James Arthur - Mushrooms & the Origin of Christmas PT 3/7

Having become fascinated with religions of all types at an early age James Arthur hurtled into deep study for 25 years. Having discovered works by such Pioneers (in Ethno-Mycology) as (1) R. Gordon Wasson and (2) John Marco Allegro. James set out on a quest to unravel the mysterious meanings and implications of sacramental ingestion of plants in a religious context.

In 1976 R. Gordon Wasson told James, in his opinion, James was the world's leading expert in the field of Ethno-Mycology, as it pertains to Christianity. He also referred to James as his dear friend. This was over 20 years ago and James has never stopped studying since. James devotes his work to his Mentor and friend R. Gordon Wasson and considers Gordon's life's work to be "The roots for the most valuable study of all".

Mushrooms/Religion/Ethno-Mycology

James Arthur has been a long time Student of Tibetan Buddhism (under the Guidance of Lama Tharchin Rimposhee, Lama Lodro, and many others). James' Tibetan name "DORJE DROLOD" has deep meaning in itself.

James is also an ordained Christian Priest. This is not meant to be a condoning of any priesthood or Christian religion but is only mentioned for reference purposes to show an in-depth familiarity (due to extensive study) with Christianity. James advises against joining any priesthood, religion, church or organization that requires a sworn oath or acceptance of a belief system.

James exposes faults as well as positive aspects of religion, a necessary step for anyone in the type of position he is in. As a teacher he releases the bonds of religious upbringing and indoctrination; empowering the individual. He considers study of all religions valuable as long as one is careful to discern between fantasy and reality and understand that the only universal law is the "Golden Rule".

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[superdiza]

xcite83, this video is a response to the next video, not the previous.

A backward link is not helpful..:)

[xcite83]

hmm...I dont see any problems, are you sure you arent getting the 'Video Responses' and 'This is a video response to' sections mixed up? Underneath the video it says 'this is a video response to...2/7' Given this is 3/7 thats perfectly fine, and in the video response section is 4/7, so thats fine too, dude i think you're reading it backwards, use the video response section to link to next video not the 'this is a video response to' link directly under the video.

[99645md]

I have many of these mushrooms on my lawn. They are very pretty to look at but I would not trust to eat them.

[beingofone]

Right on!

[blaimthebankers]

This host is an idiot, does he think a rave has Rap playing?

[billiardsusa]

my advise to all children is this: trust THE HOLY GARDEN OF GOD and dont trust the GOVERNMENT

[superdiza]

thanks, I finally found it.

I still believe that this format is less functional than the proposed one. These are just sections with links, obeying youtube's stagnation and lack of user experience thinking is just letting words hypnotize us from the simple truth... that is, that under a segmented video, the easiest link to hit should be the one linking to the next piece.

there's much less value in a previous link, and not providing a playlist link from the infobox loses the users as they go along

[superdiza]

The interviewer is so negative... Raves and parties (especially in nature) are the best place to go mystical.

He just need to know where the good parties are :)