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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (240319)12/22/2013 11:11:05 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Respond to of 541957
 
re,,,,...... Greece could have hit on a method to isolate an hallucinogen from ergot

I read the book..long ago now......when it first came out

If memory serves me well......

Dr Hoffman......implied...

that sheep skins were..used to filter the concoction ...that contained......
ergot and other liquids...
the skins....contained..oils that...caused the toxins in the ergot to separate...thereby...

leaving a.... magic elixir...that transported one..to The Heavenly Abodes..

it is inferred that......

ALL of the Great Philosophers...Writers..Teachers...ect..ect..from Deep..Antiquity..

partook of..The Mystery

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