The Stoned Ape hypothesis, put forward by ethnologist Terence McKenna, suggests that our ancestors' use of psychedelic mushrooms led to improved cognitive abilities and contributed to the rapid development of modern humans. However, this theory is challenged by the fact that evolutionary…
Psychedelic substances have an incredibly long but primarily ignored history. In the course of that history, psychedelics have not been only enjoyment or recreation, nor have they lead anyone towards “superhumanity”. Instead, they have indicated rediscovering untapped potential. Undoubtedly, they are a…
Psychedelics (mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, DMT…) act on the serotonin receptors in the nervous system and shape sensory perceptions and thinking. They resemble serotonin which is the brain’s neurotransmitter in chemical structure. As a result, they produce a so-called altered state of consciousness.…
Ayahuasca brewing | Indigenous peoples always knew that the problem of our mind— or sickness, as they called it—can be treated with plants. That is done, for example, by the ayahuasca of the Amazonian people. Religions also talk about hereditary human sickness,…
We can discuss psychedelics in two different ways, either distorting or revealing reality. If we treat them as distorting or hallucinogens, there is no point in looking for their logic because substances that distort reality have nothing to do with understanding reality.…
The city of Eleusis stands on a fertile plain outside Athens, Greece. Today, this famous city of the ancient world is mostly nothing but ruins surrounded by poppies. For nearly two thousand years, this was the site of ancient Greece’s most important…
This book needs to be studied! A recent work from Peter Webster (co-writer in the book The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries,1978) is available in Kindle.
The presentation of the book:
”KOSMOS presents several arguments, examples, personal experience, and published…