THE SACRED MUSHROOM AND THE CROSS: Fertility Cults and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity
by Allegro, John M
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- Hardcover
- first
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- NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE
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Synopsis
Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion -- The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity -- The living power of cultic rites and symbols -- The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity -- The secret meaning of biblical myths -- The language of religion that links us to our ancestors. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's questthrough a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503158
- Title
- THE SACRED MUSHROOM AND THE CROSS: Fertility Cults and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity
- Author
- Allegro, John M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1970
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