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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Supernatural
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
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How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan is an exploration of the history and science of psychedelics, detailing their renewed potential in therapeutic settings for treating conditions like depression, anxiety, and addiction.
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Marco Allegro is a controversial and fascinating study of the Dead Sea Scrolls that posits early Christianity was rooted in ancient fertility rituals and psychedelic mushroom use.
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”
Where to get it
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock is a work of speculative historical nonfiction that investigates lost ancient civilizations and challenges mainstream archaeological timelines, particularly through the lens of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.
Discussed“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”
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