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Psychoactive Sacraments
- Brian Muraresku's book, The Immortality Key, explores the potential role of psychedelics in the foundations of religion.
- Muraresku's research suggests that ancient religious rituals involved psychoactive substances in beer and wine.
Ancient Beer at Göbekli Tepe
- Muraresku traces the history of psychoactive beer back to Göbekli Tepe, the world's oldest known temple.
- Analysis of residues on ancient vessels from Göbekli Tepe revealed evidence of beer fermentation.
Pelasgians and Eleusinian Mysteries
- The Pelasgians, seafaring people from Ionia (modern-day Turkey), may have spread the use of beer to the ancient Greeks.
- Ancient Greek religion centered around the Eleusinian Mysteries, where initiates drank a potion potentially containing ergot, a psychedelic fungus.