John W. Allen

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  194 I need to know, in your imagination, what is the color of a square?
  By Jolanta Klyszcz · Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
  John Allen · Publishing Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies

  What Color is a square you ask? Well that depends on how fast it is traveling through space! John W. Allen 

  What Color is a square you ask? Well that depends on how fast it is traveling through space! John W. Allen
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  194 I need to know, in your imagination, what is the color of a square?
  By Jolanta Klyszcz · Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
  John Allen · Publishing Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies

  That depends on how fast it is traveling through space. John W. Allen 

  That depends on how fast it is traveling through space. John W. Allen
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  58 What are some of the important books in cultural anthropology?
  By Jan Tellis · Gauhati University
  John Allen · Publishing Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies

  I posted somewhere here the literature of Mari Dobkin de Rio on hallucinogenic use by the Kuma of New Guinea Highlands and American use of Amanita for... [more]

  I posted somewhere here the literature of Mari Dobkin de Rio on hallucinogenic use by the Kuma of New Guinea Highlands and American use of Amanita for over 450-years by some in the Algonquin Tribes and Siberian shamans. Including her book, Windmills of the Mind. Here are some of her references from my CD-Rom fact finding data-disc, Teonanacatl: A Bibliography of Entheogenic Fungi. Dobkin de Rios, Marlene. 1968. Suggested Hallucinogenic-Derived Motifs from New World Monumental Earthworks. Unpublished Manuscript. ------. 1974. The influence of psychotropic flora and fauna on Maya religion. Current Anthropology vol. 15(2):147-163. June. ------. 1976. The Wilderness of Mind vol. 5. #90-039. 1. Sacred plants in cross cultural perspectives. 2. The Aztecs of Mexico. Sage Research Papers in Social Sciences. ------. 1976. (KUMA). The New Guinea Highlands. The Wilderness of Mind vol. 5. No. 90-039. ------. 1982. (Bk. Rev.). Journal of Psychedelic Drugs vol. 14(3):259-260. July-September. A review of Alvaro Estrada's "Maria Sabina: Her life, her chants."
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  365 When did the human mind become religious?
  By Nagaraju Jinka · Gulbarga University
  John Allen · Publishing Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies

  Carol Markim said: "And Organized Religin knows a good thing when it sees it." Carol, not to disillusion your hypothesis that "Organized Religion kno... [more]

  Carol Markim said: "And Organized Religin knows a good thing when it sees it." Carol, not to disillusion your hypothesis that "Organized Religion knows a good thing when it sees it," is one of the first major faults of all who do believe or think they see what? What does it see that is good? First off, not to be rude but you say religiosity and spell religion as religin is incorrect, but worst is the fact that organized religion has been the cause of the deaths of millions of people throughout humankind's history, most who were innocent to begin with, all in the name of God and the conquering of other people, other nations, other cultures and the death of those cultures are all the results of organized Religion. So what is the good thing that organized religion sees after Death, destruction, annihilation and all in the name of God? Sorry but your argument makes not any sense at all. Organized includes Paganism as well as Christianity. Historically it has been noted that prostitution was the oldest profession in the world. But in reality, the oldest was the physician, the healer, the medicine man, the shaman, the witch, the alchemist, the astrologer, the Wizard, Wazir, etc. They all held power over those who they were part of. Even primitive tribes that worshiped the sun can be traced to base elements in Christianity. Come unto the Son. The Sun as 'the light of the world. The sun is warm, walk into the light. Soon the SUN became the son. The light and the warmth of the Sun became a god. People worshiped the sun and the moon, and anything else that they did not know of. It had to be a god. Even the leaders, chieftains and such were afraid of the medicine man because he knew about plants from food-hunter gatherers in his past history, and remember, primitive peoples could remember their genealogy of a hundred years or more before humankind even learned to write. The medicine men of such primitive peoples could distinguish edible plants, medicinal plants, and toxic poisonous plants. The medicine man of such tribal groups that practiced primitive type religions could heal some and at the same time could make someone die. SO they feared the medicine man and humankind in this time and space also fear the wrath of God. No one should fear a God whom we are all taught is loving kind and gentle but also its creation to wipe one another off the face of the Earth since the dawn of humankind.at the same time also They too at times were Gods to their people. The people relied on those medicine men for help or vengeance. They prayed to the son, the sky, the earth, the air, the mountains, all were animists before they were religious as we know religion in today's time and space. So I do not understand your thought that 'religion sees a good thing when it knows it."
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  8 How can we identify a mushroom/Macrofungi best? And where can we deposit these specimens with the herbarium number?
  By Nagaraj Kuruni · Kuvempu University
  John Allen · Publishing Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies

  Dr. Kuruni, always remember when finding what one considers to be a new species, date, time, and the characteristics of the species such as Cap, Stipe... [more]

  Dr. Kuruni, always remember when finding what one considers to be a new species, date, time, and the characteristics of the species such as Cap, Stipe, various colors and macroscopic shapes. Habitat. Region or area collected, date. Time of year. etc. All fungi also have certain characteristics to their genera so within a single species can be many shapes and sizes and forms, All the macroscopics should be carefully noted. Especially the colors, if they are hygrophanous. They will need a paper with them for deposit that identifies them for you. A special numbering system for your herbarium collections that you can use throughout your life if you stay in such a field. What kind of mushrooms are they? Edibles, toxic, hallucinogenic, inedible, poisonous and deadly poisonous. etc. And exactly dear Mam, what field of study are you interested in working in? John W. Allen
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