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Book · 2020 · History

Immortality Key

The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

by Brian C. Muraresku · Recommended by 11 people on 5 podcasts

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He was on my podcast and he's got an amazing book and it's uh it's all about how the ancient greeks and the ancient romans were tripping it's called the immortality key it's an amazing book and it's actually opened up a field of study at harvard now they're studying this this part of the history of the ancient greeks.
Sam Tripoli · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2022 Listen at 56:13

What they say about it

Grouped from 63 mentions
  • All about ancient Greece and mysteries“all about ancient Greece and the illusionian mysteries”
    7
  • Psychedelics in ancient religions“all about psychedelics and ancient religions”
    7
  • Opened up study at Harvard“opened up a field of study at Harvard”
    5
  • Currently reading or rereading
    4

The best things said about it

5 of 63 · every mention
Recommended
And i think uh based on brian maro rescue's work with uh that book the immortality key which i can't recommend enough it's a wild immortality key yeah.
Sam Tripoli The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2022
Recommended
What Brian has done in The Immortality Key has been to present hard and fast evidence that the first Christians were using psychedelics.
Graham Hancock The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2020
Recommended
The third one that I really love is The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku. I love that book so much.
Dr. Gül Dölen The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2023
Recommended
One of the things that gives me hope is Brian esu's the the reception of his material that book The immortality key which is fantastic which points to real which I wrote the forward to.
Graham Hancock The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2022
Recommended
Brian murray rescue's work in the immortality key which is an amazing book.
Jordan Peterson The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2022

Where and when it comes up

Mentions per year

Counted mentions by episode date. Our archive is deeper for recent years; 2026 so far.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Most mentions, by podcast

5 shows

11 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Why people recommend it: Brian C. Muraresku's The Immortality Key investigates the clandestine roots of ancient European religion and the forgotten psychedelic rituals underpinning Western civilization. Joe Rogan repeatedly endorsed this work across multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, discussing it with guests like Cody Tucker, Michael Button, Thomas Campbell, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Yannis Pappas, Chris Distefano, Michael Shellenberger, and Stephen C Meyer. Rogan highlighted the author as a brilliant scholar who spent more than a decade researching the Eleusinian mysteries in ancient Greece. According to Rogan, Muraresku presented physical and historical proof connecting ancient wine vessels and early religious rites to mind-altering substances. Rogan noted on various occasions that these psychoactive compounds likely sparked alternative thought, creativity, innovation, and major cultural advancements during antiquity. Furthermore, Rogan frequently urged his listeners and guests to read the book, emphasizing that Marcus Aurelius likely participated in these historical mysteries and pointing out that actual physical evidence of ergot and other elements has now been determined through Muraresku's extensive academic research.

