Communal worship can put people into suggestible states, for example. Throw in some attention removed with dubious affinity for truthfulness, and suddenly you get some pretty wild stories. Throw in some hottie swaying and going ‘ooooOOOooOoo, AahhaAAAAhhhh’ or whatever to whatever was their contemporary version of a hipster playing a musical instrument…
Assuming it was John of Patmos. The author only identified himself as “John”; but it was also super common to use pseudonyms as a way to get more authoritative.
The fact is we don’t really know for sure. The only evidence in the book itself is that that is where the revelation happened. One leading theory is that “John” was exiled there. For being Christian.
Keep in mind a lot of the rhetoric is a direct criticism of Domitian and Roman’s.
Maybe they did use psychedelics and maybe they didn’t. We don’t know.
John really was tripping balls on mushrooms when he wrote that book. Fun story. Highly recommend reading.
Communal worship can put people into suggestible states, for example. Throw in some attention removed with dubious affinity for truthfulness, and suddenly you get some pretty wild stories. Throw in some hottie swaying and going ‘ooooOOOooOoo, AahhaAAAAhhhh’ or whatever to whatever was their contemporary version of a hipster playing a musical instrument…
Alternatively, we’ve all seen the videos of experiments with conformity.
no need to blame psychedelics.
He quite literally wrote the book on the island of Patmos. A place famous for its magic mushrooms.
Assuming it was John of Patmos. The author only identified himself as “John”; but it was also super common to use pseudonyms as a way to get more authoritative.
The fact is we don’t really know for sure. The only evidence in the book itself is that that is where the revelation happened. One leading theory is that “John” was exiled there. For being Christian.
Keep in mind a lot of the rhetoric is a direct criticism of Domitian and Roman’s.
Maybe they did use psychedelics and maybe they didn’t. We don’t know.