Rick Strassman

Yeah, there's an LSD-like compound in ergot.

Mm-hmm.

Wow.

Yeah, that'd be fun, huh?

Well, when you took drugs, did you look at your hands to see how high you were?

No, I was usually pretty aware.

Well, it makes you wonder about the prevalence of Jewish prophets who are women.

And there's a handful that are mentioned.

uh, that, uh, you know, play an important role.

You know, Sarah was, was prophetic, was able to interact with God.

You know, so there's, uh, there's, you know, Deborah, uh, who was a prophet and there were some really wonderful Jewish women prophets back then, but, you know, they don't have books named after them.

For example, Isaiah or Ezekiel.

Interesting.

Well, why do you think that is?

Yeah, it was a patriarchal society.

The women were relegated, but they still took an important role.

They still attained prophecy.

Sarah was felt to be a better prophet even than Abraham.

I love the character of Abraham.

Well, actually, you know what I've really been digging into is Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah.