NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
MEET THE EDITORS >>
Home / News / Science / History

History


Moses Probably High on 'Weed'

The prophet might have ingested some kind of hallucinogenic substances before going up Mount Sinai

By Gabriel Gache, Science News Editor

5th of March 2008, 14:50 GMT

Adjust text size:


Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
Enlarge picture
Well, the truth is we don't know much about whether or not the son of God, Jesus Christ, ever existed in this world, but there is a good probability that Moses did. He is depicted throughout multiple religions as a prophet of God. The Holly Bible describes in the Old Testament how Moses, who was leading the exodus out of Egypt, stops at Mount Sinai to talk to God during which time He gave to Moses the Ten Commandments. Again, we have learned over the years - at least some of us did - to detach ourselves from the supernatural.

Thus, an Israeli psychology professor now proposes a brand-new shocking
theory which suggests that while going up Mount Sinai, Moses would most likely have been high, and I'm pretty sure he's not talking about high altitude. According to Benny Shanon of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, Moses could have consumed hallucinogenic substances containing a series of psychoactive molecules extracted from plants that were used in the preparation of the powerful Amazonian hallucinogenic drink called ayahuasca.

This altered state of awareness would have resulted in visual and audio hallucinations such as the appearance of lightning and blaring of a trumpet as described in the Bible's Book of Exodus. Also, the hallucinogenic reaction, which follows the ingestion of such substances, would make the subject fall into a profound religious and spiritual feeling, accompanied by lightning and divine revelations that could have been interpreted as the appearance of God on Earth. Professor Shanon reveals that he has thought about the effects of ayahuasca drink as he has participated at more than 160 different occasions when the drink was brewed.

There is a good chance that, during ancient times, the plant which is used for the preparation of ayahuasca, harmal, could have been found in the regions around Mount Sinai and in multiple locations of the Middle East, and used by the Jewish population as a medicinal plant. Shanon also recognizes that there is no direct evidence to prove his theory, and after so much time proof could be provided even if he chose to defend it.

TAGS:

Moses | hallucinogen | psychoactive | God | commandments
Read by 1,232 user(s) | Add comment | Link to this article TWEET THIS


Article rating:
Fair (2.2/5) 9 vote(s)    

Subscribe to news | Print article | Send to friend

© Copyright 2001-2009 Softpedia
Contact:

 

 

SEARCH THE NEWS ARCHIVE :




Today's News
| Yesterday's News | News Archive


MORE RELATED ARTICLES:


9 Years in Prison for Top 10 Spammer

Zulu, the Most Fearful Black Warriors

YouTube 1 Hour Downtime

6 Things About Dayaks, the Fearsome Head-Hunters

9 Amazing Things About the Ainu People

7 Things About Tibetans

Inca Human Sacrifices

7 Things About Inuit (Eskimo) People

User opinions:


Comment #1 by: Abhilash Nandy on 07 Mar 2008, 17:39 GMT reply to this comment

WELL!! I DO BELIEVE IN RELIGION. I ALSO BELIEVE IN STORIES IN WHICH A PERSON HAS RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES LIKE IN SUCH CASES HE/SHE DEMANDS THAT HE SAW GOD. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SCIENCE BEHIND EVERYTHING UNSCIENTIFIC. SO IF THE ABOVE MENTIONED THEORY IS ORRECT, IT CAN PRETTY WELL BE POSSIBLE. NO ONE WAS PRESENT THERE TO BEAR EYE-WITNESS, SO WE CAN PRETTY WELL SUPPOSE IT. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM IN DOING SO?


Comment #2 by: P.Andrade on 07 Nov 2008, 15:27 GMT reply to this comment

"SO WE CAN PRETTY WELL SUPPOSE IT. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM IN DOING SO" The problem is that the purpose of scientific theory is to NOT SUPPOSE, but to try to disprove a theory. Having said that, ancients texts cannot be proven or dis-proven by the scientific method. Judging texts have to do with textual, form and other types of critical methodologies. Overall, the story above is just stupid and poor scholarship without and shred of evidence at all. "Could have" and "there is a good chance" are not the language used in sound theory.

Share your opinion:

Your Name:
Your Email Address:
(will not be used for commercial purposes)
Solve this to prove you're not a bot: =
Your review/opinion:

 




Windows tabGames tabDrivers tabMac tabLinux tabScripts tabMobile tabHandheld tabGadgets tabNews tab

SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   ENTER NEWS SITE   |   ENGLISH BOARD   |   ROMANIAN FORUM