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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

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September
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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

Authors
R. Gordon Wasson
Albert Hofmann
Carl A. P. Ruck
Huston Smith
Peter Webster

The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys.

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