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High on Mount Sinai, Moses was high on drugs, professor says 學者：摩西十誡神蹟疑迷幻藥幻覺
Thursday, Mar 13, 2008,Page 15
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Bedouin guides wrapped in blankets rest atop Mt. Sinai in Egypt on Aug. 3, 2007.
去年八月三日，用布毯裹身的貝多因嚮導在埃及西乃山上休憩。
照片：歐新社
PHOTO: EPA
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High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published last week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an important part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
"As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio last week.
Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has used such substances.
"The Bible says people see sounds, and that is a classic phenomenon," he said, citing the example of religious ceremonies in the Amazon in which drugs are used that induce people to "see music."
He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.
He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were similar to those produced by drugs based on the bark of the acacia tree, which is frequently mentioned in the Bible.(AFP)
一位以色列學者在上週公佈的一項研究中聲稱，摩西在西奈山上領受耶和華十誡時，是處於用藥後的迷幻狀態。
耶路撒冷希伯來大學教授班尼．項農在哲學期刊《時間和精神》撰及，這類會擾人神智的藥物，在聖經時期的以色列宗教儀式中佔有重要地位。
項農上週向以色列公共廣播電台表示：「關於摩西在西乃山上領受的神蹟，有可能是超自然的宇宙現象，也可能是一則傳說，但以上兩種說法我都不相信；另外一個極有可能的情況，就是摩西和同行的以色列人都受到迷幻藥物的影響。」
項農說，摩西看到「荊棘裡火焰」八成也是受到迷幻藥的影響；項農說他本人也有服用過類似的迷幻藥物。
他說：「聖經中提到人們『看見聲響』，這就是用藥的典型反應。」他並舉例說，在亞馬遜地區的宗教儀式中，也會使用迷幻藥讓人可以「看見樂聲」。
他提到自己一九九一年到巴西亞馬遜雨林參加一場宗教儀式的經驗，當時他服用了具迷幻強效的巴西藤蔓 ayahuasca；項農說：「我當時體驗到具精神宗教意涵的幻覺。」
他說，這種巴西藤蔓的藥效和其他刺槐樹皮提煉的藥物差不多；刺槐樹皮經常出現在聖經中。
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
Warning: Taking drugs can damage your health.
警告：吸毒有害健康。
| Today's Words 今日單字 |
| 1. psychedelic drug n.
迷幻藥 (mi2 huan4 yao4)
例: "Why do you think Mom queried if I've ever done psychedelic drugs?" Raffy asked.
(拉菲問：「你覺得老媽為什麼會問我有沒有用過迷幻藥？」)
2. supernatural adj.
超自然的 (chao1 zi4 ran2 de5)
例: Ginnie's favorite TV show is about supernatural events.
(金妮最喜歡關於超自然現象的電視節目。)
3. narcotic n.
迷幻毒品 (mi2 huan4 du2 pin3)
例: Narcotics change the way a person acts.
(迷幻毒品會影響人的行為舉止。)
4. psychotropic adj.
影響精神的 (ying2 xiang3 jing1 shen2 de5)
例: Peyote is a psychotropic plant.
(佩奧提仙人掌是一種會令人產生幻覺的植物。) |
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| SAY WHAT? 說說看 |
| Ten Commandments 十誡
The Ten Commandments are a list of moral rules that are important to both Christianity and Judaism. According to religious tradition, they were written by God and given to Moses while he was on Mount Sinai.
The Ten Commandments include rules such as: "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God," "Honor your mother and father," "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife," "You shall not steal" and "You shall not kill."
「Ten Commandments（十誡）」是基督教和猶太教都相當重視的道德規範清單，根據宗教傳說，這是上帝寫下後在西乃山上交給摩西的。
「十誡」中提到的規定包括：「不可妄稱耶和華─你神的名」、「當孝敬父母」、「不可貪戀他人的妻子」、「不可偷盜」和「不可殺人」。 |
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| OUT LOUD 對話練習 |
| Jayden: What's going on, Rosalie?
Rosalie: You have to try this cheesecake. It's delicious!
Jayden: Wow! That's pretty good cheesecake. Shall we go to the film now?
Rosalie: No, I want more cheesecake. I've never eaten anything so delicious.
Timmy: Hey guys, are you ready? What's up with Rosalie?
Jayden: She had one bite of cheesecake and became as high as a kite. Just let her have another piece, then we can go.
傑登：怎麼啦，蘿莎莉？
蘿莎莉：你一定要吃吃看這個起司蛋糕，太好吃了！
傑登：哇！這個起司蛋糕真的很好吃耶，我們可以出發去看電影了嗎？
蘿莎莉：不，我還想再吃，我從沒吃過這麼好吃的東西。
堤米：嘿，大夥兒，可以走了嗎？蘿莎莉怎麼了？
傑登：她吃了一口起司蛋糕之後就飄飄欲仙了，讓她再吃一塊我們就可以走了。
be as high as a kite 飄飄欲仙
People who are as high as a kite are very excited. The phrase is also used to describe people who are acting odd because they're under the influence of drugs.
「as high as a kite」形容人處在非常亢奮的狀態，這個片語也用來形容吸毒後出現古怪舉止的人。 |
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