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Old 03-05-2008, 03:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So moses was on drugs
so says Israeli researcher
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High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.

Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.

"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.

Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.

"The Bible says people see sounds, and that is a classic phenomenon," he said citing the example of religious ceremonies in the Amazon in which drugs are used that induce people to "see music."

He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.

He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were comparable to those produced by concoctions based on bark of the acacia tree, that is frequently mentioned in the Bible.



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yeah that sounds about right

if anyone i know start raving about some burning bush talking to him I calling the white jacket people one time
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Old 03-05-2008, 03:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DJ View Post
so says Israeli researcher


yeah that sounds about right

if anyone i know start raving about some burning bush talking to him I calling the white jacket people one time



I would have felt better if the researcher said the whole Moses story was BS but oh well
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Old 03-16-2008, 08:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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maybe drugs is how the god worlds interacts with the human ones
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Old 03-16-2008, 09:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sebas4920 View Post
maybe drugs is how the god worlds interacts with the human ones
It's the other way around.
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