Ancient Psychedelia: Alien Gods & Mushroom Goddesses
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| “Now for that Living Creature which is designed to embrace within itself all living creatures the fitting shape will be that which comprises within itself all the shapes there are; wherefore He wrought it into a round, in the shape of a sphere, equidistant in all directions from the center to the extremities, which of all shapes is the most perfect and the most self-similar, since He deemed that the similar is infinitely fairer than the dissimilar. And on the outside round about, it was all made smooth with great exactness, and that for many reasons. [33c] For of eyes it had no need, since outside of it there was nothing visible left over; nor yet of hearing, since neither was there anything audible; nor was there any air surrounding it which called for respiration; nor, again, did it need any organ whereby it might receive the food that entered and evacuate what remained undigested. For nothing went out from it or came into it from any side, since nothing existed; for it was so designed as to supply its own wastage as food for itself, [33d] and to experience by its own agency and within itself all actions and passions, since He that had constructed it deemed that it would be better if it were self-sufficing rather than in need of other things. Hands, too, He thought He ought not to attach unto it uselessly, seeing they were not required either for grasping or for repelling anyone; nor yet feet, nor any instruments of locomotion whatsoever.” (Plato, Timaeus, 33) Chapter 11: The Magic of Turning Mushrooms into Grapes Minoan and Mycenaean Crete The Akkad Dynasty in Mesopotamia (c. 2350-2150 BC) was the first Semitic empire and their conquests reached past the Middle East through areas including Cyprus, where seals from the Akkad Dynasty have been found, leading scholars like Gordon to conclude Sargon, who founded the Dynasty, may have reached Cyprus first. Several other Mesopotamian monarchs made their way to Cyprus including Naram-Sin of the Akkad Dynasty, Sargon I of Assyria and Naram-Sin of Eshnunna. (1) Even Assyrian kings such as Tiglath-Pileser III have been depicted in steles under the mushroom “parasol” (23f). According to Cyrus Gordon, in Before the Bible: “Early Mesopotamian pottery from the era of 3500 BC has links to peninsular Greece, via Anatolia. Cultural links between Mesopotamia and Greece have persisted, in varying degree, from period to period, ever since.” (1) The Minoans were an early matrilineal based culture centered on Crete and the Aegean Islands from approximately 2700 - 1600 BC. There was never a male deity or “Father-god” in Minoan Crete and there is no archaeological evidence to support one either. (2) The Minoans were merchant traders who dealt in ceramics, metals, woods and timber and spices, and were known for using the symbols of the serpent and the bull together in their artworks. (3) The Minoan era had far more of a goddess orientation than that of later Greece which was almost completely masculinized. Male deity imagery is missing altogether in early Greece. In scenes of culture during the Minoan age, women outnumber men in portrayals of daily activities. There is a preponderance of nature scenes involving trees and animals and the vast majority of imagery suggests association with vegetation (“Lady of the Trees”) and wild animals (“Lady of the Beasts”). Phallic imagery is missing entirely as well as scenes of war or discord. (4) |
 (23f) King of Assyria - Tiglath-Piloeser III c. 744-727 BC Minoan Crete had no walled cities. No fortresses or castles and surprisingly, no signs of weapons. According to Joseph Campbell, the tone of the scenes is one of “general luxury and delight, a broad participation by all classes in a genial atmosphere of well-being, and the vast development of a profitable commerce by sea, to every port of the archaic world and even, boldly, to regions far beyond.” (5) In Hagia Triada, tablets were discovered of the Minoan Linear A writing style. They were found near the south shore of southern Crete and dated to approximately 1400 BC or earlier. Linear A was the writing style of Crete during the period from approximately 2500 BC to 1450 BC when the Minoans were displaced by Mycenaeans. (6) Linear B writing starts approximately 1450 BC, and gives evidence of the changes in culture at the time. The Cretan hieroglyph for wine in early Greek Mycenaean Linear B is almost identical to the Egyptian hieroglyph for wine, showing a direct connection between the two cultures and leads us to conclude that the Mycenaeans were Egyptians who settled in Crete. (7) By this time, Egypt, as we have seen, had taken the solar highway to Patriarchy, if there even was such a thing as a solar worship. (1) Before the Bible, p. 23-24 (2) The White Goddess, p. 241 (3) Occidental Mythology, p. 62 (4) ibid, p. 61; Martin P. Nilsson, Vol. I, p. 303 (5) Occidental Mythology, p. 62 (6) Before the Bible, p. 206 (7) Shamanism and Drug propaganda, p. 94 |
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