Every mention

63 counted mentions · 5 passing or ad reads below
Joe Rogan oh yeah there's a great book on that too if You'never read it it's called um uh the immortality Key by a sc… 43
Recommended
“He wrote a he's a scholar and he wrote a great book called the immortality key that is all about the Illusinian mysteries in uh in ancient Greece which I believe Marcus Aurelio participated.”
The Joe Rogan Experience #2566 - Cody Tucker 2026-10-15
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“what Brian Moresco talked about in the Illusinian Mysteries in his great book the immortality key and that this was probably what led do a lot of invention, a lot of innovation, a lot of alternative thought, a lot of creativity, and a lot of like, you know, what are the whatever the wild advancements of the time were.”
Recommended
“There's a great book called the immortality key by Brian Murescu. He's been on this podcast a few times and brilliant guy.”
Discussed
“This is the work of Brian Mur Rescue. I'm sure you do you know about his stuff? The immortality key. Did you read that book? Yes, I did.”
Discussed
“That's from Brian Muraresku's book. Um The Immortality Key.”
The Joe Rogan Experience #2515 - Chase Hughes 2026-06-17
Recommended
“there's a fantastic book on it called the immortality key that a guy has been a guest on my podcast a bunch of times Brian Mur rescue wrote”
Recommended
“oh yeah there's a great book on that too if You'never read it it's called um uh the immortality Key by a scholar named Brian Mur rescu who's a a brilliant guy who's been on the podcast a couple times”
Recommended
“You really should read The Immortality Key, have you read that?”
Recommended
“have you ever read uh the have you ever read the um Brian Mar rescue book The immortality key”
Recommended
“have you um ever read that book um the immortality key no it it's about the ucini and Mysteries”
Discussed
“um so what's interesting also is um you took a long time to write this book The immortality key You took a long time researching this and I know that there was a lot of questions about how this would be received and whether or not this is like a whether it would be commercially successful but it's been so”
Discussed
“that's Brian M rescue's book The immortality key where these people would travel to elus and and partake in this ritual”
Discussed
“it's the root the root of the ucini Mysteries that's Brian M rescue's book The immortality key where these people would travel to elus and and partake in this ritual where they drank wine”
Discussed
“that's one of the more interesting things about diving deep into ancient Greek culture is that you find like this book the immortality key from this guy Brian Mor rescu who found that the ucini Mysteries when they were all these people were coming to eluis from all over the world and taking part of these mystery ceremonies”
Discussed
“you know I mean that was one of the more interesting things about diving deep into ancient Greek culture is that you find like this book uh the immortality key from this guy Brian Mor rescu who found that the ucini Mysteries when they were all these people were coming to eluis from all over the world and taking part”
Discussed
“and this is what Brian M rescue's book uh the immortality key about so we go to this place where they invented democracy”
Recommended
“he's the guy who wrote the immortality key that amazing book on the illuscinian mysteries in Greece”
Discussed
“I was with my friend uh Brian murarescu he's the guy who wrote the immortality key that amazing book on the illuscinian mysteries in Greece”
Discussed
“I was with my friend uh Brian mesu who uh wrote the book The immortality key and uh just happened to align perfectly where he was going to be in Greece when I was in Greece the immortality key is a book about the ilian Mysteries and about how in ancient Greece they had these ceremonies that they would do”
Recommended
“because of his work because of this amazing book and because of more than a decade of research they've now determined that there's actual physical proof that during the ucan Mysteries when they were”
Recommended
“um you know Brian M rescu who uh wrote this fantastic book called The immortality key on the ucini mysteries in ancient Greece they they because of his work because of this amazing book and because of more than a decade of research they've now determined that there's actual physical proof that during the ucan Mysteries when they were uh”
Recommended
“there's a great book on it um the immortality Key by this guy Brian mer rescu it actually opened up a field of study at Harvard”
Recommended
“Have you have you ever heard of a book called uh the immortality key no it's a book by this guy Brian murarescu and it's all about ancient Greece”
Recommended
“have you ever heard of a book called the immortality key no it's a book by this guy Brian murarescu and it's all about ancient Greece”
Recommended
“have you ever heard of uh Brian mura rescu in the book called The immortality key”
Recommended
“Brian murarescu who's been on the podcast before wrote a book called The immortality key it's a great book”
Recommended
“have you ever heard of a book called The immortality key there's a guy named Brian murarescu who became obsessed with the lucidian Mysteries and the ancient Greeks who drank wine and invented democracy”
Recommended
“uh the book's called the immortality key it's amazing I listened to the audio version of it and Brian does the the reading of it”
Discussed
“you know that guy brian uh who's got the book out on early christianity and psychedelics rescue yeah it's called the immortality key”
Discussed
“you know brian uh who's got the book out on early christianity and psychedelics rescue yeah it's called the immortality key”
Discussed
“the there's a book The immortality Key by this guy Brian mesu and uh he detailed how the ancient Greeks during the Enlightenment they were all uh drinking wine that was laced with uh psychedelics”
Discussed
“so there's this guy named brian murray rescuePand he made he wrote this book called the immortality keyPthat's all about the use of psychedelic drugs in ancient greece”
Recommended
“read that book the immortality immortalityPit's opened up a field of study in harvardPhis research is open”
Recommended
“and then they they in in the book they sort of detail how it uh migrated to other countries and you can find the same remnants in the pottery in these other countries and you can literally pat you could track the path of their escape from these areas where they were more restrictive and and and trying these ritualistic”
Recommended
“the immortality key it's an amazing book really really and brian was on the podcast and because of him being on the podcast harvard has opened up a field of study”
Recommended
