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The Immortality Key The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

Brian C. Muraresku

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and a real-life quest for the Holy Grail.

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The Joe Rogan Experience

This book, written by author and researcher Murdo Macleod, discusses the concept of immortality and its potential realization.

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I had this conversation with the other guy, Murdo Macleod, the "Immortality Key" guy.

— Episode: #2190 - Peter Thiel

Episode: #2190 - Peter Thiel

This book, written by author and researcher Murdo Macleod, discusses the concept of immortality and its potential realization.

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I had this conversation with the other guy, Murdo Macleod, the "Immortality Key" guy.

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah mentioned the book as a good source that explored the theory that early communion wine was spiked with ergot, the fungus from which LSD is derived. He recommended it to illustrate the discussion about psychedelics and ego dissolution.

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Episode: Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan [VIDEO]

This book explores the theory that early communion wine was spiked with ergot, a fungus from which LSD is derived.

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There's a good book on this called The Immortality Key by Brian Morescu,

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Jordan Peterson repeatedly highlighted the title across several episodes, noting that it examined the role of psychedelic substances in ancient Greek religious rites such as the Elephic Mysteries and linked them to later spiritual traditions. He described the work as a compelling, original synthesis of ethnopharmacology and history, and suggested listeners read it to better understand the hidden influence of hallucinogens on Western spirituality. The overall tone was an enthusiastic endorsement.

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Episode: 299. Psychedelic Science | Dr. Dennis McKenna

It was discussed in the podcast as a book about ethnopharmacology and the psychedelic practices of ancient cultures, with its subject matter considered analogous to Dennis' accounts of Amazonian psychedelic traditions.

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I was talking to Brian Mererescu...within a year ago he wrote the immortality key...it sounds to me like the account that you're making of what happened in the Amazon jungle sounds to me very much like what seem to happen in ancient Greek culture with their formulation of various psychedelic wines

Episode: 225. The Spiritual Void and the West | Rav Arora

Jordan Peterson referenced the book "The Immortality Key", which discussed ancient Greek society's spiritual experiences and practices that centered on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The book explored the connection between shamanic experiences and religious practices influenced by hallucinogenic substances.

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The immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name. Okay, so the Greeks.

The Greeks society was grounded in a spiritual experience and practice that centered on eluses I hope I have that pronounced properly the initiates were inducted into the Alicinian mysteries and this book is one of a long line of books a relatively long line of books really started in the 1960s suggesting that shamanic experiences which are tens of thousands of years old perhaps older and religious practices in more sophisticated societies that were profoundly influenced and affected by hallucinogenic substances it seems highly probable to me in fact I think the evidence is incontrovertible we have no idea what to do with that fact now.

Episode: 188. Saving The Humanities | Stephen Blackwood

The author, Brian Muraresku, was discussed in relation to the Eleusinian Mysteries and their connection to Greek culture, its metaphysical and religious underpinnings, and its transformation into Christianity.

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I spoke with an author this week and a professor of classics at Boston University the author is Brian Marascu wrote a book called The Immortality Key

Episode: 180. A Conversation so Intense It Might as Well Be...

It was recommended as a book that integrates the use of psychedelics in ancient Greek enlightenment practices with Christianity.

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Have you read The Immortality Key? No I haven't read it. A mortality? Oh you need to read it. I just interviewed the author. He's been tracking the use of psychedelics in the where all the Greeks went to be enlightened you know the Delphi.

Episode: 167. The Psychology of the Psychedelics | Roland G...

The book 'The Immortality Key' was mentioned during the podcast as being a recent read for Jordan B. Peterson, and explores the history of psychedelic substances.

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I've been reading this book recently the immortality key by Brian Marorescu and he's making a case that has been made by other people although he makes it in a very interesting way and a very original way.

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