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person1980s–

Brian C. Muraresku

Disciplines:
law
psychedelics
ancient history/classics
ancient philosophy/ancient religion

Summary

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.

Core Contribution

Creates the psychedelic Christianity synthesis — The Immortality Key combines archaeological evidence, chemical analysis of ancient vessels, and classical scholarship to argue that the kykeon at Eleusis and early Christian Eucharist contained psychedelic compounds, and that the mystical experience these produced is the origin of Western religious experience.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Immortality Key

Historical Influences

R. Gordon Wasson Albert Hofmann Carl Ruck

Intellectual Lineage

Georgetown University Fordham LawThe Immortality Key

Contemporaries & Peers

Graham Hancock John Allegro

Minds Influenced

Psychedelic religion research

Intellectual Posterity

The Immortality Key Psychedelic Christianity hypothesis

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