In Vedic literature, the journey of the soul into the womb is metaphorically linked to rain and grain. The soul's journey begins when it descends from the ancestral world, akin to rain falling to earth. This rain nourishes the grain, which is then consumed by humans, symbolizing how souls are absorbed into food. When a man eats this grain, the soul enters his body and is later transmitted to the woman during conception. This process is described in texts like the Aitareya Upanishad, emphasizing the interconnectedness of cosmic cycles and human birth

[@slybri5751]

♥️🔥🕉️🔱📿♾️🐂⚛️🔥♥️

[@AlexHall-s2r]

Great stuff. Please keep making more.

[@clintlovewinds7525]

I happened to stumbled upon this book more than 20 years ago, coincidentally, after having a very holy spiritual Christian type experience on psilocybin mushrooms. I have much love and respect for both the mushroom and Christianity. 🤍🙌🤍

[@AndNowIWrite]

Can I ask if you were raised in a Christian home? I know people who've used mushrooms, and yes, it was a profound, enlightening moment for them. I'm just wondering if your views are based on your upbringing?

[@GUILLOTINE_GANG]

Even just a brief cultural brush with Christian concepts could have induced such visions. One need not be raised in a religious household to be influenced by the dominant religion in a community. ​@@AndNowIWrite

[@oneom8158]

Have just discovered your channel. I must say, I loved every minute of your spirited narration. Bless you my precious friend, for you have captivated my heart, my soul, and brought to surface, the fear of an millennium institution, of a single man. Thus lies the truth, not in fear, but in the courage to underline the fear itself.💙

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

I found it while working in the library of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical college in Wyncote, PA.

[@ttuna2413]

I didn't find your channel , it found me .The stuff I've been watching lately gonna make the MIB come break my door down.Love this though thank you brother 🙏

[@peekeyeseek]

😂 I know the feeling!

[@jackevans7016]

This book got recommended to me a few months back, im currently half way through it. Interesting how this video just popped up

[@MercSulfide]

Immediately subscribed, and was quite surprised to see you are just beginning your channel. How exciting 😊 Looking forward to joining you on your journey.

[@donnarogers7732]

Holy Goodness! I never heard of such! What a shock. But on some level it made some sense. We will not KNOW till We KNOW‼️

[@fletchwood]

I am very much looking forward to your next video. As an independent bookstore owner; this is my new favourite KZbin channel.

[@Wowjustwow37]

Two videos with such awesome topics? Ohh I’m early to goodness. Subscribed! Let me settle down and watch this properly ❤

[@artenamoon8026]

Thank you for sharing. I published a book, “Return of the Shaman: Re-Membering our Sacred Gifts” as a part of my Awakening stories. I remembered stories of sacrifice, sexual clans, conversations with the “Mycelium Queen” - And very vividly the circle, cross on a stem. 😮

[@jakewilcken6602]

Where can I get it.

[@artenamoon8026]

@@jakewilcken6602 Amazon 👋

[@jonjester]

Subbed sir. Let's go! I was hyped after that intro. 👌

[@EOP02]

I have the hard cover copy purchased many moons past from that gem of a book store on West Hastings in Vancouver.

[@Techniclay]

I'm super excited about this channel

[@LanceEads]

Very well done. Some years ago I listened to a lecture from Terence McKenna where he discussed this book. It peaked my curiosity for a while, but I'd pretty much forgotten about it until now.

[@bobSeigar]

Piqued* its a weird word, please dont let it die!

[@sharongarrett4356]

Very, very wise dude McKenna.

[@sharongarrett4356]

​@@bobSeigarYeah, right! "Peaked" would mean it's over -- all downhill from there. Piqued is the beginning of smthg. Good point!

[@GodLandon]

Was looking for this comment as we've had similiar experience. Though i actually investigated the book, looked at the scholarly opinion that flamed it for its controversies, and wrote it off. After this video, i still dont know if i have the faith to read it

[@rosemariepotanereynolds7729]

WOW! I loved it! And I agree because there is a correlation of the documentary that I had watch that Jesus is just a story and no real evidence.

