Drugs in the Bible at the Catalyst Club

Traditional medicineDrugs in the Bible
Written By Danny Nemu

The crowd at the Lewes Arms was quite rowdy, but they quietened down a little when the myrrh I gave them kicked in.

This talk covers:

  • Psychedelic Hebrew poetry and how Nahmanides translated Genesis 1

  • Frankincense and the dopamine and GABA systems

  • Myrrh and the opioid system, and chemical similarities to MDMA and mescaline

  • Synergies between frankincense and myrrh

  • Enzyme inhibition (like ayahuasca) in the anointing oil

  • Cannabis in the Bible, Herodotus and the archaeological record

  • Yahweh, his wife and their drugs

  • Psychoactive smoke in the Tabernacle hotbox and the pillar of smoke

  • The showbread active at a dose “the size of a bean”

  • Is manna ergot?

Danny Nemu
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