Found elsewhere in the world

Everything about Teeter and the Society that we found outside its own sites: his television interview, letters and essays, the tribe.net community, the successor project Ambrosia House, editions and translations of his book, citations and the sources he used. Each with a short description and a link to where it lives.

By Teeter

«The Sacred Secret with Don Teeter» — Austin Access Television, «Enlightenment vs Enfrightenment», 2003-12-05video · broadcast 2003-12-05; uploaded 2022-08-0A 57-minute TV interview with Teeter on the Austin Access Television cable channel (topic «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail»: the history of Amanita muscaria, health benefits, Santa as a mushroom, soma). The only audiovisual recording of Teeter himself found so far. 94 views as of 2026. In the comments, the ESRSHOW channel says it had long searched for this recording.
«Don Teeter's Letter to Louisiana» — Teeter's letter to the Governor of Louisiana (tribe.net thread)forum-thread · posted 2007-05-11 (letter written after The full text of Teeter's open letter to the Governor of Louisiana against a ban on Amanita muscaria, citing the First Amendment; he calls himself the author of three books. A key biographical fact: «I founded the Ambrosia Society in 2003». It also mentions LCCN 2001118188 for «The Sacred Secret». This text is not in the site's local archive.
Entheogen.com (Edot), «An new take on amanita growth.» p.19: «A Message from Don Teeter: The Soma Question»forum-thread · 2007-09-08 (post #181)An early (September 2007) version of Teeter's essay «The Soma Question», which he himself allowed to be shared on forums. It is shorter than the later version in the site's research/resurrection section — it lacks, for example, the paragraph on the smell of dried fleece. It ends with a list of Rigveda references.
Internet Archive — «Amanita Muscarita [Herb Of Immortality].pdf (PDFy mirror)», 131-page versionpdf · uploaded to PDFy 2014-12-01A different PDF version: 131 pages, 6,568,749 bytes (the known copy has 134 pages and 7,154,204 bytes). Same 28-chapter contents, but the OCR lacks the «Revised 2007 Copyright © 2005» page. Possibly a different e-book release. Full text (djvu.txt) is available for comparison.
Internet Archive — «Herb Of Immortality Donald Teeter» (2023)pdf · 2023-03-10Another copy of the same 131-page version (linearised PDF /N 131, L 6568749, as in PDFy). EPUB and OCR text are available.
Internet Archive — «Amanita Muscaria Herb Of Immortality Www Ambrosia Society» (2022)pdf · 2022-09-02Byte-for-byte the same 134-page 2008 edition already held locally (7,154,204 bytes). No new content. The item description is third-party spam with inappropriate hashtags, so it should not be linked.
psilosophy.info — two copies of the book: the original PDF and a 2021 retypeset «(psilosophy.info)» editionpdf · 2021-12-18 (re-typeset); original copy dThe file psilosophy.info/resources/herbofimmortality.pdf is identical to the known one (7,154,204 bytes). Separately there is a 4.3 MB retypeset version marked «soma rights re-served since 19.12.2021»; its mirror is files.spiritmaji.com/books/mushrooms/amanita_muscaria_herb_of_immortality_donald_e_teeter.pdf. The psilosophy site blocks bots (cleantalk).
SlideShare — «Herbofimmortality2» (134 slides)pdf · ~2016-01Another copy of the 134-page «Revised 2007 Copyright © 2005» edition. No new content.
Google Drive: «Copy of The Sacred Secret.pdf» (Teeter's 2001 book), linked from the Ambrosia House «Atheneum»pdf · 2001 (book); file shared c. 2019–2021 · Archived copyA publicly accessible PDF of Teeter's first book «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» (~12 MB), apparently the only online copy. The «Atheneum» also links to «Herb of Immortality» and «The Stone of Our Philosophy», but those files are restricted (401). The book's rights are unclear (Xlibris, 2001), so it is not marked as freely downloadable.