[@williamthomas4635]

Very well done, I look forward to more of your content.

[@Dtansing1]

Do this book next please! The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

[@danielbarbieri8199]

Great book 👍 The best I read last 10 years

[@winnieninsiima7691]

The best book I've read so far

[@monicaballyurban5786]

Excellent! Thank you sir. ❤

[@causeitsthere]

The early drawing on the back of his book defiantly connects the early Christian’s to the mushroom. Man and woman on each side of the mushroom and the cross.

[@altohippiegabber]

I bought a nice first edition of this amazing book at a library sale about 2 decades ago but almost never seen it mentioned anywhere. Thank you and I subscribed. 🍄✝

[@karenandedsmith1584]

As a young guy in the 1970s I purchased this amazing book in hardback. Read it through over a dozen times. He was involved in the intepretation of the Dead Sea scrolls. All sorts of bullshit began to emerge about John's involvement in delaying or contaminating the Dead Sea scrolls. Why? Because his intepretation was different from the other scholars. LSD, DMT, Amphetimine, psylocybin, marijuana were becoming a popular trend. I didn't even realise the how big the contraversy was to become. Poor bugger.

[@MarkMasters...]

Exceptional. Subscribed. Thank you.

[@EricLopez-l7d]

Thank you brother

[@tinyshadowmusic]

This is what I'm talking about ⚡⚡The most convincing explanation for/of the parables💎

[@KaptainTorres]

Great book. Paired with Terrance McKennas "Food of the Gods and Raine Eislers "Chalice and the Blade", you can really see the historical growth of human spirituality.

[@InnocentAutoRace-zs1dt]

Awesome concept for this channel!! Could you maybe consider toning down the background music though?

[@allanmckone8853]

Mushrooms assist in the connection to higher consciousness.

[@Kotajohn05]

Classic. My new fave channel.

[@eveeyehorizon]

Whoar the forbidden book club . Love it!!!

[@obiwazz6929]

I hope you can continue to make videos. Very good. I have subscribed.

[@craigjust2401]

Can’t wait to read it!🎉

[@qarljohnson4971]

I first remember sitting at the kitchen table with my parents and their friends discussing "The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross". It was taken as an interesting hypothesis, and that book fit into the open minded zeitgeist of that social revolutionary moment of the late '60s/ early '70s. What has taken so long to come into popular consciousness, is the strong probability that JC was never a historic person, but a symbolic personage creation manufactured for the "late to the Roman Circus" Jewish Mystery cult that came to be known as Christianity. I am still curious of how later philologists might take Allegro's controversial translations? Now that there are more developed mythopoetic takes on the early years of the diversity of Roman Mystery cults, including Christianity.

[@niteshades_promise]

yesterday yt told me Jesus was spinal fluid, today a mushroom. tomorrow, we shall see. 😂 🍻

[@michademiavanpren5898]

I read it back in college - 1970's - The BBC also implied Jesus was a Bhuddist from India

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

Jesus might not have been executed. There is another narrative where he lived and went on to become a father and a yogi, guide, teacher, guru, rabbi, he was it all. He's our Lord, he's everything. I believe I'm a direct descendant of Jesus

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

Haters will hate. But the Bible was mainly allegorical. Sorry friends.

[@davemayers9342]

There was a documented man called Isa, who appeared in northern India around the time Jesus disappears from the story, 12 to 27 years old. This man became a devout Buddhist. Maybe Jesus returned to the holy lands as a Buddhist?

[@demariomac7200]

Makes sense considering the Bible is all about meditation

[@leighcecil3322]

Jesus is only a title.... like a buddusuper ‼️

[@dave-cripps]

2 videos and 3500 subscribers is an impressive performance!

[@jacobstockley]

+6k now...

