JWSmythe's Journal: Moses Was High On Drugs?

"High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week. Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy."

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Usually I wouldn't touch a religious debate, but this has an interesting point of view.

People of many faiths believe that visions from psychedelic drugs are not necessarily in-mind created hallucinations, but open up the mind for awareness that can not normally be reached. For most people it's perfectly acceptable to talk to the deity of their choice, but when the deity talks back they must be crazy.