In light of Michael Sudduth's conversion to Hinduism, and efforts to justify the Hindu "scriptures" philosophically, there's evidence that the Vedic sages were potheads. Here's a classic monograph on the subject:
If so, why would we put more stock in their mantic effusions than we would in Timothy Leary?
Pot or mushrooms? The idea of religious texts based on the latter is even scarier!
ReplyDeleteCoincidence that the rise of Eastern religion in the West was in the 60s?
ReplyDeleteI think not.
Timothy Leary referred to pot as "harmless and giggly"- his thing was acid, more along the lines of what John might have been imbibing while writing Revelation. But who knows? Marijuana and ergot have both been known for a long time.
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