# 8 - Prehistory: The Preflood Religious Use of Sacraments

Here follows an account of the religious beliefs of the per-deluge or flood peoples (Atlantis).

Even though "SOMA" is thought of as East Indian 'after the deluge' its history proceeds the flood.

40,000 years ago mankind gathered the bluing Psilocybin mushrooms from the tropical climate of India.  These mushrooms sprang up in and around cow pastures.  At around 2,000 BC Nordic Tribes of Aryan’s invaded the Indus Valley bring with them the “Red Bull of the Mountain.”  Soma, originally Psilocybin was now Soma—Amanita muscaria.  Indu was name given the original Soma (Psilocybin).  Later a vine crept into the mix-Argyreia nervosa of the Morning Glory Family—Symbolized by the Conch Shell.  “Ye will not find him who produced these creatures: another thing hath risen up among you.  Enwrapt in misty cloud, with lips that stammer, hymn-chanters wander and are discontented” (Moore, 1957:18).

The earliest rock art depicting psychoactive medicines is of Psilocybin mushrooms from India.  At 40,000 years old, it is clear that humanities consciousness found its major catalyst here.  The “Rock,” as Psilocybin is sometimes called was depicted by early humans in an unusually reverse of anthropomorphization.  Humans made themselves into mushroom people—in India.  The earliest written religious text, the “Rig Veda” testifies to this bemushroomed state when it records that the ‘Golden Embryo first arose over the waters covering the earth—from it was born all that breaths and blinks.’  Psilocybe cyanesis, shown above is commonly found in the Indus Valley where these petroglyphs are found.  Please pay special note to the first image which has "arrow head" mushrooms popping out of the Bee Shaman and note also the "arrow tail" above - it runs through history as you will see.

Here we see "Humankind" holding up the "Tree of Life" - dated 40,000 years old...

This precious Living Manna can heal serious addictions, abuse issues and have an impact on many physical and emotional diseases.  We observed one man who had been a functioning alcoholic and cigarette smoker for 30 years who kicked both habits after one 7 gram journey.  He is now motivated to look at the issues under the addictions and has used the sacrament to help him to access these issues that were part of the underling material in his subconscious.  The implications for this medicine are immense.  Perhaps this will assist in the arrival of the final stage in which humanity will at last live in peace with each other through the cleansing of the hearts of those walking wounded on the planet.  We know another woman who is healing from extreme childhood abuse with the help of this medicine.  Layer after layer of stored painful emotions and the poor life choices that rested upon those dark holes are being cleansed and filled in.  The implications for those who end up in jails are significant, as Psilocybin raises the Serotonin levels throughout the body.  Major studies have shown a causal link between crimes such as murder and low levels of the “King Transmitter” Serotonin (Roger D. Masters 1994 & Strassman 2001).  The majority of them are acting out from abusive childhood issues that have gone untreated.  This medicine could impact our world in a truly positive way- binging an awareness of the living Christ as well as cleansing the hearts of the wounded.  

Gordon Wasson first identified the 10,000 year old petroglyphs from the Pegtymel River in Far East Siberia.  With careful inspection you can make out not only the hemispherical mushroom caps of Amanita muscaria above the females, but you can see the Psilocybe mushroom headed male in their midst—whose head cap like Psilocybin has a slight point to it (I guess the Women just wanted to be different...Shocker!).  What choice to have to make, follow the Woman’s lead and eat the red stop sign “apple” or follow God and stick to the Tree of Life. 

Still to this day the Amanita muscaria mushrooms are used by various tribes in Siberia.  There is a custom among them which could easily have lead to the Hindu Caste System.  The wealthy afford themselves a large store of  these dried red and white mushrooms.  In winter when everyone else is out of these mushrooms the urine is drunk to produce the same effect as the mushrooms.  Thus the Brahmin or Priests passed their intoxicating urine to the bravest warrior who took by force his position as first in line.  This warrior then sold his urine to a merchant or trader Caste member for some goods or wealth and on down the line it passed. 

