Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-07-19
Books mentioned on 183. The Immortality Key; Psychedelics and the Ancient Age | Brian Muraresku & Prof. Carl Ruck
This podcast was recorded on May 14th, 2021. In today’s episode, Dr.
Jordan Peterson discussed Immortality Key by Brian C. Muraresku, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy, tr by Mircea Eliade, and The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro. Brian Muraresku discussed The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Immortality Key
Why people recommend it: Brian C.
Discussed“mr marescu the author wrote the recent book the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name which was published by saint martin's press in 2020”
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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is one of the best-selling mystery thriller novels in history, blending cryptography, religious history, and secret societies.
Discussed“uh it was as excitingly plotted as dan brown's uh da vinci code which is really saying something given that was a best-selling novel and this is actually a work of adventure non-fiction inquiry and scientific exploration all compacted into something that was extraordinarily readable”
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The Road to Eleusis
The Road to Eleusis by R.
Discussed“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”
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Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy, tr
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade is a foundational academic study exploring the cross-cultural traditions, ecstatic techniques, and historical manifestations of shamanic practices around the world.
Discussed“and also with jung wrote a great book on shamanism i i don't know if you're you know the book you you likely do”
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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“i mean that's certainly what john allegro claimed right with the mushroom and the cross i read that when i was pretty young 15”
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