INDEX

Abraham, ix, xiii–xv, 17, 50, 54, 64–65, 68, 75, 83–85, 94, 96, 98, 105, 110–111, 113–114, 116, 119–123, 125–126, 128, 131–132, 143, 148, 150, 207, 209, 218, 222, 231–232, 255, 269, 294, 320, 323, 327–328, 330, 334, 342, 349–350, 353–354, 369, 379, 387–388, 396, 402, 413, 414, 441

Abu Simbel, 23

Acheulean hand axe, 41

Adam and Eve, 51, 88, 9–93, 95–96, 101, 112, 122, 281

Adapa, 58–61, 63, 188, 244, 294

agriculture, 14–19, 343, 394

Ahura Mazda, 112, 143, 252–253, 344, 396

Akhenaten, 89, 97, 101, 112, 136, 138–143, 160, 171, 189, 210–214, 216–217, 223, 246, 328, 340, 397, 413, 437, 441

Albrektson, B., 81, 105, 437

Al Qa’ida, 368–372, 374, 378, 381–383, 404, 432

Al-Zawahiri, A., 381

Amanita Christos, 308

Amanita muscaria, x–xiii, xv–xvi, 35, 147, 150, 158, 179, 182, 190, 243–245, 253, 282–283, 285–289, 291–293, 295, 298, 307, 341, 357–358, 378, 398, 399, 401, 404, 410, 412

Amitabha, 173

Amina, 321

Amun, 89, 122, 138–139, 162, 214

angels, xi, 25, 46, 54, 72, 89, 131, 178, 186, 219, 251, 271, 302, 321–322, 344, 408

angel mushrooms, x

Angra Mainyu, 112, 252

animal husbandry, 15–16

animists, 14

Anti-Christ, 14, 174, 224, 309, 399, 412

Anu, 59–63, 188, 244, 394

apocalyptic politicians, 106

Ark of the Covenant, 162

Asad, T., 43, 437

Aretas, 172, 198, 398

Aten, 88–89, 130, 138–143, 171, 181, 210–214, 246, 288, 328, 330, 344, 397

Atman, 17, 89, 395

Babylon, 83, 87, 95, 97, 101, 106, 111–112, 139, 161, 180, 217, 249, 301, 318

barley wine, 149

beer, 18, 94, 125, 188, 282, 375, 404, 435

Bickerton, D., 6, 438

Bin Laden, O., 81, 134, 361, 372, 374–379, 381–384, 432

biological evolution, 9

book, xii, 243–244, 289, 306

Brophy, T., 23, 438

Brown, D., 50, 305, 438

Buddhism, 112, 161, 179, 201, 238, 257, 279, 395, 430

bull, 22, 63, 87, 156, 253, 340, 349, 431

calf, 63, 87, 272–273, 288, 298, 339–341

camel, 111, 116, 321, 326, 331, 333–334, 338, 373, 403, 426, 437

cancer, 68, 348

Caesar, 198, 200, 224, 236

Catholicism, 176, 194, 211, 230, 400

Celtic, 198, 261, 279, 306

Ceres, 306

Cernunnos, 306

circumcision, 45, 83–84, 199, 358

Claviceps paspali, 149

clothing, 67–68, 174, 183, 307, 348, 396

conifer trees, 286, 401

cornucopia, 204–205, 306

covenant, 8, 17, 88, 112–113, 302, 353–354

crocodile (Sobek), 151, 179, 248, 281

Daniel, xiii, 84, 134–135, 165–166, 180, 245, 292

deception, 4, 9, 25, 45, 50, 73–74, 117, 124–125, 127–128, 131–132, 225, 305, 308, 377, 400

Demeter, 306

Devereux, P., 15, 180, 438

Dinah, 83, 132

DNA, 9, 51, 62, 280

Donald Duck, 101, 114, 204, 207, 216, 222–224, 227, 229, 245, 341

dreams, xii, 37, 59, 62, 132–135, 149–150, 165, 258, 295, 302, 312

Drosnin, M., 52, 163, 438

DSM-IV, 62, 98, 107, 293, 304, 313, 321, 328, 380, 437

Dumuzi, 61

Ea, 59–61

Edgar, B., 6, 440

El, 63, 87

elephant, 108, 221, 261, 320–321

Elizabeth, 344

Elohim, 64, 87, 328

emotional abuse, xv, 54, 74, 90

emotional responsibility, xv, 76, 78

entropy, 29, 36, 384

Epimetheus, 51–52

Ernst, C., 379, 348

Isis, 116, 162, 227, 261, 307, 413

Esau, 28, 87, 123–125, 128, 130, 171–172, 183–184, 189, 192, 211, 215, 231, 233, 248, 252, 397, 398

