The Road to Eleusis (1978) by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, and Carl Ruck argues that the kykeon drink at the Eleusinian Mysteries contained an ergot-derived psychedelic compound, and that the ecstatic visions of initiates were due to this psychedelic brew.
Foundational text of the psychedelic hypothesis of the Eleusinian Mysteries; launched serious academic discussion of entheogenic origins of Greek religion.
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