2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American lawyer and author — author of The Immortality Key — who argues that ancient Greek and early Christian religious rites used psychedelic beverages, and that these rites are the origin of Christianity.
Brian Muraresku's 2020 argument — that ancient Greek mystery religions (especially Eleusis) used psychedelic beverages, that early Christianity adopted these rites, and that psychedelic experience is the origin of Western religion — combining classical scholarship with chemical archaeology.