Topic: Robert Eisenman

Jan Irvin discusses the work of John Allegro, one of the original eight Dead Sea Scrolls translators who published "The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross" in 1970. Allegro argued that Christianity originated from a psychedelic mushroom fertility cult, a claim that led to his immediate academic ostracization. Irvin claims that while other scholars like Robert Eisenman privately admit Allegro was right, they publicly attacked him to protect religious institutions.