We all know Plato's report on the trial of Socrates. Now for the rest of
the story, get a copy of "The Road to Eleusis" by ethnobotanist RG
Wasson. Who figured out that Kykeion, the sacred potion dispenses by the
Caryatids in the Telestrion hall was made of barley infected with ergot.

Claviceps Purpurea. Notorious for making people crazy in the middle ages
before it killed them. But if grown on barley rather than wheat or rye,
it does not have strychnine, but instead has lysergic acids. The Greeks
were acid heads. Which explains a lot about their originality.

Now, at the trial, we see Socrates was charged with "profanation of the
Mysteries", a charge, if you read the report, he never answers. His
student Alcibiades had stolen Kykeion from Eleusis, and brought it back
to Athens to throw parties with. Like stealing the communion wine to get
drunk on.

But Alcibiades was the charismatic son of the most prominent political
family, and the Athenians didnt dare go after him. Socrates would do.
After all, the heirophants from Eleusis came to Athens well before Komos
to hold initiation instruction, and the 4000 who showed up for this,
filled all the hotels in Athens. If the secret if Kykeion got out,
Athens stood to loose a very profitable cash cow.

If this kind of thing had happened in Miami or Los Vegas, they would
have strung Socrates up, and not bothered with a trial. Everybody thot
Socrates put Alcibiades up to it, and we dont see where Socrates, in his
own defense, tries to refute that.

Wasson's book includes a chapter submitted by Albert Hoffman of Sandoz
labs, the 'discoverer' of LSD who looked at Wasson's data and says it
was right on. But just like 911, I have been called names for providing
the above thumbnail outline. Wasson's book is still in print.

After Pericles expanded the Great Telesterion hall, the largest such
structure in the ancient world, 4000 "Mystai" assembled at the Acropolis
every year at Komos to walk "The Sacred Way", and when they arrived,
everyone knew they would be told to never divulge what went on in the
Great hall. This went on for nearly 1000 years until Justinian had the
place pounded into rubble. After leaving the "Mystai" (yes, that's where
we have the word 'mystery' from) were known as "Epoptes" (one who's eyes
were opened). and if you add it up, its nearly 4 million people over the
course of all those centuries.

NOBODY EVER RATTED. And yet, it Christianity that claims to be moral. Is
this a change in the zeitgeist? I dont know any stupid airheads. But
every young woman I know has used LSD, and understands how the Greeks
could show us such an example of integrity. None of them are Christian,
nor are they comfortable with "wiccan" either cause they didnt get their
religion from fluff bunny books at Barnes & Noble.

They all also know what a bullschitt rap the official 911 report is. If
you consider that decreasing numbers of smart young women will no longer
be supporting the church, you can see a zeitgeist change coming.