The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East

Written by John M. Allegro

Narrated by Martyn Swain

This book challenges everything we know about religion, journeying through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666626056

John M. Allegro

John M. Allegro was an English archaeologist and scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II before studying Hebrew and Greek at Manchester University. In 1968, his translations of scripture commentary known as pesharim were published as Discoveries in the Judaean Desert of Jordan V: 4Q158-4Q186. He resigned his post at the Faculty of Theology at Manchester University shortly before the publication of The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross in 1970.

Reviews for The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

[chance · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

One track mind. Unbalanced presentation of odd hypothesis. Writer assumes readers will just accept his ideas.

[Jeffrey Atkisson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is horny af! lol where I am by no means an expert in this field I grew up studying Christianity quite thoroughly and can definitely see some possibilities in the similarities between Christianity and these mushroom fertility cults. An interesting thought prevoking read.