[@christophercoleman6596]

I have long been aware of Allegro's research. People should also be aware there is a thesis that the "Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil" is thought by some to be the Amonita Muscaria, with its distinctive red & white speckles and is linked to Soma, the sacrament of the Veddas. See R Gordon Wasson's book, "the Sacred Mushroom of Immortality," available at New Age bookstores and head-shops everywhere.

[@MarkTerminus]

Read many of his books over the years - always interesting.

[@pigstonwidget]

Fascinating! Never knew of this. I think most of what we've been led to believe about our world is misdirection and lie, particularly religion.

[@Planet432]

I read in high school …huge influence…I cry for him 🥲😘

[@ForeverInLimbo]

Love this thank you❤❤❤

[@Etheric757]

Magic shrooms are truly a gift.

[@madilee-jasper2453]

Zeus pissing through a seive!! Wonderful

[@margaretring3120]

Subscribed through Graham Hancock. Great to be here. 💕

[@Tin-j6k]

I read this book in 1980. It was readily available in lefty bookshops and main libraries.

[@mooseknuckle8334]

Recommended for a reason.

[@Baysunrise]

Very interesting. I notice you’ve only 3 videos, I do hope you’re just getting started.

[@eugenebatrack9128]

Excellent video

[@neilliversidge6012]

how about the 'mushroom' imagery of Russian Orthodox church domes?

[@goldiegirl7247]

Just found your channel and have subscribed...🙋🏼‍♀️

[@nicholasmitchell8749]

Ennio Morricone has the final say in this episode, I believe. Subscribed 🤓

[@xelaozop]

More please 🙏

[@basxm]

I had a question that I answered myself and this video confirms my theory. The question was are seeds like apple or watermelon sperm? Bees don't plant seeds but we do. So the earth is like a womb where the seed/sperm is implanted and life grows and come out alive with more seeds.

[@suntzuwarsword1964]

Very cool..thank you for sharing🎯💯🍄

[@area41tv]

This is a great channel I am so glad I happened by.

[@TheGuyWho888]

Jesus was a mushroom? I don't know about that but he seems like a pretty fungi!! 😂

[@notsocrates9529]

🙄💀😂

[@wesley3300]

Heyohhhhh!

[@good_drugs_are_bad]

Chip chipperson???

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

A great book!

[@taodruidry]

Thank you😊🙏🏼 Sharing to my community page😊🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@TiffaneyEdwards-k1z]

Still going on to this day. History repeats itself

[@diogenesthedog8541]

Please stop with the AI! The pictures are shit and they alone could misinform.

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

Religion of the victors takes at least the symbolism of the defeated, in order to more easily bring the new religion into acceptance. By the ways, the Essenes did take mushrooms as a sacrament

[@DaveWi-zs4yv]

Soma; God flesh, is an interesting perspective. But, we must remember the Roman historian Tacitus, a 2nd century man who wrote about the crucifixion. Historically, the Summarians used Hulgil, an elixir used to broach the veil into gnosis (the knowing). LB2 artifacts suggest this may have included poppy juice (opium poppy shaped sculpture). Well, I gotta fly... thanks for the post!

[@twangshanty9559]

Then they had to drink their own urine. Yep, that's Soma.

[@matswessling6600]

Tacitus did only write down what christuins believed. He didnt witness the crucifiction and he had no other sources.

[@DaveWi-zs4yv]

​@matswessling6600 Well stated, he was not an eye witness. And we therefore must consider his work a secondary or tertiary reference. But, given the time when it was written, the work of a historian was his stock and trade. There are other sources focused on the account as a historic event involving a human, The Bible; Not only the four canonical gospels in the New Testament, but the letters of Paul written around 36 CE, are the earliest surviving sources that mention Jesus's crucifixion. And the annals by Tacitus: written in c. 55 AD. Also Agapius, by Josephus, mentions Jesus's crucifixion. Then theres also the writings of Pliny the Younger in a letter to Emperor Trajan ca. 112 AD. Then Mara bar-Serapion speaks to the death of “the wise king of the Jews.” And Lucian of Samsota, a Greek historian who lived around 100 AD and also wrote about the death of Christ. But, then again, if when one believes God is everything... then why is it not a mushroom, too 🙃

[@slybri5751]

This Links in with everything im reading, just started the Hiram key 😎subscbed & looking forward to seeing more from this channel ✝️🍄⭐

[@hArtyTruffle]

Love that book ✨🫶🏻✨

[@vinnartaigh2076]

cuneiform tablet pictured the forbidden fruit as a mushroom. Now the book is no longer available at the library.

