JohnAllegro.org http://johnallegro.org "Official site for John Marco Allegro" Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 "Official site for John Marco Allegro" JohnAllegro.org no "Official site for John Marco Allegro" JohnAllegro.org http://www.johnallegro.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://johnallegro.org John M. Allegro – Jesus as the mushroom http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-jesus-as-the-mushroom/2011/05/ http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-jesus-as-the-mushroom/2011/05/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:55:24 +0000 Administrator http://johnallegro.org/?p=473

This clip of John Allegro is from between 1968 to 1970, likely recorded just before the release of his book The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross.

For more information on John Allegro, see http://www.johnallegro.org

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Gnostic Media is happy to present this exclusive video of John Marco Allegro in an interview with Van Kooten & De Bie. Recorded for and broadcast on Dutch TV in December 1976, this is the only available video of Allegro – the Dead Sea Scrolls scholar and author of 13 books, including The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross.

Two other videos exist in the archives of the BBC/CBS, though repeated attempts to acquire them have failed.

Thanks to Dutch researcher Gerrit Keizer for acquiring this video and making it available to Jan Irvin of Gnostic Media, and the Allegro estate.

For more information, please see the official John Allegro website at http://www.johnallegro.org.

]]> http://johnallegro.org/john-allegros-the-sacred-mushroom-and-the-cross/2011/01/feed/ 0 John M Allegro – Healers of the Dead Sea – post 1985 http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-healers-of-the-dead-sea-post-1985/1986/01/ http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-healers-of-the-dead-sea-post-1985/1986/01/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 1986 01:36:38 +0000 Administrator http://johnallegro.org/?p=376 John M Allegro – Healers of the Dead Sea – post 1985
Produced by CBS Television, post 1985, with Douglas Edwards.

This is the soundtrack (recorded by John Allegro from his TV to cassette) of a film made by CBS and still in existence, though not screened since the 1980s. John Allegro discusses the importance of spiritual healing to the Essenes of Qumran: how their scrolls suggest they saw themselves as heirs to the secrets of healing brought to earth by the Fallen Angels. He argues that this Essene tradition of healing lay behind the early Christian preoccupation with faith healing, exorcism and miracles, and that both sects saw healing as a way to restore the soul to God.

]]> http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-healers-of-the-dead-sea-post-1985/1986/01/feed/ 0 John M Allegro - Healers of the Dead Sea - post 1985 Produced by CBS Television, post 1985, with Douglas Edwards. - This is the soundtrack (recorded by John Allegro from his TV to cassette) of a film made by CBS and still in existence, John M Allegro - Healers of the Dead Sea - post 1985 Produced by CBS Television, post 1985, with Douglas Edwards. This is the soundtrack (recorded by John Allegro from his TV to cassette) of a film made by CBS and still in existence, though not screened since the 1980s. John Allegro discusses the importance of spiritual healing to the Essenes of Qumran: how their scrolls suggest they saw themselves as heirs to the secrets of healing brought to earth by the Fallen Angels. He argues that this Essene tradition of healing lay behind the early Christian preoccupation with faith healing, exorcism and miracles, and that both sects saw healing as a way to restore the soul to God. JohnAllegro.org no 28:26 John M Allegro – Jesus and Qumran – The Dead Sea Scrolls, April 19, 1985 http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-jesus-and-qumran-the-dead-sea-scrolls-april-19-1985/1985/04/ http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-jesus-and-qumran-the-dead-sea-scrolls-april-19-1985/1985/04/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 1985 01:32:31 +0000 Administrator http://johnallegro.org/?p=372 John M Allegro – Jesus and Qumran – The Dead Sea Scrolls, April 19, 1985
A lecture given to the American Atheist Society in Ann Arbor, April 19, 1985.

John Allegro argues that the Christianity of the New Testament is a weave of many threads. It has little to do with historical circumstance, unless to recall the possible fate of the Essene Teacher of Righteousness. It has much to do with key elements of Essenism, hidden in names, titles and story motifs; and with Old Testament prophecy; and with Jewish cultic beliefs and practices which go back to ancient fertility religions. All these are woven with Hellenistic mystery cults and myths into the Pauline theology of Christos.

]]> http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-jesus-and-qumran-the-dead-sea-scrolls-april-19-1985/1985/04/feed/ 0 John M Allegro - Jesus and Qumran - The Dead Sea Scrolls, April 19, 1985 A lecture given to the American Atheist Society in Ann Arbor, April 19, 1985. - John Allegro argues that the Christianity of the New Testament is a weave of many threads. John M Allegro - Jesus and Qumran - The Dead Sea Scrolls, April 19, 1985 A lecture given to the American Atheist Society in Ann Arbor, April 19, 1985. John Allegro argues that the Christianity of the New Testament is a weave of many threads. It has little to do with historical circumstance, unless to recall the possible fate of the Essene Teacher of Righteousness. It has much to do with key elements of Essenism, hidden in names, titles and story motifs; and with Old Testament prophecy; and with Jewish cultic beliefs and practices which go back to ancient fertility religions. All these are woven with Hellenistic mystery cults and myths into the Pauline theology of Christos. JohnAllegro.org no 28:29 John M Allegro – “The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Cover-up?” April 18, 1984. http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-cover-up-april-18-1984/1984/04/ http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-cover-up-april-18-1984/1984/04/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 1984 01:12:46 +0000 Administrator http://johnallegro.org/?p=367 John M Allegro – The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Cover-up? April 18, 1984.
Produced and broadcast by Ian Walker of Piccadilly Radio, Manchester, England.

Why, after 30 years, was John Allegro the only scholar to have published all the scroll texts allotted to him? Why were the others so reluctant to discuss differences of interpretation, or welcome the light that the scrolls shed on the origins of Christianity?

None of the four scholars interviewed (Allegro, Yadin, Benoit and Broshi) accepts the popular conspiracy theory about a deliberate cover-up. But Allegro holds that, though not amounting to suppression, he definitely experienced a go-slow, a reluctance to challenge or even debate accepted views on the uniqueness of the gospel story.

]]> http://johnallegro.org/john-m-allegro-the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-cover-up-april-18-1984/1984/04/feed/ 0 John M Allegro - The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Cover-up? April 18, 1984. Produced and broadcast by Ian Walker of Piccadilly Radio, Manchester, England. - Why, after 30 years, was John Allegro the only scholar to have published all the scroll texts allotte... John M Allegro - The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Cover-up? April 18, 1984. Produced and broadcast by Ian Walker of Piccadilly Radio, Manchester, England. Why, after 30 years, was John Allegro the only scholar to have published all the scroll texts allotted to him? Why were the others so reluctant to discuss differences of interpretation, or welcome the light that the scrolls shed on the origins of Christianity? None of the four scholars interviewed (Allegro, Yadin, Benoit and Broshi) accepts the popular conspiracy theory about a deliberate cover-up. But Allegro holds that, though not amounting to suppression, he definitely experienced a go-slow, a reluctance to challenge or even debate accepted views on the uniqueness of the gospel story. JohnAllegro.org no 43:42