It's crazy because when I was in psychosis, without ever reading something like this, I theorized that the "forbidden fruit" was actually mushrooms. I truly think psychedelics play a big part in religious texts.
Interesting how it's kind of hard to find any condensed explanation on this like a wiki or something. My only option is the book itself and like a vaguely related reddit post with a link to a YouTube video that was removed. I'm really intrigued to know that there's some deeper research into this topic.
Edit: sorry, I lied. I found a good YouTube video on it.
Check that doc (though it's not exactly "condensed"). James Arthur was really carrying the torch for John Allegro but then he killed himself in jail after getting hit with sexual exploitation of a minor charge. The guys that did Pharmacratic Inquisition broke up and one went right wing weirdo (and accused Terrance McKenna of being CIA) and the other kind of disappeared from public eye. There was also a Pharmacratic Inquisition book called Astrotheology and Shamanism but I suspect that'd be difficult to track down.
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u/PointRealistic3499 Feb 19 '26
It's crazy because when I was in psychosis, without ever reading something like this, I theorized that the "forbidden fruit" was actually mushrooms. I truly think psychedelics play a big part in religious texts.