The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970.
First American edition, first printing. xii, 349 pp. w/ two color photos. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint soiling to boards in Near Fine dust jacket, worn at spine ends, a little toned, unclipped ($7.95). Uncommon.
A cult classic by the archaeologist who popularized the Dead Sea Scrolls, maintaining through a complex argument rooted in linguistics that the historical Jesus never existed but was the invention of a psilocybin-mushroom-ingesting fertility cult. Originally published in the author's home country, the UK; this the first US edition features a more colorful dust jacket with a photo of Amanita muscaria. The book has been known to pop up in Joe Rogan's popular podcast as one of his perennial talking points.
Price: $450