The Venus of Willendorf was found at a Paleolithic village in Willendorf Austria.  It is believed to be roughly 20,000 years old.  At one time this 4” statue was painted red and as you can tell from its head it emulated the Amanita muscaria’s cap as well as color.  Once humankind became ensnared in all that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil had to offer, we naturally turned to goddess worship as logic and reason show us that all things are born from what is female.  

 

The Algerian Bee Shaman are not all that Terrence McKenna found in Africa.  Above are the dancing bemushroomed peoples of that region—Thought to be 6000 years old, these images show a procession of mushroom headed dancers each caries a mushroom in his hand where it can be seen.  Beneath a trail of stars which fall to the ground at the leaders feet.   Notice the shape these white points of light take once they reach the ground.  It is the geometric outline of a pyramid with the “capstone” - presumably a Psilocybin mushroom next to it.  It is said that before the great flood, two monuments were built one of stone one of clay.  The world was destroyed by flood and the stone monument—The great Pyramid of Gaza seems to be that astronomical and mathematical perfection left to the post deluge age…  Of the line of Seth it is said that he was the first to begin calling on the Name of the Lord again...

The Algerian Bee Shaman (upper left) was first commented upon by Terrence McKenna—It is thought to be 6000 years old.  Notice the stylistic similarity to this South African Bee Shaman of more recent but as yet unknown date.

 Well that's all I have for this entry, stay tuned - next time we dive into history as Civilization Begins...(again).

Sincerely,

Matthalamew

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# 7 - Aztec or Nahuatl Religious & Cultural Use of Psilocybin, A. muscaria & Morning Glories

The Aztecs were an interesting people, their history says that they were guided to their future homeland by the “Child God.”  Who predicted that the location would be known by an eagle atop a cactus eating a serpent.  Nice symbolism!  The Mexican flag has this emblem on it today, and as with the ancient Aztec art it too has the Psilocybin mushroom enigmatically place at the base of the cactus—the symbol of the Scallop shell.  Apparently the designers of Mexico’s Flag knew that the Oak/Acorn and Olive were European symbols for the same sacrament.  As to why the “Child God” gives it away, you must recall the Jesus said, unless you become like one of these little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” -Matthew 18:3.

 

Very little is recorded of how the Aztecs utilized Amanita muscaria.  But that they did is clearly illustrated in the art work they left behind.  The Maya of our modern era considered A. muscaria “the Evil Mushroom.”  A telling title for so vibrant and ‘stop sign’ like a mushroom.  Certainly our basic natural instinct for self preservation tells us that anything that brightly colored and easy to capture has the really possibility of poisoning its consumer.  It is know that the Aztec Priests considered the users (priests) of the Psilocybin mushroom to be ‘an arrogant people.’  Much as the common non-Christian views the Christian’s in general.  One thing is for sure about the continued and serious searching out of Psilocybin—the experience if not the Voice (See Maria Sabina) imparts confidence and certainty that are a challenge to current paradigms...

Known as the “Green Snake Plant” among the Nautal or Aztec peoples of Mexico it was their primary religion.  You can read in the cronicals of the Fransiscan Friers how they burned practiciners at the stake for having these seeds in their homes and set fire to the Morning Glory vines that grew along the river banks.  The Nautal claimed that they had no need of the Christian religion or its God as they had a god of their own who communicated with them directly through the seeds…

Above you see the Aztec deity Huitzilopochtli, whose name means (huitzilin, “hummingbird” and opochtli, “left) Hummingbird on the left… (the left handed path).  He was the Aztec sun and war god.  At this time the Aztecs have fully integrated Morning Glories and Mushrooms (Oil & Water) into their culture.  The small portrait of this deity shows a golden mushroom crown, the Feathered Serpent as the raised blue Snake Plant in his right hand.  Above we see the basic symbol of the Morning Glory flower in the shield, the iron cross (yes Hitler also used this symbol as well as the swastika)  and the outline of the conch shell worn in cross-section on the chest.  The humming bird feeds by association from this deities third eye—the Morning Glory.

