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There's quite a lot to be said about the cultural significance of that particular mushroom. Consider these folks: https://ambrosiasociety.org/ https://ambrosia
by __MatrixMan__ 7y ago
There's quite a lot to be said about the cultural significance of that particular mushroom.
Consider these folks: https://ambrosiasociety.org/ https://ambrosiasociety.org/
Who believe (among many other surprising things) that the legend of Santa Claus involves reindeer for this reason and point out that he wears red and white because so does that mushroom.
The bits of their ebook that I've read are less kooky than their website would make it seem.
There's also a video showing how to remove the neurotoxic component so that the other psychoactive component can be enjoyed. No urine or reindeer necessary.
- senorjazz 7y agobut didn't santa claus used to be green until sponsored by coca cola? Or is that some kind of myth?
- Zenst 7y agoNot a myth but true - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit
- dagw 7y agoThe site you link to even claims that it is a myth: "This change (to the red suit) is often mistakenly attributed to... the Coca-Cola Company...the red suit was shown on the covers of Harper's Weekly at least forty years before". Coca Cola can however probably be given a fair amount of credited for making this the ubiquitous look.
- Zenst 7y agoAha, my bad - though fair to say, it was born out of marketing and darn good marketing at that (worked on me).
- dfxm12 7y agoThe Coca Cola bit is a myth. There are a lot of depictions of Santa in a red suit before Coca Cola used it in advertising: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-pictorial-history-of-santa-claus/ https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-pictorial-histo...