On Mar 15, 10:13 am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD"
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On Mar 15, 3:13 am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD"
<heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote:

Oh happy day - when we were RELEASED,... and the evil went
awaaaaaayy...

ABC News SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD
JERUSALEM, March 5, 2008

Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli
professor of cognitive philosophy.

Writing in the British Journal Time and Mind, he claims Moses was
probably on psychedelic drugs when he received the Ten Commandments
from God.

The assertions give a whole new meaning to Moses being "high" on
Mount
Sinai.

According to Shanon, a professor at Hebrew University, two naturally
existing plants in the Sinai Peninsula have the same psychoactive
components as ones found in the Amazon jungle and are well-known for
their mind-altering capabilities. The drugs are usually combined in a
drink called ayahuasca.

"As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a
supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which
I
don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event
that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effects of
narcotics," he told Israel Radio in an interview Tuesday.
The description in The Book of Exodus of thunder, lightening and a
blaring trumpet, according to Shanon, are the classic imaginings of
people under the influence of drugs.

As for the vision of the burning bush, well obviously that too was a
drug-fueled hallucination, according to Shanon.

"In advanced forms of ayahuasca inebriation," he wrote, "the seeing
of
light is accompanied by profound religious and spiritual feelings."
Shanon admits he took some of these drugs while in the Amazon in
1991.
"I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," he
said.

The initial reaction to this controversial theory from Israel's
religiously orthodox community and the powerful rabbis who lead it
was
less than enthusiastic.

Orthodox rabbi Yuval Sherlow, quoted by Reuters speaking on Israel
radio, said: "The Bible is trying to convey a very profound event. We
have to fear not for the fate of the biblical Moses, but for the fate
of science."