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MUSHROOMS, CIVILIZATION & HISTORY<br />

Hofmann, and Carl Ruck first postulated that<br />

the Eleusinian mysteries centered on the use<br />

of psychoactive fungi. Their papers were later<br />

published in a book ent<strong>it</strong>led The Road to<br />

Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries<br />

(1978). That Aristotle and other founders of<br />

western philosophy undertook such intellectual<br />

adventures, and that this secret ceremony<br />

persisted for nearly 2000 years, underscores<br />

the profound impact that fungal r<strong>it</strong>es have had<br />

on the evolution of western consciousness.<br />

Figure 6. F - Mayan Mushroom Stone from Kaminaljuyu<br />

Higblands of Guatemala, circa 500 years B.C.<br />

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