The road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries

Ruck, was only reprinted as a paperback in english for the first time in 2008, for its thirtieth anniversary edition. Their basis was an old agrarian cult, and there is some evidence that they were derived from the religious practices of the mycenean period. Along with albert hofmann, the chemist who discovered lsd, and r. Gordon wassons insight into the true nature of an ancient religious ritual, the eleusinian mysteries. Now by night in eleusis, beneath a huge fire, the celebrant, enacting the great and secret mysteries, vociferates and cries aloud, saying, august brimo has brought forth a consecrated son, brimus. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Download pdf the road to eleusis unveiling the secret of. Originally published in 1978 the road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries, by r. Next year appeared the famous book the road to eleusis.

Has the mystery of the eleusinian mysteries been solved. The secretive mysteries conducted at eleusis in greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initia read later read more about the road to eleusis. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Eleusis was a religious cult of ancient greece, situated about twenty kilometres north west of athens near the isthmus of corinth. In collaboration with the worldrenowned chemist, albert hofmann, and carl ruck, a classical scholar specializing in the ethnobotany of ancient greece, they give solid foundation to what wasson deduced as the essence of the mysteries. According to the myth told in the homeric hymn to demeter, the earth goddess demeter q. The road to eleusis original 1978 by harcourt brace jovanovich isbn 0156252791 twentieth anniversary edition the r. They are the most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient greece. He contributed to several books, including the road to eleusis. The road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries. Morgan investment banker whose study of ethnomycology led to a pioneering 1957 life magazine article on the religious use of psychoactive mushrooms by the mazatec people of mexico, ruck coauthored the road to eleusis.

The rites of eleusis, or the eleusinian mysteries, were the secret rituals of the mystery school of eleusis and were observed regularly from c. Click download or read online button to the road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries book pdf for free now. It is widely believed that kykeon usually refers to a psychoactive compounded brew, as in the case of the eleusinian mysteries. Scholars have proposed that the power of the eleusinian mysteries came also. Isbn 091514820x selections from the road to eleusis appear in the psychedelic library by permission of the publisher. Signed by coauthor carl ruck, a historian who has written about the use of psychedelics in ancient greece, on title page.

The road to eleusis grew out of a threeway collaboration of scholarscientists sparked by r. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries by albert hofmann, r. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries 1978, which speculates that the eleusinian mysteries, a series of ancient greek religious rites, were catalyzed by consumption of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Carl a p ruck the secretive mysteries conducted at eleusis in greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three expertsa mycologist, a chemist, and a historianargue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries download the road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. The secretive mysteries conducted at eleusis in greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing. Mangelsdorf chair in the natural sciences director and curator of economic botany botanical museum of harvard. It was not until the publication of wasson, hofmann, and ruck s remarkable book the road to eleusis. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries by the same authors. The road to eleusis is an important book that has not received, so far, the attention it deserves, and i am very glad that a new expanded edition is now available. The real breakthrough is the discovery of albert hofmann, the distinguished swiss chemist who gave the world lsd, only to have his child of sorrows rejected. Pioneer explorer of psychotropic plants in the new world holder of the paul c.

Unveiling the secret of the mysteries, coauthored by ruck with albert hofmann and r. Gordon wasson s insight into the true nature of an ancient religious ritual, the eleusinian mysteries. Albert hofmann lsd and the road to eleusis youtube. Ruck preface by huston smith afterword by peter webster. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries in 1978 that a feasible explanation was finally set forth. Year of revelation unveiling secrets mysteries of the kingdom. In said work, the authors offered the proposal that such an experience could only be induced so consistently and reliably with the use of an.

A fulldress presentation followed in may 1978, when these three distinguished scholars published the road to eleusis. The secretive mysteries conducted at eleusis in greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In it, at first, wasson gives an account of his experience with mexican psilocybian mushrooms and explains why he thinks that the drinking of the eleusinian potion involved a. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries hardcover onlinecollection. The psychedelic eleusinian mysteries of ancient greece. In collaboration with the worldrenowned chemist, albert hofmann, and carl ruck, a classical scholar specializing in the ethnobotany of ancient. The road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries by r. Unveiling the secret of the mysteries 30th anniversary ed. Originally published by harcourt brace jovanovich in 1978.

The road to eleusis unveiling the secret of the mysteries r. Engrossing exploration of the ancient greek mysteries and their rites. Eleusinian mysteries simple english wikipedia, the free. Plato had drunk of the potion in the temple of eleusis and had spent the night seeing the great vision. Gordon wasson, makes a case that the psychoactive ingredient in the secret kykeion potion used in the eleusinian mysteries was most likely the ergotism causing fungus claviceps purpurea. In the classical period, from as early as 1700 bce, right up until the roman empire, eleusis was the site of the eleusinian mysteries. The secretive mysteries conducted at eleusis in greece for near. Eleusinian mysteries, most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient greece. When metropolitan lifestyles meet beautiful natures and cultural. Ruck preface by huston smith afterword by peter webster by r.