Book · 2023 · Body, Mind & Spirit
The Road to Eleusis
Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others has been mentioned in 5 episodes across 3 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 4 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Brian Muraresku (3 episodes), Amanda Feilding (1 episode) and Danny Jones (1 episode) on The Joe Rogan Experience (3 episodes), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
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And so in 1978 this this trio of renegades... they put out this book the road to ellucis claiming they'd found the secret after 2 000 years.
Questions about The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others
Who recommends The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others on podcasts?
Brian Muraresku (1 episode) has recommended The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others on podcasts. In all, 3 people brought it up across 3 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Road to Eleusis the most?
The Joe Rogan Experience (3 episodes), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
Is The Road to Eleusis recommended, or only discussed?
The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2025-07-15.
What do people say about The Road to Eleusis?
Brian Muraresku on The Joe Rogan Experience (2020-09-30): "And so in 1978 this this trio of renegades... they put out this book the road to ellucis claiming they'd found the secret after 2 000 years."
When was The Road to Eleusis last mentioned on a podcast?
The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others was last discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience by Danny Jones on 2025-07-15.
What they say about it
- Revisiting the classic text“started revisiting The Road to Eleusis”2
The best things said about it
That's when I started revisiting The Road to Eleusis and looking through the anthropological literature, reading everything Gordon Wasson had ever written that Carl Ruck had written.
Um Carl Rook wrote the original book do you know that one the road to eluses yeah I've heard of it which is a very good book with um with Albert Hoffman and and um the banker what was his name anyway.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
Why people recommend it
The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, and Carl A. P. Ruck investigates the clandestine psychoactive agents and entheogenic potions utilized in ancient Greek mystery rites. Brian Muraresku discussed reading the 1978 text during his youth on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and later revisited it on the Lex Fridman Podcast during his deep dive into the historical and anthropological literature surrounding psychedelics in antiquity. Muraresku highlighted how the authors, a trio of renegades that included the discoverer of LSD, hypothesized they had uncovered the secret botanical foundations of the Eleusinian mysteries after two millennia. Danny Jones mentioned Carl A. P. Ruck and the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while exploring classical scholars of ancient entheogens and their modern implications. Amanda Feilding also brought up the text on The Joe Rogan Experience, discussing its exploration of the Eleusinian mysteries alongside Albert Hofmann and the historical context of ritual entheogen use. Throughout these podcast appearances, guests and hosts repeatedly returned to the book as a foundational text for understanding the intersection of classical antiquity, botany, and altered states of consciousness.
Every mention
Brian Muraresku um and so that's when i started revisiting the road to ellucis and looking through the anthropological lite… 3
“the road to ellucis by gordon watson who we talked about already albert hofmann who famously discovers lsd or synthesizes it from ergot”
“um and so that's when i started revisiting the road to ellucis and looking through the anthropological literature reading everything gordon watson had ever written that carl ruck had written”
“and i read this crazy book the road to ellucis which comes out in 1978 and i'm trying to figure out how the ancient greeks could have consumed”
“and so in 1978 this this trio of renegades... they put out this book the road to ellucis claiming they'd found the secret after 2 000 years”
Amanda Feilding um Carl Rook wrote the original book do you know that one the road to eluses yeah I've heard of it which is… 1
“um Carl Rook wrote the original book do you know that one the road to eluses yeah I've heard of it which is a very good book with um with Albert Hoffman and and um the banker what was his name anyway”
Danny Jones He just he he uh he he was like came up under this under like some of the top classical scholars of like mo… 1
“He just he he uh he he was like came up under this under like some of the top classical scholars of like modern times. One of those dudes is Carl Ruck. He wrote The Road to Eleusis.”
