>>>yeah as long as some priest isn't selling to to some little kids out of the back of a church..hahaha
>>>And really that's more of a "spritual" experience than a "religious" one.
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>>I think the oldest religious chemistry had the form of ammonium salts - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=ammonium which would get the believers to believe just about anything, just as long as they can get out of there :).
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>That's really interesting. Sounds like camels were producing ammonia. I have always been fascinated with the history of psychotropics.

The way our chemistry professor told the story, it was actually the stale urine (probably of camels) that was poured into a shallow channel that ran around the auditorium so they'd see their Ammon Ra.

>Remember this ?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marco_Allegro

There were some books translated at the time, and I remember there was talk about some controversy... quarrel, to be precise, but I really didn't have any inclination at all to delve in any things religious. I've seen some book in the bookstore's shop window, 's all. Maybe his book, maybe someone else's. I guess the Catholic church was distributing their version through its own channels, so this must be Allegro's book(s) - I remember the ad was beating the "truth about" line. Just wasn't interested.