Brian C. Muraresku
@BrianMuraresku
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New York Times Best Selling author of The Immortality Key: the Secret History of the Religion with No Name. Alumnus of Brown University and Georgetown Law.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2016
The ultimate graveyard wine:
theguardian.com
Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine
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For me, the most rewarding part of publishing a book that built off generations of scholarship, is to witness a whole new generation join the adventure. For a long time, the role of psychedelics in the development of society and culture had no real place in the academy. Over the.
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RT @missmayim: .@BrianMuraresku will challenge everything you thought you knew about religious history and Western Civilization as we under….
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RT @FutureJurvetson: Is it live, or is it X? . Our art project this year is an homage to the Immortality Key. (you know this is a render b….
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Thanks to @IAmMarkManson for the subtle art of a pithy review. Love your work, Mark.
@HereisMears 4) The Immortality Key by @BrianMuraresku. This book argues for the cultural, historical, and religious significance of psychedelics. It reads like a Dan Brown caper as Muraresku runs all over Europe, investigating catacombs and archives. A delightful and surprising read.
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“… its institutions lacking the shared vision that kept the world’s first democracy afloat, its citizens unable to remember how to care for themselves, each other, and nature.”.
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“In The Immortality Key, Brian Muraresku — pointing to evidence from ancient Greece — even goes so far as to wonder whether a society robbed of the mystical experience of psychedelics is one that is fundamentally flawed …”
bigthink.com
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
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RT @adamcarv: Thrilled to witness @BrianMuraresku on stage at @Paualife. His book Immortality Key is a must-read for people curious about h….
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RT @loic: “Becoming Immortal” with Brian Muraresku - psychedelics at the origin of religions? @BrianMuraresku @Paualife .
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Big thanks to Grupo Planeta, and the entire team in Mexico. !Vivan los Misterios!
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The evidence mounts: “first direct evidence that ancient Europeans consumed psychoactive drugs much like their pre-Columbian brethren in Mesoamerica.”
nytimes.com
A new study based on strands of hair found in a Spanish burial cave reveals that humans living about 3,000 years ago used hallucinogens, likely derived from local plants, as part of their rituals.
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I just penned this new article, charting some data for the universality of psychedelic ritual among our species. With thanks to the wonderful team @bigthink
bigthink.com
The nascent field of archaeochemistry has furthered our understanding of the psychedelics used by ancient indigenous populations.
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RT @Paualife: Honored to host this year renowned author of #TheImmortalityKey: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, a New York….
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Plants of the Gods: my only recorded interview in recent months, with ethnobotanist extraordinaire and humanitarian @DocMarkPlotkin.
#POTGS4E2 is available! Listen to part one of @DocMarkPlotkin's two-part conversation with bestselling author @BrianMuraresku now:
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One of Hollywood’s most badass meditations on death and rebirth. It may have cost Mr. Connors 10,000 lives, but he eventually discovered eternity in a single day. The time-buster. I was 12 when I saw this in the theater. 30 years ago. Or maybe it was this morning.
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‘the psychedelic tradition is part and parcel of the universal religious heritage of mankind.’ Thanks to @joerogan and @jordanbpeterson for the nod. via @YouTube.
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Humble thanks to @tferriss and @DocMarkPlotkin for hosting a holiday conversation on Mysteries past, present and future.
NEW podcast episode is up! . "@BrianMuraresku with @DocMarkPlotkin — The Eleusinian Mysteries, Discovering the Divine, The Immortality Key, The Pagan Continuity Hypothesis, Lessons from Scholar Karen Armstrong, and Much More". Please enjoy! 🙌.
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RT @PlantsofGodsPod: An excerpt from @docmarkplotkin’s review of @BrianMuraresku's fantastic book, “The Immortality Key.” Recognize the na….
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Many months in the making, here unveiling another collaboration with the exceptional artist @SkoolAfter, featuring the life-long scholarship of the brilliant @KarenAnchorite.
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