If Christianity really did base the Eucharist on a mind-altering drink that existed in the classical world at the time of Jesus, then our first task in this part of the investigation is to identify that original Ancient Greek potion. We know the first Christians didn’t traffic in beer. But the discovery of an ergot-infused brew at Mas Castellar de Pontós does show the incredible longevity of graveyard beers on the European continent. If they survived from the Stone Age to the birth of Christianity, and the whole concept of drugged beverages is not just a figment of Ruck’s imagination, then the
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