Greek statues were painted with LSD-looking patterns?
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New technology has allowed reconstructions of the paint job on ancient Greek statues. I saw the picture of the archer statue and was like, "Hmm, that looks like a familiar pattern." I've heard that the Eleusinian Mystery ceremonies may have utilized LSA, and that these ceremonies inspired much of Greek art. I see much evidence of this from the colorization.
http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/colorizing-classi...
"The results are spectacular and reveal much about the way ancient Greeks and Romans viewed their world. Take, for example, the life-size figure of a Trojan archer from the temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina (excavated in 1811 and acquired by King Ludwig of Bavaria). The figure wears a shirt and leggings covered all over with an intricate red, yellow, blue, and green diamond pattern. Over this he wears a bright yellow vest inscribed with lions and griffins. A tall yellow hat with a flower pattern completes the costume."
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that's beautiful! God, what
that's beautiful! God, what an ugly, lost, blackout of a civilisation we're creating now.
what a sight!
Ahh to be able to go back and study the people partaking in these ceremonies, or to partake yourself!

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