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Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher
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Posted on 03/04/2008 6:46:14 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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.
TOPICS: Judaism
KEYWORDS: ayahuasca; crackheadprofessor; judaism; moses; projection; religion
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Dude, pass some more of the crazy toadstools.
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:46:58 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: crusty old prospector
Weeeellll....he had a pretty steady hand to carve out all those 20...ah, 10 Commandments in stone, considering (according to this story) he was “stoned” himself.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:48:10 AM PST
by
NordP
(Obama might be for change....but I want dollar bills!)
To: crusty old prospector
I wonder what this guy is on?
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:48:17 AM PST
by
mountainlyons
(confused conservative)
To: crusty old prospector
It’s nice to see other religions have their nut cases and fringe!
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:48:30 AM PST
by
poobear
(Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
To: caver
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:48:36 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: caver
Oh chill out!
There’s no zot here.
To: crusty old prospector
What was he on when he parted the Red Sea?
To: crusty old prospector
LOL, so all that smoke was not from a burning bush, but just Moses smoking weed. Too funny the levels that ‘researchers’ stoop to.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:49:58 AM PST
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: poobear
LOL - in Islam, “nutcases and fringe” are the norm. Come up with a story like this and he’d be “stoned”, or preferrably, decapitated.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:50:05 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: NordP
He must have also given some to Pharaoh so as to help deceive him with his magic tricks, like the plagues.
To: crusty old prospector
Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances. No surprise there ...
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:50:06 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
("they want to be judged on their intentions, not their results" - libtards official motto)
To: crusty old prospector
"The Bible says people see sounds" Chapter/verse, please.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:50:36 AM PST
by
Enosh
(†)
To: crusty old prospector
Pharoah, and all his subjects. That’s a lot of weed.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:51:01 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: tx_eggman
Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology...No surprise there.
To: crusty old prospector
That’s right: The Easter is just around the corner... Passover a bit further on. But it’s never too early to denigrate religious observances.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:52:00 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: NordP
Carved in stone? That is a fairy tale. Maybe later, but not at the time they were declared.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:52:12 AM PST
by
LetsRok
To: crusty old prospector
Yes and Moses only thought he saw the water part and the tripping people really walked across on top of the water. /sarcasm
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:52:31 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(I am the watchman on the tower sounding the alarm.)
To: LetsRok
I KNEW I should have put "/sarc" after my post...thought I didn't need to. Teach me to think.
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:53:29 AM PST
by
NordP
(Obama might be for change....but I want dollar bills!)
To: crusty old prospector
Sure. He was there. He saw it in person. He knows FOR SURE EXACTLY what was going on. Right. Just like all these so called experts on everything back in history. They ALL KNOW now what happened back then. They are THE EXPERTS, in their own mines that is. /sarcasm still on very heavy
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posted on
03/04/2008 6:53:49 AM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(Obama: NOT the next JFK. He is the NEXT STALIN!!!! Wake up America!!!)
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