Psychedelics, Religion, Christmas and Spirituality
9 NOVEMBER, 2016
In this article I wish to delve into what is to likely be a controversial subject for some or perhaps a majority of the general population. This article will be on the topic of hallucinogens in regards to aiding in spiritual development. On my page Astrotheology and Shamanism on Facebook I delve into some of the symbolism and rituals behind such things as the origin of the Christmas tree, communion, the origin of Santa Claus, the Zodiac and even the Bible in regards to the sacred mushroom. Here is an excerpt from that page written out of the book “Astrotheology and Shamanism: Christianity’s Pagan Roots.”
“COMMUNION: Amanita mushrooms go through a chemical process as they dry. This process is necessary, for most people, before ceremonial ingestion. In other words, they must be dried in order for them to work. The reason that we want to dry the mushrooms out is that they contain ibotenic acid. By drying the mushrooms out, much of the ibotenic acid is converted (decarboxylated) into muscimol, which is a much stronger entheogenic substance.
One of the practices of drying the mushrooms would be to place them in stockings and hang the stockings over the hearth of the fireplace overnight. What was less potent becomes, by morning, a nice present after hanging over the warm fire, and is ready for consumption during the winter solstice celebrations.
These mushrooms grow to be large and quite heavy when they are wet. The ideal practice would be to dry them out in the field before bringing them home. This way, the mushrooms are not as heavy when they are carried, and those on the bottom of the bag or basket won’t be destroyed by the weight of those on the top. After all, 40 pounds of dry mushrooms are going to be much greater in quantity than 40 pounds of wet mushrooms.
The mushrooms are dried in the sun before the shaman returns home with them. One way to do this is to find a tree in a central location, hang the mushrooms on the tree and let them dry out in the boughs or the branches of the tree while the shaman continues to hunt for more mushrooms. After a period, all these mushrooms hanging in the tree resemble a decorated Christmas tree. It appears as though the pine tree is bearing fruit. It can even look as though candles have been placed throughout the tree, with the red cap representing the flame and the stripe representing the candle itself. Today, as at Easter, most who celebrate Christmas do not use mushrooms in their traditions, but they do continue to use the symbolism of the mushrooms in many ways. In the Middle Ages, when alchemy was at its peak, mystery plays often featured decorated trees. The church did not like this. Although they compromised at first, they soon forbade the tree ritual altogether. How they compromised was interesting, to say the least. They added holy Eucharistic wafers to the ornaments on the tree. Just as the shamans did, they decorated the tree with their sacred meal.
Once the winter solstice had arrived, the shaman would go out into the local community and deliver these dried mushrooms to each of the tribe members. Because of the cold Siberian climate, the main entrance into the Siberian homes (known as yurts) would often be snowed over, so everyone in the family must climb up to the roof and enter through the secondary or winter entrance, the chimney. Santa Claus, or the shaman bearing the bag of goodies, would enter the yurt through the smoke hole. This is where they symbology originated.
Santa Claus is not always red and white. Santa Claus or Father Christmas, or the shaman, would dress in clothing resembling the plants that were available in their local vicinity. The darker-colored Santa Claus is actually representing a different mushroom. It is not the A. muscaria that this darker-colored Santa represents, but the Amanita pantherina.”
The roots of Christian-dumb are founded in the only true religion that has ever existed and ever will exist and that is in the cycles of nature. All of the communion of today’s churches are nothing more than a mere bastardization of taking the sacrament of the sacred mushroom in order to stimulate the spiritual attunements already present within us, a catalyst for enlightenment however I should mention it would be wise not to abuse these chemicals and only to use them in order to begin the alchemical process of spiritual development.
The term sacred however is derived from sacral or sacrum. “The sacrum; plural: sacra or sacrum’s, Latin os sacrum in human anatomy is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine, that forms by the fusing of sacred vertebRAe S1-S5, between 18 and 30 years of age.
“The sacrum articulates (forms a joint) with four other bones. It is situated at the upper, back part of the pelvic cavity, where it is anatomically inserted between the two hip bones (illium). The two lateral projections of the sacrum are called the alae (wings), and articulate with the illium at the L-shaped sacroiliac joints. The upper part of the sacrum connects with the last lumbar vertebra, and its lower part with the coccyx (tailbone) via the sacral and coccygeal cornua.”
It does not take much to see the symbolism behind these wings and the wings of the symbolism intermingled with the caduceus, which represents the sacred oil rising from the coccygeal up the two sets of nerves packed with polar energies contained within the nerves, the oil rise up into the brain in order to activate the pineal gland along with higher parts of the brain or the crown.
Think of the human body as a sort of beaker like that found in a chemistry set and as such in the human body there should be a balance. Equations in chemical terms “are used to graphically illustrate chemical reactions. They consist of chemical or structural formulas of the reactants on the left and those of the products on the right. An arrow, which indicates the direction and type of the reaction, separates them; the arrow is read as the word “yields.” The tip of the arrow points in the direction in which the reaction proceeds. A double arrow pointing in opposite directions is used for equilibrium reactions. Equations should be balanced according to the stoichiometric; the number of atoms of each species should be the same on both sides of the equation. This is achieved by scaling the number of involved molecules (A, B, C and D in a schematic example below) by the appropriate integers a, b, c and d.)”
Recall in my last article “Creativity, Social Strife, Yoga and Bad Vibes” when I discussed frequencies in relation to positive and negative along with Justin Bieber and Slayer. Both male and female frequencies are present in both instances however one is dominant in either case in regards to the nerve stimulation and the amount of sacred fluid proportioned to each side.
Archaeologist have discovered that psilocybin mushrooms have been used since prehistoric times and was used in religious rituals 6,000 years ago and there is cave art in the Tassili caves of Algeria dating from 7,000 to 9,000 years ago that show a species of Psilocybe mairel. This substance has been used for religious communion, divination, and healing and mushroom stones and motifs have been found in Guatemala. There have been statues and the Aztecs used a species of the psilocybe species known as teonanacatl which literally translates to “divine mushroom, or god, or sacred which is to say sacral. The Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist used today amongst the Catholic Church is nothing more than a bastardization of the communion of the community joining together to take part in the holy communion of tripping together.
“The ancient shamans of Siberia would gather enough mushrooms for the entire community and have a communion. These ancient shamans would go to the houses of the people in the community in celebration of the winter solstice, deliver the mushrooms to them and guide them through the experience…it was their yearly tradition. This is where Santa comes from. The shaman, often dressing in the red and white colors of the Amanita and carrying a huge bag full of the same red and white mushrooms that he or she had picked and dried during the previous season (enough for the entire community), would go door to door and give the community the mushroom experience.”
The Amanita muscaria along with other psychedelic substances acts as a catalyst for the chemicals already present in each one of our bodies in order to jump-start sort to speak the alchemical process of illumination as I have already mentioned. Though I do feel that these substances can help to propel one towards spiritual enlightenment I also believe that one should not substitute this for true spiritual growth, which takes substantial effort however, this is only as I said, a suggestion.
A bit of my own personal experiences with certain substances can perhaps explain my own spiritual awakening however this was only temporary as long as these substances were present in my own body given that the compositions were in correct proportions to allow such a phenomenon.
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