MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02731cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2011278517
003 DLC
005 20120522082713.0
008 120514s2009 xx ab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2011278517
020 $a9780982556276 (pbk.)
020 $a0982556276 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn499060898
040 $aKFP$cKFP$dIBS$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $aaw-----
050 00 $aBL444$b.A44 2009
100 1 $aAllegro, John Marco,$d1923-
245 14 $aThe sacred mushroom and the cross :$ba study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East /$cby John M. Allegro.
250 $a40th anniversary ed.
260 $a[S.l.] :$bGnostic Media Research & Publishing,$c2009.
300 $axxx, 381 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"First published by ... Hodder and Stoughton, London, May 1970, ... Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, August 1970"--T.p. verso.
520 $aWhere did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion -- The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity -- The living power of cultic rites and symbols -- The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity -- The secret meaning of biblical myths -- The language of religion that links us to our ancestors. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's quest through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aPreface / by Jan R. Irvin -- Foreword / by Judith Anne Brown -- In the beginning God created ... -- Sumer [sic] and the beginnings of history -- Names of the gods -- Plants and drugs -- Plant names and the mysteries of the fungus -- The key of the kingdom -- The man-child born of a virgin -- Woman's part in the creative process -- The sacred prostitute -- Religious lamentation -- The mushroom "egg" and birds of mythology -- The heavenly twins -- Star of the morning -- Colour and consistency -- Mushroom cosmography -- David, Egypt, and the census -- Death and resurrection -- The garden of Adonis, Eden and delight; zealots and Muslims -- The Bible as a book of morals -- Fungus redivivus / by Carl A.P. Ruck.
650 0 $aMushrooms, Hallucinogenic$xReligious aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aMushrooms, Hallucinogenic$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory.
650 0 $aFertility cults$zMiddle East$xHistory.
650 0 $aHallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
650 0 $aMushrooms$xMythology.
650 0 $aMushrooms$vFolklore.
650 0 $aChristianity$xOrigin.