“have you uh read there's a great audiobook that i listened to called the immortality key and i had a guy on the podcast who wrote the book mortal code no the immortality key is all about psychedelics and ancient religions”
Discussed
“have you ever um heard of the book the immortality key by uh brian murrow rescue”
Discussed
“you know that's one of the things that i've been reading about um lately i i'm actually rereading this book by brian murray rescue on um it's called the immortality key it's all about ancient greece”
Discussed
“do you are you aware of um the book the immortality key yeah brian murray's book”
Discussed
“no he wrote a book called the immortality key and it's all about ancient greece and the illusionian mysteries”
Recommended
“yeah his book the immortality key is amazing and now they're doing studies because of that book in harvard”
Discussed
“he's um a scholar and an author of a book called The immortality key and uh he came on this podcast and uh explained his work that is now become uh it's it's it's now uh a point of study at Harvard”
Discussed
“but this book tell me this is uh the immortality key the secret of the secret history of religion of the religion with no name”
Graham Hancock one of the things that gives me hope is Brian esu's the the reception of his material that book The immorta… 2
Recommended
“one of the things that gives me hope is Brian esu's the the reception of his material that book The immortality key which is fantastic which points to real which I wrote the forward to”
Recommended
“and what brian has done in the immortality key has been to present hard and fast evidence that the first christians were using psychedelics”
Sam Tripoli and i think uh based on brian maro rescue's work with uh that book the immortality key which i can't recomm… 2
Recommended
“he was on my podcast and he's got an amazing book and it's uh it's all about how the ancient greeks and the ancient romans were tripping it's called the immortality key it's an amazing book and it's actually opened up a field of study at harvard now they're studying this this part of the history of the ancient greeks”
Recommended
“and i think uh based on brian maro rescue's work with uh that book the immortality key which i can't recommend enough it's a wild immortality key yeah”
Jordan Peterson brian murray rescue's work in the immortality key which is an amazing book 5
Discussed
“I was talking to Brian Murray rescue I think it's probably yeah more than a year ago he wrote the immortality key and you know he he was although a lawyer he was the book is about ethno pharmacology in many regards”
Discussed
“you know i'm reading this book right now uh is it the religion with no name it's about the illusionian mysteries i should get that right the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name”
Recommended
“brian murray rescue's work in the immortality key which is an amazing book”
Discussed
“mr marescu the author wrote the recent book the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name which was published by saint martin's press in 2020”
Discussed
“i've been reading this book recently the immortality key by brian mararescu and he's making a case that has been made up by other people although he makes it in a very interesting way in a very original way it's reminiscent to me of john allegro's work from the early late 60s late 60s which sort of got pilloried at”
Dr. Gül Dölen Then the third one that I really love is The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku. I love that book so much.… 1
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“Then the third one that I really love is The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku. I love that book so much. I designed my entire Halloween decoration this year all around that book.”
Gad Saad when I was in Greece I was with uh Brian M rescu and he wrote this book about the ucini Mysteries called th… 1
Recommended
“when I was in Greece I was with uh Brian M rescu and he wrote this book about the ucini Mysteries called the immortality key it's an amazing book”
Maynard James Keenan it's called the immortality key and whoops and it is all about ancient wine and the ancient greeks how they… 1
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“it's called the immortality key and whoops and it is all about ancient wine and the ancient greeks how they used they they put all kinds of note if you don't mind”
Chris Williamson have you read the immortality key by brian murarescu the one about the cookie on like uh oh here's another 4
Discussed
“have you read the immortality key by brian murarescu the one about the cookie on like uh oh here's another”
Discussed
“i'm currently halfway through the immortality key bry brian murarescu do you have you read this”
Discussed
“the immortality key brian you should get the idea”
Discussed
“i've got this book i've got the the what's it called the immortality key um the immortality literally literally got delivered today i've got him i've got him coming on in in january”
Brian D. Earp i've got this book i've got the the what's it called the immortality key um the immortality literally liter… 1
Discussed
“i've got this book i've got the the what's it called the immortality key um the immortality literally literally got delivered today i've got him i've got him coming on in in january i can't pronounce his surname”
Colion Noir because you know there's a guy um named brian mirorescu who uh wrote a book called the immortality key that… 1
Discussed
“because you know there's a guy um named brian mirorescu who uh wrote a book called the immortality key that's all about the ancient greek societies and the enlightenment”
Lex Fridman can we step back and just kind of look at your work with the the book immortality key what is the story tha… 1
Discussed
“can we step back and just kind of look at your work with the the book immortality key what is the story that you tell in this book”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“and this is what Brian M rescue's book uh the immortality key about”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“and your book is now available on paperback I I'm assuming they made a lot of copies this time we will find out we will find out”
Plugged
“the following is a conversation with brian muirescu author of the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name a book that reconstructs the forgotten history of psychedelics in the development of western civilization”
Plugged
“that's what i explore in the immortality key that this notion of techniques archaic techniques in some cases of ecstasy that allow that experience of the eternal principle to actually rise up in our consciousness”
Plugged
“you remained uh psychedelically uninitiated throughout the writing of your book”
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“so the first chapter of my book is called identity crisis and it talks a lot about this”

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