Dr. Ammon Hillman earned his MS in Bacteriology and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he specialized in Ancient Greek and Roman medicine and pharmacy. His first book, The Chemical Muse, was published with St. Martin’s Press immediately after his dissertation committee forced him to delete all references to recreational drugs from his thesis. Dr. Hillman was recently investigated by the Vatican for demon possession and portal opening while teaching as a professor of Classical Languages. OUTLINE: 00:00 - Religious history 11:24 - Tal Megiddo excavation 16:39 - Original meaning of "Christ" 17:51 - Neuro Peptides 23:25 - Ancient pharmacology; John Scarborough 28:23 - Galen (Marcus Aurelius doctor) 33:44 - Drugs in ancient Rome 38:02 - Chemical Muse 47:11 - Greek Septuagint VS Dead Sea Scrolls 55:57 - Greek drug cults 01:03:08 - Solon & the creation of democracy 01:10:21 - The ancient Bible 01:16:40 - Greek came before Hebrew 01:19:08 - Interpreting ancient texts 01:24:15 - John Marco Allegro 01:28:39 - Why the Greek language is superior 01:33:59 - The "Purple" 01:38:23 - Christian Cults & Revisionism 01:46:49 - The Christ 01:55:52 - Zeus 02:05:59 - The Garden of Gethsemane 02:16:46 - The 'Burning Purple' 02:27:52 - Death of Jesus 02:41:31 - Using the human body to produce drugs 02:43:58 - The men crucified next to Jesus 02:52:08 - Demon possession & opening portals 03:02:03 - Alexander The False Prophet 03:08:46 - Lucifer: the dawn bringer 03:17:38 - Modern Enlightenment