 

Huitzilopochtli demanded human blood sacrifices in order that he, the sun might return the next day.  Careful research into Aztec behavior has revealed that prisoners were taken from other tribes in warfare.  Then the families of the captives were invited to come witness the sacrifice of their sons.  They were given constructed booths decorated with flowers (how nice) and sacred mushrooms to eat as their sons hearts were torn out.  To make matters worse the Aztecs would force feed the victims Psilocybin mushrooms to cause them to fight more vigorously and so that their heart would remain pumping well after it was removed from their chest.  If you saw the movie Apocalypto - you'll recall that the victems were symbolically painted blue (the staining color of Psilocybin mushrooms) while the Aztec Priests were painted green (Serpent Vine). Here you see the sacrificed victims heart above in the shape of the scallop shell (symbolic for Psilocybin).  The top of the above temple, dedicated to Huitzilapochtli was decorated with cross sections of conch shells - exposing the inner spiril symbolic of the Morning Glory's snake like tendrils...

 Apocalypto Blues...

Huitzilopochtli temple performing human sacrifice.  At the temples top you can just make out another of this Morning Glory deity’s symbols, a stand of butterflies crowns his gory thrown.  Below temple priests blow his traditional sign the conch shell announcing the blood sacrifice.  A Wise One or one who wants to know, should avail themselves of a copy of Bill Coopers “Mystery Babylon Series” to see just how many cultures were caught up in the worship of the Morning Star or solar deity.  At left here we see a personification of Quetzalcoatl, whose name means bird-snake or Feathered Serpent.  This is yet another personification of the spirit behind the consumed Morning Glory seeds.  It has been called the Flying Serpent by modern occult orders but was known as the Feathered Serpent as early as the Teotihuacán culture whose artworks show a massive serpent with stylized flowers springing from its body.  The Maya called this spirit Kukulcan or the Vision Serpent, while the Aztecs called him the Lightning Serpent or Quetzalcoatl.   A blending of “drugs” was occurring—a take over...

 

The Aztecs themselves recorded that in their opinion the Mushroom eaters were a arrogant bunch.  Of coarse you could see how this would be, when you discover through Mushrooms that you have a conscience.  If the sacramental use of Psilocybin mushrooms did nothing else, it enlarges the conscience of its consumer.  Perhaps we need to put that “sacramental use” into the context of concepts like the Golden Rule—that is ‘do unto others as you would have done to yourself.’  As apposed to the more modern interpretation of the Golden Rule:  ’he who has the gold rules’.  Yes, undoubtedly people have misused Psilocybe Mushrooms and as surely as the Lord’s Name was taken in vain so that will also happen here.  However, the good outweighs the bad and it is therefore a cost worth paying.

The Mushroom eaters of the Aztecs were a suppressed group that dwelt in the corner of Aztec society.  They were healers and prophets and weather workers.  Huitzilopochtli shared his temple with Toloc the rain god who has long been associated with the sacred mushrooms, perhaps this prevalence within the temple was what allowed the attitude of such Mushroom Priests to be known and recorded in the first place.  It is a recorded fact that among Mesoamerican Indians it was traditional to send a Mushroom Priest up into the mountains to summon rain when a drought was sever enough.  So Toloc priests, though they apposed heart sacrifice were not to be done away with for rain was sure to be needed.

So concludes our study of Mesoamerican History as it relates to the use of these three Psychedelics: Psilocybin, Amanita muscaria & the Morning Glories.  Taking what we've learned we will now step into ancient history and puzzle the whole thing out - as Dave Matthews once recorded that he wished he could: "I pull you out like strings of lilies...how I wish I could puzzle the whole damn (life and its meaning) thing out."

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