Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2020-11-17
Books mentioned on #1565 - Gary Laderman
Gary Laderman is a professor of American religious history and cultures At Emory University. He teaches and writes about death and dying, religion and sexuality, and sacred drugs.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross is a controversial study by John Marco Allegro proposing that early Christian religious practices stemmed from ancient psychedelic mushroom fertility cults.
Discussed“you know if you go back to it's a very controversial book but john marco allegro is the sacred mushroom in the cross is all about consumption of psychedelic mushrooms and that he believes that that was really what that the bible was about was about hiding these stories from the romans when they were captured”
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Chaos
Chaos by Tom O'Neill is a deeply researched investigative book that examines the Manson family murders and uncovers surprising institutional connections involving the CIA and MK Ultra mind control programs.
Recommended“yeah um there's a great book that i've mentioned many times in this podcast because i have the guest on the author on rather tom o'neill wrote a book called chaos and it's about the manson family”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Sacred Matters
“well i mean i i've written a book called sacred matters that looks at these different um kind of arenas where where religious life can be found in in cultural forms of activity”
Own book Sacred Matters
“you see the books one i mentioned um a couple times called sacred matters and then this new book is on death”