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minus-squareArmchairAce1944@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoAlcohol can result in some nice ideas and visions, but it can’t explain shit like that. But then again, maybe this guy discovered magic mushrooms? There was nothing against them back then.
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoErgotism? Sometimes wheat supplies got contaminated by a fungus that lets you talk to god.
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoI heard about those. The effects might have been exaggerated given the concentration wasn’t as high (and wouldn’t get as high until the late 19th century when chemistry advanced that we could make pure forms of it).
Alcohol can result in some nice ideas and visions, but it can’t explain shit like that.
But then again, maybe this guy discovered magic mushrooms? There was nothing against them back then.
Ergotism? Sometimes wheat supplies got contaminated by a fungus that lets you talk to god.
I heard about those. The effects might have been exaggerated given the concentration wasn’t as high (and wouldn’t get as high until the late 19th century when chemistry advanced that we could make pure forms of it).