[@nancyhamer949]

Brilliant!

[@J.Green-Rx]

Not a mushroom, but he was arrested with a naked boy present.

[@chasedestroy]

Are you the same David Thrussell from Black Lung and Snog? If so, thanks a bunch, you were one of many who inspired my music career.

[@superwildside4585]

Bells were used to break up storms, that is why they melted them all down.

[@sinlanson6288]

Longer episodes please…

[@sinlanson6288]

…great program though!

[@paullawson8610]

Just closed my eyes and scrolled

[@TheJohnnyCalifornia]

Seems like these theories could have influenced or been developed parallel with Wilhelm Reich’s work.

[@rodmac8358]

When Allegro was left outcast, broken and forgotten by his revelations, suddenly, his life ceased to be lively, cheerful, and brisk.

[@busgreaser]

This is indeed an interesting video.

[@Silencio.Voluntad]

I love new ways to see the same old stories

[@charlesriston8972]

Religion Divides Spirituality Unites

[@noeldoyle4501]

To have spirituality we must first show God our reverence. Good religion is about manifesting reverence and good spirituality, usually in a communal way.

[@kateoconnor6385]

I remember this book ...I was living in San Francisco then

[@oso_nomada]

The Sacred Mushroom & the cross…is an amazing Stoner Metal band name.

[@georgewyatt4912]

Yes liberty caps can be very spiritual

[@longfacedog]

what's the music at 5.45? it's only a few seconds....

[@jonmustang]

Very cool, subbed!

[@aarondavid7794]

We poses great power within that lies dormant and people make it more dormant by comforming to not your true self but the ideas of others

[@killaloekittens2834]

I recommend the book Strange Fruit by Clark Heinrich.

[@normanseagull4027]

Distracting with all the interference on the screen flashing.

[@derekwhite2929]

I've always had very bad reactions just for telling people about this book!

[@mattorr2256]

Don’t fear. Keep stirring things up. Challenge the status quo. Question everything. Be curious about everything. There is so much of our history that has been hidden or repressed from common knowledge. I believe the true reality of these man made religions ages even stranger than this

[@Mr._Toad]

I told two Rabbi friends about this book just 3 months ago. As someone e who actually listened to most of the audio book, well about half until my wife caught me and made me turn it off, freakin censorship man. I can say that one thing that wasn’t in this video is the fact that he was also known for discovering a codex of the secret meaning of biblical symbols. I believe it was found with the Dead Sea Scrolls, but he was the primary translator of it, or saw the most significance in what it represented. Many of his critics have focused their attacks on that document, but it’s very fascinating to consider in any ancient or context. I don’t need to go to deep here, but if you can’t see that all academia is an extension of contemporary politics and between the two they share a symbiotic relationship when it comes to proliferating and maintaining the status quo…if a person doesn’t understand that, I basically have nothing to say to them. But because of that, they are in the majority and the rest of us are few and far between.

[@sharongarrett4356]

So true. Opiate of the people and all that.

[@huntintrailmetals9343]

This some garbage yall some far out speculation!

[@jackthebasenji1]

I question the images of seimen. The images were only discovered after the invention of the microscope.

[@tzetzo]

Why is your left eye covered with your hair? Just asking

[@superwildside4585]

Circumcision = mushroom tip.

[@scottchristopherwilkie1664]

Um what

[@niteshades_promise]

= mutilation and abuse. 🍻