Ancient Psychedelia: Alien Gods & Mushroom Goddesses
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| These are more likely mushrooms and not serpents, based on the depictions of serpents we have seen. This image is on the back of a head, we must keep in mind, not some pole with animal depictions. If this represents the wisdom of the third eye, and it makes sense that it would be the serpent, it equally makes sense that it could be the mushroom. The accumulating evidence is overwhelming in support of mushrooms, but the debate over whether its sperm, a serpent or mushrooms might cause us to overlook the possibility that there is dual symbolism being employed. At a later point, we will look at some images that employ dual symbolism in obvious and intentional ways. (43) Phallic Imagery as Occulted Mushroom Metaphor Fertility was central to the ancient people, and the phallus, due to its function in fertility, and its likeness to the mushroom was significant to the ancient people in relation to symbolism. When we look at ancient figurines, sculptures, engravings and carvings, stone artifacts, etc., we see a far greater preponderance of mushroom shaped imagery than we ever get close to in the area of phallic imagery. There is no mistaking it, either. The difference lies in the cap features, such as striations or gills, which are never present in any way on a phallus head. Also, the general shape betrays the mushroom symbolism more than anything. If they were intended to appear as phalluses, they are doing a lousy job in the art department. What often have been called phallic deities are in fact, mushroom deities, and some of the goddess idols which have these features have actually been termed “androgynous goddesses” by respected authors, which I find amusing. (44) The idea that we had phallic deities that were worshiped in ancient times or that there were phallic idols and statues that represent fertility may not exactly be truthful but might be very close to the truth. While we never really see any phallic gods in early mythological history until the Greek era of satyrs and Dionysus and his contemporary connotations, we’ve come to expect that the statues and idols that have been dug up from archaeological sites which have led scholars to believe this, are truly phalluses and not something else. This is what they have told us now for decades. I will admit that some of these stones appear to have double meanings. Menhirs, or phallic monuments such as the ones at Filitosa have both design that indicates the glans, but on the reverse, there is a face and that face has mushroom symbolism which I can easily identify (27h). The deer bone from the Miyazai Numazu shellmound in the Final Jomon period shows what scholars at the University of Tokyo have claimed was a phallus when clearly anyone can see a mushroom growing out of the substrate or tree trunk (97b). This is a historical mistake being made by archaeologists and scholars all over the world. |
At a place called a “Fertility Temple” at “Chucuito” on the edge of Lake Titicaca in Peru, there are a number of tall phallic statues that have historically been attributed to the male sex organ by modern scholars and anthropologists. The giant stone “T”s at Gobekli Tepe certainly do not represent the phallus, that’s for sure (16e).   R: (97b) Miyazai Numazu shellmound Deerbone phallic object. Final Jomon Period c. 300 BC Jeju Island in South Korea is home to numerous statues scholars love to dub “phallic,” but which have far more resemblance to mushrooms if one was to compare them (97g).  (97g) Jeju Island’s stone sculptures, the Dol Hareubang It seems as though male scholars have been substituting the importance of their phallic members for the more worshipful mushroom, for centuries now. (43) Mythology and Symbols of the Mother Goddess, p. 104 (44) The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, p. 152 |
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