In the old days, the female witches of Christianity who preceded the male priests were known for serving up a deadly concoction. The kind of wine the Ancient Greeks would have had no problem calling a pharmakon, or Dioscorides would have easily included as one of his wine formulas in the Materia Medica. Judging from the Ancient Greek of Saint Paul, there’s no doubt the Eucharist of yesterday was very different from the Eucharist of today.
