The evidence for the sacramental use of these mushrooms dates back to Pre- Columbian times in the Americas. In other parts of the world, cave paintings in Algeria indicate the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms dated even earlier from 9,000 to 6,000 BCE.In Brazil, local plants contain DMT and other compounds which are made into a brew called ayahuasca (EYE-a-was-ca). Three different church groups are allowed to legally use ayahuasca as their sacraments.

Another plant, Peyote, is a small round cactus found in North America. Its active component is mescaline which when ingested produces sensory alternations and exhilaration. Its use among the Aztecs dates back 400 hundred years. In the last century over 50 different Indian tribes were using peyote in sacramental ceremonies. A religious organization called the North American Church blended Indian rituals, Peyote ceremonies and Christian theology Buy shrooms online.

While the above psychedelics played a role primarily in religions of the native Indians of North and South America, Amanita muscaria a mushroom with a beautiful red cap, may have played a role in major Eastern and Western religions. One of Gordon Wasson's most famous books was entitled Soma, the Devine Mushroom of Immortality. The psychedelic in this mushroom is muscimol. Wasson proposed that Amanita muscaria served as a spiritual lubricant from the earliest beginnings.


Of civilization. When Aryans swept into the Indus Valley 3,500 years ago they brought with them the origins of Hinduism, the Vedas, a collection of religious verses, and magical religious ceremonies based on the cult of Soma, a hallucinogenic brew. The plants used to make Soma remained a mystery for centuries. Wasson examined the verses of Veda that dated to 4,000 BCE, during the time that Soma was used. Based on an analysis of 1,000 holy hymns he concluded the plant.


Used was Amanita muscaria. John Allegro, a scholar of ancient Biblical texts and languages, wrote a book entitled The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross. He suggested that Amanita muscaria also played a role in the spiritual beginnings of Judaism and Christianity.Religions and spiritual ceremonies are founded and produced by a select number of profoundly spiritual individuals. Studies of ethnomycology indicate that the intense spirituality.