Soma and the Indo-European Priesthood Cereal Cultivation and the Origins of Religion【電子書籍】[ William Scott Shelley ]

＜p＞This is the first work to trace the origins of religion to the "Agricultural Revolution."＜/p＞ ＜p＞It does so by identifying the enigmatic psychoactive drugs employed by the Indo-European religion. Through the ancient Vedic literature, the archaeological record, and through chemistry, this work identifies the ingredients and the method of preparation employed to produce the Soma of the Rig-Veda, Haoma, and the Kykeon.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A contribution to both the history of science and the history of religion, ＜em＞Soma＜/em＞ shows that the dawn of civilization was the product of the cultivation of cereals which enabled early man to exchange a nomadic life of hunting and gathering for a sedentary one, giving rise to settlements that would eventually become city-states and nations. The work reveals that this civilizing revolution was not only the origins of science, but also the origins of religion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The author presents literary evidence from the Vedas, Brahmanas, and Vedic ritual texts to ide．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る