Essenes, xiv, 28, 87, 171–172, 189–191, 200–201, 210–211, 215–216, 234, 241, 248–249, 268, 397–398, 421

Eusebius, 197

evolution, vii–viii, 6, 9–10, 12–13, 22, 31, 33–35, 39, 45–46, 54–55, 57–58, 68, 71–72, 88, 91, 95–96, 103–105, 110, 112, 125, 164, 202, 285, 288, 356, 393, 430

Ezekiel, xiii, 84, 292, 297–304

faith, xv, 13, 24–25, 31–32, 37, 45–46, 51, 57, 62, 73, 83, 108, 132, 146, 162, 171–172, 175–176, 183, 185, 235, 237, 278–279, 296, 305–306, 308, 359, 374, 377–378, 382, 385, 389, 398, 400, 415–416, 420

Faulkner, R., 48, 439

female energy, 96, 120, 122, 129–130, 321, 396, 425

fish, 39, 55, 57, 59, 89, 108, 143, 238, 243, 261, 296

Freud, S., 47, 93, 204, 286, 426, 439

Gabriel (Samael), xi, xiv, 65, 166, 232, 320, 333, 337–338, 340–341, 344, 347, 352, 358, 361, 381, 387, 389, 414

Garden of Eden, 15, 81, 90, 95, 101

Gilgamesh, 58–59, 106

Gestinanna/Gizzida, 61

Goofy, 101, 113, 203–207, 216, 222–224, 227–228, 245, 341

Gospel of Q, 257

goyeem, 239

Hagar, 64, 85, 118–121, 232, 329, 334, 350, 388, 402

Hallucinogens (and see mind-altering substances), 14, 145–146, 148, 153–154, 280, 283–284, 295, 297, 299, 304, 313, 356–359, 394, 399, 404

Hamer, D., 51, 439

Harris, M., 47, 439

Helium3, 432

henbane, 21, 154, 156, 179, 182, 243, 283–284, 291, 295, 299, 404

Herod, 172, 191, 198, 202, 207–209, 230, 256, 298

Hilal, 64, 320

hominids, 13, 280

Homo erectus, 12, 41–42, 393

Homo habilis, 12

Horus, 48–49, 119, 211, 252, 261, 307, 324, 335, 431

Hubal, 338

Humor (jokes), 127, 405–406, 422–429, 433–435

hunter-gatherers, 7–8, 12–16, 21–22, 393

Indus Valley, 147, 250

Ingermanson, R., 52, 163, 440

Irvin, J., xii, xvi, 146

Isaac, xiii, 110, 121–127, 131–132, 143, 231, 252, 269, 343

Ishmael, 64, 85, 120–121, 123, 327, 334, 350, 388–389, 402, 408

Jacob, ix, 83, 121, 123–125, 128–132, 144, 148, 150, 231, 233, 252, 269, 379, 405

James, 197, 307

Joshua, 99, 101, 159–160, 171, 189, 192, 210–211, 215, 397

Jaynes, J., 150, 440

Jehovah’s Witnesses, 73, 86, 400

Jesus, x-xii, xiv-xv, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 14, 28, 31–32, 35, 45, 48, 50–51, 54, 56–57, 65, 74–75, 77, 86–87, 98–99, 124, 144–146, 155, 165, 167, 171, 173–176, 178–179, 181–203, 207–211, 215–246, 248–249, 252–263, 267–271, 273–276, 279–281, 283–291, 293, 295–296, 304–313, 318–319, 321–324, 328, 337, 341–344, 347, 349, 351, 354, 360, 362, 369, 372–373, 378–379, 385, 388, 394–395, 397–399, 401, 403–404, 408, 412–414, 419, 422, 426–427, 429–431, 433–434

John the Baptist, xiv, 31, 59, 166, 171–173, 176, 183–185, 188–194, 198, 200, 215–218, 225, 234–235, 238, 241–242, 244, 248, 253–255, 258, 263, 268, 270, 274–275, 280, 291, 293, 296, 311–313, 321, 344, 370, 397–400, 412, 419, 421, 429

