Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2014-03-18

Joe Rogan & Amber Lyon: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #470

#470 - Amber Lyon

5 books · With Amber Lyon · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Amber Lyon is an Emmy Award-Winning journalist. She has recently been traveling the world working on Reset.Me, an independent journalism site covering psychedelics, natural medicines, and alternative therapies.

Joe Rogan recommended The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro, and discussed DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and others, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro, and Jack Herer's the Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   DMT: The Spirit Molecule

   Rick Strassman · at 1:12:00

   DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman is a scientific and clinical investigation into the effects of dimethyltryptamine, chronicling the first FDA-approved human clinical studies on psychedelics in decades.

   Discussed

   “and Rick strasman who's a friend of mine and a really really interesting cool guy um who wrote The Spirit Molecule DMT The Spirit Molecule uh he did all those studies at a university New Mexico”

   Joe Rogan #470 - Amber Lyon 2014-03-18 Listen at 1:12:00

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
2. 

   Sex at Dawn

   Christopher Ryan; Cacilda Jethá · at 2:02:42

   Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá is an exploration of human sexuality that challenges conventional ideas about monogamy by examining evolutionary biology and primate behavior.

   Discussed

   “the guy who wrote um um sex at dawn brilliant guy who I do a podcast with once a month him and Duncan Trussell and I do a podcast”

   Joe Rogan #470 - Amber Lyon 2014-03-18 Listen at 2:02:42

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
3. 

   The sacred mushroom and the cross

   John Marco Allegro · at 2:05:45

   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.

   Recommended

   “next time you come in or if you can get it if you can find it you got to pick up John Marco allegro's uh the sacred Mushroom in the cross cross”

   Joe Rogan #470 - Amber Lyon 2014-03-18 Listen at 2:05:45

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
4. 

   The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth

   John Marco Allegro · at 2:06:06

   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

   “it's called the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth”

   Joe Rogan #470 - Amber Lyon 2014-03-18 Listen at 2:06:06

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
5. 

   Jack Herer's the Emperor Wears No Clothes

   Jack Herer · at 2:11:34

   Jack Herer's the Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer is a famous historical and political exploration of hemp and cannabis prohibition.

   Discussed

   “he was a Goldwater Republican and uh he uh he wrote a book called The Emperor has no clothes about uh about marijuana and the real root of the propaganda that allowed marijuana to become an illegal drug”

   Joe Rogan #470 - Amber Lyon 2014-03-18 Listen at 2:11:34

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon