| Jonah (Dove) Lies down to Take a Nap under a Mushroom Yonah (Jonah) is the Hebrew word meaning “dove.” In the Bible, Jonah may be said to represent the dove. In one story of Jonah dealing with the Lord’s Compassion, Jonah finds himself sleeping under a canopy which is later consumed by worms: (5) Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. (6) Then the Lord God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. (7) But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. (8) When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.” (9) But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” (10) But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.” (Jonah 4.5-10) In this section, it appears that this “plant” was in fact the mushroom, which provided Jonah with shade, grew up overnight, was consumed by worms and which died the following day. All of these are characteristics of the mushroom, not an ordinary plant. Everything is occulted allegory. (93) I assume the leafy plant meant that it has a large frond like area that peaked over the heads of those who laid under it, as a mushroom would appear to do. And the point is being made, that nobody tended it, by growing it or feeding it water. Tabernacle was God’s Drug House & Moses was a Dealer Most of us remember when Moses went down from the mountain, (likely the forest) and had the “law” with him he placed in the ark for protection. He was up there for 40 days and nights picking fresh mushrooms, concludes Heinrich, in Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, but he told the people, not to come up, and to wait for his return. (94) The desert Tabernacle that was ordered to be built by Yahweh was supposedly descended upon by God in his “storm cloud” and somehow, we are told, he entered inside after hovering above for some time. This was their sanctuary or Mishkan, which means “dwelling place” in Hebrew. From Exodus we read about the cloud and tent of the Moses: (34) Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (35) Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (36) In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; (37) but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. (38) So, the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels. (Exodus 40:34-38) |
And in a similar situation regarding Moses on Mount Sinai: (15) When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, (16) and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. (17) To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. (18) Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. (Exodus 24:15-17) And finally, during the reign of Solomon we have the following excerpt from 1 Kings: (10) When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. (11) And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple. (12) Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud.” (1 Kings 8:10-12) (95) In the next extract from Exodus again, we read about the warning to stay away from the stash: (9) The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said. (10) And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes (11) and be ready by the third day, because on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. (12) Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. (13) They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” (Exodus 19:9-13) It appears that Moses was “high” up on a volcano perhaps, or a mountain that was attracting lightning and thunder, and he had a harvest of mushrooms all to himself. Coming down from the mountain with a red face, he had ordered his henchmen priests to kill anyone who came close to the harvest before he could get them safely placed in to the Ark of the Covenant. I may be embellishing the story just a little. (93) Apples of Apollo, p. 173 (94) Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy (Formerly ‘Strange Fruit’-1995) Clark Heinrich, Park Street Press, Vermont, 2002, p. 78-86) (95) Hebrew Goddess, p. 73-74 |