The Peacemakers

  Disclaimer : The use of entheogens or psychoactive plants used in the Bible is virtually non-existent. The   idea   of their use is purely speculative. Of course, it’s not exactly surprising that there are no significant mentions of hallucinogenic plants in the Bible. Any reference would probably be veiled by the religious authorities. So, let’s take a peek behind the veil… In The beginning… We all know about the famous fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The serpent’s pitch is “…your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (or another translation might be ‘knowing everything’). Could this be a tantalizing reference to a consciousness-raising plant? Adam immediately gets paranoid and realizes, for the first time, he is naked. He then blames Eve for everything, setting the pattern for future generations. The story could be treated as a cautionary tale about partaking of certain forbidden plants; a warning in the front of the book. Manna and