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The Holy Grail (Part 1)

Eleusis & Ergot

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Nathan Knopp
Jun 06, 2022
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TL:DR This mini-essay is the first in a three-part series about the bizarre continuity between paganism, Christianity, and the drug culture of the 1960s. This first mini-essay traces the origins of magical cups, which contained psychoactive potions in the centuries before the life of Christ. The second mini-essay follows the evolution of magic cup relig…

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