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    • Wasson and Allegro on the Tree of Knowledge as Amanita, by Jan Irvin, et al
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, 40th Anniversary Edition



John M. Allegro's The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross 40th Anniversary Edition

The Holy Mushroom

Evidence of Mushrooms
in Judeo-Christianity
by Jan Irvin
A critical re-evaluation of the schism between John M. Allegro and R. Gordon Wasson over the theory on the entheogenic origins of Christianity presented in The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

John Marco Allegro:

The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Judith Anne Brown

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