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Tapestry | Dec 10, 2012 | 53:56

Revelation: the most psychedelic book in the Bible

Some believe it's a roadmap to the end of days. Others say it's one big hallucination. It's The Book of Revelation and, for a very long time, it has fuelled Christian fears of a judgement day literally full of fire and brimstone. The story from Elaine Pagels,the woman who wrote the book on The Book.

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