John Mack, 257

Joseph, 55, 67, 84, 123, 127, 130, 132–138, 143, 165–166, 194, 207, 209, 233, 256, 307, 321–322, 396

Juergensmeyer, M., 76, 440

Jung, C., 47, 62, 253, 418

kafir, 351

Kimball, C., 76, 440

Klein, R., 6, 440

Knight Templars, 31, 68, 216

Lamashtu, 59

Leach, E., 93, 116, 440

Lemaire, André, 370

Lester, T. , 27, 440

Lilith, 59, 91, 94–95, 162, 333

lying, 4, 36, 84, 117, 121, 131, 162, 239, 245, 262, 336, 377–378, 380, 419

magic (magical, magician), xi–xii, xvi, 4–5, 9, 11–12, 14–16, 25, 43, 63, 68, 73, 102, 115, 117, 137, 143, 147–149, 156, 188, 192–194, 204–209, 217, 224, 227–229, 234, 244–245, 255, 258–259, 261, 280, 295, 306, 312, 321, 326, 341, 352, 359, 362, 381, 393–395, 418

magic harp, 205, 224, 227, 306

Mahakala, 403

Mahmood, S., 317, 413, 440

male energy, 12, 21–22, 112, 129, 325, 343–344, 396

Martin Luther, 157, 311, 400

Mary Madeleine, 31, 216

Mesopotamia, 11, 47, 113, 327, 367, 431

meta-myths, 47, 182

Mickey Mouse, 55, 75, 242, 101, 113, 203–207, 216, 218, 222–224, 227–228, 245, 324, 341

mind-altering substances, ix–xvi, 4, 14–15, 63, 92, 98, 115, 125, 134, 141–142, 145–148, 151–152, 156, 163, 179–181, 184, 187–188, 190, 192, 199–200, 204, 212, 218, 244, 248, 253, 258, 268, 282–283, 285, 287–288, 290–293, 295, 300, 301, 304, 310, 312, 319, 324, 341, 358, 362, 370, 377–378, 388, 394, 397–399, 402, 404–407, 409, 411–413, 415, 418

misogyny, 67

miter, 55

monotheism, 12, 22, 30, 58, 67, 71, 98, 101–102, 112, 130, 138, 161, 198–200, 210–214, 340–344, 356, 387, 396, 412, 431

moon, viii, 7, 11, 16, 21, 35, 46, 69, 73, 89, 105, 132, 160, 165, 204, 255, 262, 298–299, 319–331, 333–335, 350, 362, 388, 426, 432

moon god of war, 64, 68, 87, 319–331, 333–335, 350, 362, 388, 413

Mormon, 67, 73, 86, 230, 303, 307–308, 400

Moses, ix, xiii–xv, 11, 17, 54, 57, 65, 75, 87, 97–98, 101, 116, 118–119, 122, 138–139, 141–143, 145, 148, 150–151, 155, 157–162, 171, 181, 189, 209–210, 216–218, 222, 231, 245, 253, 256, 269, 288, 294–295, 319, 321, 323, 325, 328, 330, 332. 337, 339–343, 349, 355, 358, 369, 378–379, 387–388, 394, 396, 400, 405, 408, 410, 413–414, 429

Munkar, 54

mushroom-trees see tree-mushrooms

mythical charter, xiv-xv, 11–12, 19–20, 23, 26, 28, 48, 63–64, 71, 82–86, 102, 105, 110–111, 114, 117–118, 123, 127, 135, 137, 143, 162, 178, 193, 197, 208–209, 223, 307, 321, 329, 334, 337, 345, 350, 352, 355, 387, 394, 396, 402–403, 413, 418

