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03077aam a2200421 i 4500 001 43F2CB82D37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230405010043 008 120514t20092009cauab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2011278517 020 $a 0982556276 020 $a 9780982556276 035 $a (OCoLC)499060898 040 $a KFP $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d KFP $d IBS $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCL $d DCT $d ORE $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a aw----- 050 00 $a BL444 A44 2009 100 1 $a Allegro, John Marco, $d 1923- $e author. 245 14 $a The sacred mushroom and the cross : $b a study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East / $c by John M. Allegro. 250 $a 40th anniversary edition. 264 1 $a [Crestline, CA] : $b Gnostic Media Research & Publishing, $c 2009. 300 $a xxx, 381 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Place of publication from publisher's website. 500 $a "First published by ... Hodder and Stoughton, London, May 1970 ... Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, August 1970"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-307) and indexes. 505 0 $a Preface / by Jan R. Irvin -- Foreword / by Judith Anne Brown -- In the beginning God created ... -- Sumer [sic] and the beginnings of history -- Names of the gods -- Plants and drugs -- Plant names and the mysteries of the fungus -- The key of the kingdom -- The man-child born of a virgin -- Woman's part in the creative process -- The sacred prostitute -- Religious lamentation -- The mushroom "egg" and birds of mythology -- The heavenly twins -- Star of the morning -- Colour and consistency -- Mushroom cosmography -- David, Egypt, and the census -- Death and resurrection -- The garden of Adonis, Eden and delight; zealots and Muslims -- The Bible as a book of morals -- Fungus redivivus / by Carl A.P. Ruck. 520 $a Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion -- The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity -- The living power of cultic rites and symbols -- The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity -- The secret meaning of biblical myths -- The language of religion that links us to our ancestors. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's quest through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from. 650 0 $a Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic $x History. $x Christianity $x History. 650 0 $a Fertility cults $z Middle East $x History. 650 0 $a Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience. 650 0 $a Mushrooms $x Mythology. 650 0 $a Mushrooms $v Folklore. 650 0 $a Christianity $x Origin. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011314.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43F2CB82D37711ED83DD52344BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search