March 04, 2008

Rocky Mountain High

This makes as much, if not more, sense than any explanation the bible gives:
Was Moses high on Mount Sinai? - Science- msnbc.com
“The thunder, lightning and blaring of a trumpet which the Book of Exodus says emanated from Mount Sinai could just have been the imaginings of a people in an “altered state of awareness,” Shanon hypothesized.

"In advanced forms of ayahuasca inebriation, the seeing of light is accompanied by profound religious and spiritual feelings,” Shanon wrote.

“On such occasions, one often feels that in seeing the light, one is encountering the ground of all Being ... many identify this power as God.”

A stoner party out in the middle of the desert? I don't even think Burning Man in its prime could top this.

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