Ancient Psychedelia: Alien Gods & Mushroom Goddesses
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When we see people standing in the beheading scenes with red hats with ridging around the rim, with white straps which look like mushroom stems (65i), we might start to wonder whether these beheading being portrayed were really real and actually happened or if they were a part of a mythology being woven into history. We have to ask ourselves how much these Christians knew about the true meaning of “sacrifice” at this time period in history and who knew what exactly. It appears to me the Catholic Church at the higher levels knew most of what is being taught in this book, which would make all their acts “criminal,” because it was done knowingly and voluntarily, with the awareness that it was wrong. I’m speaking of the Witch Trials and the Inquisition.  (67g) St. Mark’s Basilica. Salome Dancing with Head of John the Baptist on Platter c. 1343-1354 AD  (65i) Medieval Beheading  (76f) The Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1511 |
Witch Trials In 1450, the printing press was invented, which allowed for mass production of church approved documents (propaganda), and most people could not even read at the time. Martin Luther, born in 1483, was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. The so-called “Word of God” was only available to the elite priesthood and the people wanted to read it for themselves in order to better understand it. The Reformists wanted the Bible translated into all the European languages. But then, when the people were able to read the Bible for themselves, they started to take literally and seriously the very things it suggested, and the church reinforced this with punitive measures against anyone in opposition. This was also the first time that images of woodcuts of dancing witches and devils frolicking together naked as well as imagery of witches being tortured, drowned and burned were shown to the public ‘en masse. Luther once proclaimed, “I would have no compassion on the witches! I would burn them all.” (8) In 1484, a Papal decree was issued by Pope Innocent VIII which created an inquisition against witchcraft in Germany and other areas and it gave Kramer and Sprenger immunity and authority to investigate the supposed crimes. Two years later, in 1486, two Dominican monks – Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger – published a book called Malleus Maleficarum, Hexenhammer or The Hammer of Witches. (9) I’m going to take the reader now through the entire Malleus Maleficarum, though I will make it short with simple paraphrasing and lots of direct quotations. Much of what is here will simply be titles of chapters and heading of subject matter. This alone is a tremendous insight into this outrageous piece of work. Most authors that present this work do a lot of paraphrasing, but I will avoid it when it’s possible to show the reader the direct quote or piece of information which is most important. The main subject matter we will be focusing on the most are the areas of incubus and succubus and visitations at night, the hypnotic sexual effects of women, the rituals of baby killing, and visitations and consorting with the devil. What we are going to learn, in the end, is that the mushroom had a major impact on the witch trials and was likely the chief cause of it all. (8) Great Cosmic Mother, p. 308-09; Pennethorn Hughes, Witchcraft (Middlesex, England: Pelican Books, 1965, 177 (9) ibid, p. 299-300 |
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