Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

(1) It's intended to describe a literal historical event (whether or not it really happened), OR it's intended as a metaphor with whatever spiritual meaning. Compared to: (2) It's intended as a metaphor with a very specific meaning-- psychedelic tripping This ^ is not a valid comparison because (2)...

According to Allegro, the Bible (and the New Testament in particular) is really just a series of myths that describe the secrets of the Amanita muscaria fertility cult rather than real people It is important to understand that Allegro was suggesting a mushroom theory of religion and *not* a psyched...

Simply relying upon plausibility does not cut it as a historical method "Historical method" is hardly relevant to psychedelic esotericism, the crucial issue here is the hermeneutics of religion. When deciding how religion is best interpreted, the relative plausibility of the different int...

claim a/ religion is based on altered states of consciousness This ^ is an inaccurate characterisation of psychedelic esotericism. The central claim that psychedelic esotericism makes is not that religion is "based on altered states", but rather that the *stories* that religions are based...

Note that the psychedelic interpretive paradigm is inherently mythicist/ahistoricist, - it provides a coherent alternative to historical identity of the religious founders like Jesus, Mohammed and Buddha. Postulating historical individuals is no longer necessary to explain the meaning of the religio...

I have seen quite a few arguments and lots of evidence in support of this view of religion. Whose arguments? The vast majority of arguments for psychedelic esotericism commit a fundamental materialist fallacy in their treatment of the evidence. Their evidential basis is restricted to looking for de...

According to the psychedelic theory of religion: All religious stories are allegorical descriptions of the intense psychedelic altered state of consciousness which is accessed via high doses of psychedelic plants and chemicals. So for example, the stories of Jesus crucifixion and resurrection, Moham...