Moses High on Drugs
An Israeli researcher says that Moses was high on psychedelics, a practice not uncommon in his time, when he saw the burning bush.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
“As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don’t believe, or a legend, which I don’t believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics,” Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.
Now that’s an explanation for religious delusions that makes sense.
In the 60′s, many people who took LSD reported seeing God. The loss of a sense of self or ego is also commonly reported, and this is also considered a desirable feeling for many religions.
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