Fruit of the Tree of Life
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An entheogen is a psycho-active substance that is used in a religious, psycho-therapeutic, shamanic or spiritual context. The word entheogen takes its origins from the Greek word entheos, which means 'full of the god,' and genesthai, which means 'to come into being.' So an entheogen is a substance that causes someone to become enthused or inspired to realize God within their own consciousness.
Entheogens are derived primarily from plant sources and have been used in a variety of religious ceremonies. Throughout history, entheogens, such as Ayahuasca, Psilocybin and Peyote, have been used all over the world by almost every religious culture. They are very different from pleasure drugs, which tend to enhance the lower Chakras of procreation and willpower.
All over the walls in the structures in Egypt, there are hieroglyphic depictions of a mushroom that was used by the ancient Egyptians. This mushroom is the Amanita muscaria. And it contains trace amounts of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which is an entheogen that is naturally produced in the brain's Pineal gland.[i]
"I will rain Bread from Heaven for you." Behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing.
Exodus 16:4 & 14
In the biblical Book of Exodus, it is written that the Israelites were provided with bread from Heaven. False gods provided it to them so that they would commune telepathically with them after the Fall of Man. They called it manna.
In the language of the ancient Sumerians who lived around 4000 BC at the head of what is now the Persian Gulf, the word manna means both 'plant' and 'pine.'[ii] The Amanita muscaria mushroom grows almost exclusively beneath Pine trees. It cannot live without them. Hence the name Pineal.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "It is manna." And Moses said unto them, "This is the Bread which the LORD hath given you to eat." Exodus 16:15
In ancient Egypt, initiates whose goal it was to attain God realization spent twenty-four years training the two hemispheres of their brains in the Egyptian mystery schools. The right-brain training focused on mastering the human emotions. It took place in the Left Eye of Horus Mystery School. This was followed by left-brain training in the Right Eye of Horus Mystery School, which dealt with sacred geometry and the logical side of Creation.
After completing this intense training, they were given the Amanita muscaria that, when dried, has the consistency of bread. Then they were placed into the sarcophagus in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid for three days and two nights.[iii] A dark environment actualizes higher and higher states of consciousness, which correlate with the synthesis and accumulation of chemicals in the brain.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. John 6:49-50
The first Christians were primarily from Egypt. They originally adopted the symbol of the ankh for use as the Christian cross. The ankh was designed in the shape of the mushroom. The horizontal arm of the original ankh is frayed to resemble the annulus at the top of the stalk. It is the key to eternal life. The Fruit of the Tree of Life, which was eaten by Eve, was not a red apple; it was a red Amanita muscaria mushroom.
Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first Fruits of those who have fallen asleep. I Corinthians 15:20
Even at the very roots of our Christmas tradition is the secret of the Amanita muscaria mushroom. The early Christians expected to find these 'gifts' underneath the Pine tree in the morning, when the dew that lay on the ground had gone up.
The spiritual experience that is produced by this ritual is the cornerstone of shamanism. There are no other experiences like it – except the Near Death Experience. The sarcophagus that was used by the ancient Egyptians was the perfect alchemy chamber. When people perform this ritual, they are first returned to the darkness of the womb. And then they are resurrected and reunited with the Divine.
To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. Revelations 2:17
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[i & iii] Mushrooms and Mankind: The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion, James Arthur, The Book Tree, 2003
[ii] The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character, Samuel Noah Kramer, University Of Chicago Press, 1971