Nabta Playa, 23

Nakir, 54

Nasr, S., 342, 390, 441

neteru, 17

Ninsuna, 58

Nun, 159–160, 171, 189, 210–211, 397–398, 403

octopus, 306

Onanism, 66

Opet Festival, 162

Orrorin tugenensis, 41, 280

Osiris Cycle, 50, 211

Pandora’s Box, 51

paper grave, 27

physical violence, 4–5, 19, 178, 181, 368, 378

pig, 14, 25, 47–49, 232

polarity, 4, 89

pine/conifer trees, 284, 286, 290, 307, 401, 413

pope, ix–x, 7, 13, 20–21, 44, 55–56, 75, 82, 93, 139, 146, 175, 178, 183, 188, 193–194, 206, 224–225, 243, 259, 275, 285–286, 290, 302, 306–308, 311, 351, 382, 400, 416, 429

priest-kings -11, 16, 23, 96

Prichard, J., 49

Prometheus, 51–52, 95, 234, 431

prophet, 13, 62, 77, 106–107, 133–134, 149, 154, 163–166, 174, 181, 184, 191, 194, 196, 208, 215, 252, 295–296, 318–319, 321, 323, 327–328, 330, 332, 335, 346, 352, 355, 361, 366, 369, 383, 388, 410, 414, 419, 423–424, 428–429, 431

Psilocybin, xvi, 298, 412

qisas, 331, 333

Re, 48–49

Rig Veda, 253

religion, definition, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24, 27, 30, 43–44, 53–55, 71, 77–78, 86, 98–99, 141, 145, 147, 158, 162, 176, 197–198, 236, 249, 251, 253–254, 276, 304, 308–310, 317, 319, 329–331, 335–336, 343, 349, 356, 361, 368, 375–376, 383, 389–390, 400, 404, 415, 418–421, 431

Rudgley, R., 15, 442

Rush, J., x, 5–6, 15, 20, 26, 34, 41, 47–48, 50, 55, 66, 74, 76, 95–96, 110, 131, 135, 137, 141, 149, 151, 160, 176–177, 181, 211, 215, 218, 238, 261, 280, 282–284, 290, 292–293, 318, 324, 394–395, 442

Rushdie, S., 340, 383

Rutajit, A., 146, 440

St. Anna, 259, 305–307

St. Brigit’s, 284

Sapir, E., 74, 442

Sarah, 94, 114, 116, 119–121, 123, 132, 135, 143, 207, 232

Scupin, T., 30, 442

self-responsible behavior, 30, 76–77, 226

Seventh Day Adventists, 73, 86, 246, 400

shaman/shamanism, 11, 14–15, 19, 23, 53, 115, 125, 146–148, 166, 187, 244, 283, 288, 291, 295, 304, 311, 325, 330, 359, 361–362, 387–388, 394, 401, 404, 411, 413, 417–418

Shamash, 23, 355

Shaytan, xiv, 65, 344, 358, 361, 387

Sinai, 87, 140–142, 145, 148, 150, 161, 210, 212, 325, 328, 397

Singh, S., 163, 442

social evolution, 13

Solomon, 101, 129, 136–137, 139, 196–197, 210, 413

spiritual taphonomy, 26–27, 46, 71

St. Mark’s Basilica, ix–x, 149, 283, 291, 406, 427

strangers, 13, 19, 23, 26, 48, 85, 108, 113, 119, 126, 128, 199, 232, 239, 373, 394, 415

synchronicity, 203, 294

Tammuz, 61

Telushkin, J., 127, 396, 433–434, 443

The Da Vinci Code, 50, 57, 305

Thompson, T., 106, 443

Tigris and Euphrates, 17, 97, 106, 343, 345, 394

tree-mushrooms, x, 284

Trinity, 211, 213, 227–228

Ukhikh (Plant god), 88

Uruk, 58, 343

Ut-napishti, 59

vitamin D, 68, 348

Whorf, B., 76, 443

wine, xi, 44, 109–110, 146, 149, 188, 246, 253, 272, 283, 294, 299–300, 377, 404, 435

Yahweh, xi, 14, 17, 20, 23, 38, 44, 62–65, 82, 87–88, 96–97, 101, 105, 112–113, 115, 119, 121–123, 126–127, 130, 138, 150, 155, 160–162, 181, 202, 207, 245, 294, 309, 327–329, 334, 342, 350, 353, 355, 373, 387–388, 396–397, 414, 430–432

Yemeni parchments, 27

Zachariah, 166, 292, 301, 344

Zeus, 51–52, 228, 245, 256, 323–324, 431

zodiakos, 218, 225, 242, 262, 312

Zoroastrianism, 21, 112, 148, 155, 179, 207, 241, 248–254, 257, 262, 283, 301, 318, 343–344, 350, 357, 388, 396