Spiritual

Why can’t women be priests? What does paganism have to do with the exclusion of women from church leadership? To this day, the Catholic Church remains staunch on its policy that women cannot be ordained into the priesthood. According to Brian Muraresku, the exclusion of women from the priesthood and other official church leadership was a way to eradicate all traces of paganism. Keep reading to learn about the history of the exclusion of women from church leadership.

What is the connection between mysticism and Christianity? Why did the early church want to overthrow mystical practices? At the time of the birth of Christianity, the Greeks practiced a polytheistic religion, which included a rich mystical element. Practitioners sought to attain a profound spiritual connection with the supernatural through a direct mystical experience, which was facilitated by the ingestion of psychedelic brews. Here’s how Christianity put an end to Greek mystical traditions and overtook the Greco-Roman world.

What is Gnosis? Why did the Church reject the Gnostic Gospels? The Gnostic Gospels are a collection of books purportedly written by followers of Jesus, likely between AD 120 and 150. Although the writers themselves professed to be devotees of Jesus and claimed to be revealing truths from him, leaders of the early Christian church omitted these books from the Biblical canon. Here’s why the Gnostic texts were excluded from the official Christian canon.

What was the drink consumed during the Eleusinian Mysteries? What was the purpose of the sacred brew? During the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiates consumed “kukeon,” a barley-based beer. According to Brian Muraresku, the author of The Immortality Key, the kukeon brew was likely psychedelic because it contained ergot—a fungus that possesses hallucinogenic properties. Muraresku presents the following evidence that suggests that the Eleusinian Mysteries drink was psychedelic.