The entheomycological origin of Egyptian crowns and the esoteric underpinnings of Egyptian religion.
Journal of ethnopharmacology November 14, 2005 Stephen R Berlant 17 citations
The paper proposes that the Egyptian White and Triple Crowns originally represented the entheogenic mushroom Psilocybe cubensis, which an Egyptian tale allegorically linked to barley. It argues that Osiris personified this and other entheogenic mushrooms as a god of spiritual rebirth. The plant called the Eye of Horus, included in cakes and ales for spiritual rebirth, is theorized to be an entheogenic mushroom cap analogous to Soma. The author also explains why scholars have historically failed to recognize these connections.