Eleusis, LSD, and Psychedelic Evolution

Eleusis, LSD, and Psychedelic Evolution - An Interview with Peter Webster

In the original 1978 edition of The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson, Dr. Albert Hoffman (the inventor of LSD) and Prof. Carl Ruck of Boston University, a proposal was made that the sacred (and secret) drink called kykeon of the Greek Eleusinian Mysteries was derived from Ergot. In this book Dr. Hoffman proposed that the Greeks could have used simple water extraction from Ergot to make an LSD-like substance that would account for the strong effects of the kykeon. However, over the decades since the book went to print, many people have tested Dr. Hoffmans theories and were unable to make the drink psychoactive to the degree first proposed. But recent discoveries have been made by todays guest that may correct and corroborate Hofmanns original proposal.