[www.shroomer.cz]. Berlant/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 102 (2005) 275–288 "argues that the story was evidently coined to esoterically allude to (1) the origin of the [[White Crown]] (hedjet), (2) its association with Osiris — the deified spirit of barley who first appeared during the 5th dynasty, and (3) the Triple Crown (hmhm), comprising the three White Crowns the deity Khenumu, “The King Maker”, characteristically carried on his head, just as he did in this story.
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The theory argues, more specifically, that typical, as well as several anomalous, White Crowns and Triple Crowns strikingly resemble pin-stages of an [[entheogenic]] mushroom known as the [[Psilocybe]] cubensis because Egyptian priests and their prehistoric ancestors were shamanic herbalists who came to believe that they were divine and immortal after ingesting Psilocybes."

etc. Anyone heard of this - and specifically has anyone seen this referenced/discussed?

Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site::
[www.ramtops.co.uk]



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