Religion in all cultures have been applying a religious sense of awe to brainwash people massively.
In ancient greece there were the "inexplainable" temple wonders, that were actually natural physics and clever mechanics at work, that would amaze the people and convince them the Gods are real and present at the temples. Large Temple Doors would open appearantly all by them selves or by the force of the Gods ( actually by a hidden hydraulic systems)or there would be an immense hovering statue of a God inside a temple( Clever application of a magnetic repulsion system)
Then, when the dumb and dumbfounded people were in an awestruck state of high suggestability these goolish greek priests would proceed to shove there manipulative structure of lies into their unsuspecting, wide open minds. This way they could totally brainwash them and control these people's lives.
The Christian as well as the Judaic religion both have the Bible: A piece of extensive, philosophical poetry and mythology.
Reading or being read from this bundle of philosophical Poetry and Mythology, Symbology and Morality somehow has the same awestriking capacity as the Greek Temple wonders. It captivates masses of people, obsesses them. The magical, poetic and mythical stories of the bible inspire some kind of Awe in them. Puts them in a highly suggestable, twilight zone somehow. Yet again this makes them very easy to manipulate and control. Then, when the people where in that state, either from reading the Bible or from being preached the bible, these Goolish Christian Priests then Proceed to shove their manipulative structure of lies into the people's unsuspecting, wide open minds.
Now what did the Mayas (ab)use to induce this highly suggestable, awestruck, religious state? Entheogens. Off course.
If a wicked Maya King had in service a Wicked Maya priest, this Priest would have abused mushrooms to get the mayan people in his temple into this infamous reprogrammable, awestruck religious state. The mushrooms would convince them the "Gods" of which the Priest speaks indeed exists. After their unmistakably divine experiences, these people would trust the priest and be eager to Learn more of the Gods from the Priest.
The Goolish Mayan priests then proceed to shove their manipulative structure of lies int.... Well you know the drill. :/
In ancient greece there were the "inexplainable" temple wonders, that were actually natural physics and clever mechanics at work, that would amaze the people and convince them the Gods are real and present at the temples. Large Temple Doors would open appearantly all by them selves or by the force of the Gods ( actually by a hidden hydraulic systems)or there would be an immense hovering statue of a God inside a temple( Clever application of a magnetic repulsion system)
Then, when the dumb and dumbfounded people were in an awestruck state of high suggestability these goolish greek priests would proceed to shove there manipulative structure of lies into their unsuspecting, wide open minds. This way they could totally brainwash them and control these people's lives.
The Christian as well as the Judaic religion both have the Bible: A piece of extensive, philosophical poetry and mythology.
Reading or being read from this bundle of philosophical Poetry and Mythology, Symbology and Morality somehow has the same awestriking capacity as the Greek Temple wonders. It captivates masses of people, obsesses them. The magical, poetic and mythical stories of the bible inspire some kind of Awe in them. Puts them in a highly suggestable, twilight zone somehow. Yet again this makes them very easy to manipulate and control. Then, when the people where in that state, either from reading the Bible or from being preached the bible, these Goolish Christian Priests then Proceed to shove their manipulative structure of lies into the people's unsuspecting, wide open minds.
Now what did the Mayas (ab)use to induce this highly suggestable, awestruck, religious state? Entheogens. Off course.
If a wicked Maya King had in service a Wicked Maya priest, this Priest would have abused mushrooms to get the mayan people in his temple into this infamous reprogrammable, awestruck religious state. The mushrooms would convince them the "Gods" of which the Priest speaks indeed exists. After their unmistakably divine experiences, these people would trust the priest and be eager to Learn more of the Gods from the Priest.
The Goolish Mayan priests then proceed to shove their manipulative structure of lies int.... Well you know the drill. :/