Clearly, and agreeably, the song is about mushrooms and religion; however, the question is: how do these two ideas relate?
John Marco Allegro, in his book 'The End of the Road', proposes a theory interconnecting mushrooms and Christianity, declaring that modern Christianity arose from the mushroom cult. Id est, a cult that depended upon the inhaling of psychoactive mushrooms, thus bringing onto oneself a 'closeness' to God. Furthermore, he declares that Jesus was the manifestation of 'amanita muscaria' -- a type of mushroom.
'I must be in limbo / Cause purgatory's always felt just like home / Inside the moon lives the high priest of the mushroom cult / Upon the altar are the ashes of the Pharisees / I sold my soul, sold my soul, sold my soul away / I'm free of guilt free of sin free of everything'
Firstly, the chorus beings with two references to Roman Catholicism, telling of how the narrator must be in 'limbo', a place where those who are non-purified go to become fit for heaven, in place of baptism. Baptism, in itself, is a way of purifying -- a sort of way to relinquish oneself of past and future sins. Thus, Because the narrator has yet to be baptised, the line 'Purgatory's always felt just like home.' He then goes further to say 'Inside the moon lives the high priest of the mushroom cult', suggesting that the belief systems of the people in this cult, 'the pharisee' [a sect that appeared during the intertestamental period; it is interesting to note that this is when the members would have to been inhaling the psychotropic to be able to conjure the symbol that is Christ], which is also the foundations of the Christian religion, are desensitizing themselves on these mushrooms. Because of the mushroom cult, the narrator feels as if he is 'free of guilt; free of sin; free of everything.'
i read yo comment some, maybe 5, years ago and completely forgot about it. and than, the other day i read somethin about allegro and remebered it. thing is, is misunderstood yo comment. i thought yo said that jesus was a type of mushroom. and that belief existed in my subconciousnes for all this time. now i know, that i must use this for a book im writin. jolly good
i read yo comment some, maybe 5, years ago and completely forgot about it. and than, the other day i read somethin about allegro and remebered it. thing is, is misunderstood yo comment. i thought yo said that jesus was a type of mushroom. and that belief existed in my subconciousnes for all this time. now i know, that i must use this for a book im writin. jolly good
Clearly, and agreeably, the song is about mushrooms and religion; however, the question is: how do these two ideas relate?
John Marco Allegro, in his book 'The End of the Road', proposes a theory interconnecting mushrooms and Christianity, declaring that modern Christianity arose from the mushroom cult. Id est, a cult that depended upon the inhaling of psychoactive mushrooms, thus bringing onto oneself a 'closeness' to God. Furthermore, he declares that Jesus was the manifestation of 'amanita muscaria' -- a type of mushroom.
'I must be in limbo / Cause purgatory's always felt just like home / Inside the moon lives the high priest of the mushroom cult / Upon the altar are the ashes of the Pharisees / I sold my soul, sold my soul, sold my soul away / I'm free of guilt free of sin free of everything'
Firstly, the chorus beings with two references to Roman Catholicism, telling of how the narrator must be in 'limbo', a place where those who are non-purified go to become fit for heaven, in place of baptism. Baptism, in itself, is a way of purifying -- a sort of way to relinquish oneself of past and future sins. Thus, Because the narrator has yet to be baptised, the line 'Purgatory's always felt just like home.' He then goes further to say 'Inside the moon lives the high priest of the mushroom cult', suggesting that the belief systems of the people in this cult, 'the pharisee' [a sect that appeared during the intertestamental period; it is interesting to note that this is when the members would have to been inhaling the psychotropic to be able to conjure the symbol that is Christ], which is also the foundations of the Christian religion, are desensitizing themselves on these mushrooms. Because of the mushroom cult, the narrator feels as if he is 'free of guilt; free of sin; free of everything.'
i read yo comment some, maybe 5, years ago and completely forgot about it. and than, the other day i read somethin about allegro and remebered it. thing is, is misunderstood yo comment. i thought yo said that jesus was a type of mushroom. and that belief existed in my subconciousnes for all this time. now i know, that i must use this for a book im writin. jolly good
i read yo comment some, maybe 5, years ago and completely forgot about it. and than, the other day i read somethin about allegro and remebered it. thing is, is misunderstood yo comment. i thought yo said that jesus was a type of mushroom. and that belief existed in my subconciousnes for all this time. now i know, that i must use this for a book im writin. jolly good