Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2020-09-30
Books mentioned on #1543 - Brian Muraresku & Graham Hancock
Attorney and scholar Brian C. Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name.
Joe Rogan discussed Immortality Key by Brian C. Muraresku and others and The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro. Brian Muraresku discussed The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others and Soma: divine mushroom of immortality by R. Gordon Wasson. Graham Hancock recommended How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan, The Mind in the Cave by J. David Lewis-Williams, and The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shanon, and discussed The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Immortality Key
Immortality Key by Brian C.
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”
Where to get it
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The Road to Eleusis
The Road to Eleusis by R.
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is a compelling non-fiction investigation into the history, science, and cultural renaissance of psychedelic substances like psilocybin and LSD in therapeutic settings.
Recommended“well uh michael pollan who uh later in life experienced psychedelics and uh wrote pretty brilliantly about them for me that is he's one of the more interesting uh people to discuss it because michael is an investigative journalist he he he dot takes deep dives into these subjects and his deep dive into psychedelics was incredibly illuminating and so”
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Marco Allegro is a controversial scholarly study that posits early Christianity originated from ancient fertility cults centered around the sacramental use of psychedelic mushrooms.
Discussed“uh and so john marco allegro author of the sacred mushroom in the scroll so he releases that book in 1970 and he claims that uh christianity is the guys for a near eastern fertility cult and it's i mean i think it's very interesting but there aren't many linguists who who support the proposition”
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro is a controversial scholarly investigation that attempts to link ancient religious texts and Christian origins to the use of hallucinogenic plants and mystery cults.
Discussed“did you read uh the dead sea scrolls in the christian myth as well from allegro”
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Soma: divine mushroom of immortality
Discussed“he writes a book about this in 1968 soma divine mushroom of immortality that that was his guess too for for soma”
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The Mind in the Cave
The Mind in the Cave by J.
Recommended“there's a professor at the university of witwatersrand in south africa david lewis williams written a book called the mind in the cave who's documented this in in great detail”
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The Antipodes of the Mind
The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shanon is a comprehensive academic study examining the psychological and phenomenological effects of ayahuasca use.
Recommended“but benny benny shannon's book is called ayahuasca the antipodes of the mind it's really important really important piece of work”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and a book that i published in 2006 called supernatural yes which which looks at the huge role that psychedelics have played in cultures and in religions all around the world”
“in fact joe i think you and i originally got in touch because of my interest in psychedelics in human culture uh and a book that i published in 2006 called supernatural which which looks at the huge role that psychedelics have played in cultures and in religions all around the world”
“kind of what happened to me when i when i wrote supernatural i had i had apart from one experience with lsd in 1974 i hadn't used any psychedelics”
“the publication date is the 29th of september and that's also the same publication date as the paperback of my lost civilization book america before i want to be clear that the immortality key is brian's book”
“after you know he wrote that book the emperor wears no clothes but then he wrote he was writing a book about mushrooms and christianity”
“this is the hardback of america before which we which we talked about the last time i was on your show and uh america before has been in hardback for the past 18 months”