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The serpent wrapped around the tree indicates that this is to represent the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, not the Tree of Life. So, even if this were depi
by elwell 5y ago
The serpent wrapped around the tree indicates that this is to represent the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, not the Tree of Life. So, even if this were depicting hallucinogenic mushrooms, if anything it would mean that Christians viewed them as forbidden.
- cratermoon 5y agoYeah, the article mixes up the two trees, which doesn't bode well for the rest of it.
- hbosch 5y agoAs soon as I saw the "snake", I made the assumption on my own that this was just a crudely drawn tree with the dots representing fruits/"apples" as the story is commonly known. Stretching this into an article about psychedelic mushrooms is quite a reach.