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Carl Ruck

Summary

Carl Ruck is an American classicist at Boston University, a co-author (with R. Gordon Wasson and Albert Hofmann) of The Road to Eleusis (1978), which argued that the Eleusinian Mysteries involved a psychedelic drink (kykeon) derived from ergot.

Core Contribution

Co-developed the psychedelic hypothesis of the Eleusinian Mysteries; coined the term 'entheogen.'

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Eleusinian mysteries
  • entheogens
  • psychedelics and religion
  • classical studies

Notable Works & Achievements

The Road to Eleusis

Persephone's Quest

Historical Influences

R. Gordon Wasson Albert Hofmann

Intellectual Lineage

Classical studies psychedelic research

Contemporaries & Peers

R. Gordon Wasson Albert Hofmann Brian Muraresku

Minds Influenced

Entheogen research mystery religion scholarship

Intellectual Posterity

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