YouTube channel «RedbeardT»: complete listing and credits of the 2007 «Resurrection» videovideo · 2007-08-14 · Archived copyThe channel has one own video: iTXNO7CAsc4 «Amanita Muscaria Resurrection by The Ambrosia Society» (2007-08-14, 109 s, ~31.6K views). Wayback captures from 2019–2020 show no other uploads. The description gives credits (camera: Jeff Peterson, music: Teeter) and names Teeter's second book, «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ».
Tribe.net: «Don Teeter's Letter to Louisiana» — Teeter's letter to the governor of Louisianaforum-thread · 2007-05-11Full text of Teeter's letter to the governor of Louisiana against bill HLS 05RS-52 banning Amanita muscaria (argument: First Amendment religious freedom). Signed «Don». Primary facts: the Society was founded in 2003, «The Sacred Secret» came out in 2001 (Library of Congress No. 2001118188), and Teeter's three books are listed.
«The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» (Xlibris, 2001): bibliographic recordsbook-listing · 2001-10Teeter's first book: Xlibris, October 2001, about 128 pp., ISBN 1401025218 / 9781401025212 (paperback), another edition 9781469121130. Records on Open Library (works/OL9680488W) and Goodreads (author's blurb: «30 years of research»; review by John Foldan, 2013).
French translation: «Amanita muscaria Herb of immortality – l'herbe d'immortalité»citation · невідомоSearch results show a French translation of the book exists, which fits the "other editions" item. It was found only on document-aggregator sites (dokumen.pub, pdfcoffee.com), which were not opened. A legitimate source for the translation should be sought.
"Amanita Muscarita [Herb Of Immortality].pdf" (PDFy mirror, 2014)pdf · 2014-12-01 · Archived copyA separate copy of the same ebook: 6,568,749 bytes, uploaded to pdf.yt on 01.12.2014. The text is the same, but the file is built differently. It is the earliest third-party copy found.
"The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ" — copyright registration record TX0005495940citation · 2002-03-15Official registration with the U.S. Copyright Office: TX0005495940 of 15.03.2002, publisher Xlibris Corp., [Philadelphia], c2001. Importantly, the record gives Teeter's year of birth: 1956. There are no other registrations in his name; Herb of Immortality was not registered either.
"The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ" — Open Library (3 editions)book-listing · 2001-10ISBN 1401025218 / 9781401025212 (128 pp., OCLC 227969739), ISBN 1401025226 / 9781401025229 (OL11587623M, 128 pp.), ebook 9781469121130 (OL36787014M). All three published by Xlibris, 2001.
"The Sacred Secret" on Amazon (paperback, hardcover, Kindle) with reviewsbook-listing · 2001 · Archived copyEditions 1401025218 (128 pp., 5.75×8.75″), 1401025226 (6×9″) and Kindle B09PFTST7Q (Xlibris US, 161 pp.). Rating 4.7 from 7 ratings. Reviews: Sara (2006), Rune Kringstad (2009, next to Soma Shaman), Nathan C. Stevens (2009, 3★: no references but recipes), Kindle Customer UK (2013). Herb of Immortality is not on Amazon.
"Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail" — Erowid Library (booklet, 2002)book-listing · 2002 · Archived copyTeeter's third book: 26 pp., 2002, first edition, no ISBN or publisher; a copy is held in the Erowid library. There is an Erowid review (the method probably grows mould rather than mycelium) and the back-cover text. The page was created in November 2005. Cover: erowid.org/library/books/images/natural_magic.jpg.
Psilosophy: English HTML edition plus Polish translation (cjuchu)site-page · 2021-12 · Archived copyThe full HTML text of the book with links to the original ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality.pdf and a backup at psilosophy.info/resources/herbofimmortality.pdf. There is also a complete Polish translation, 'Amanita muscaria – ziele nieśmiertelności'. The live site is blocked by CleanTalk.
PDF re-typeset from Psilosophy (files.spiritmaji.com)pdf · 2023-11-20 · Archived copyA new PDF version (4.32 MB) built from the Psilosophy HTML text, with the running header 'since 19.12.2021 at en.psilosophy.info'. Most likely this is the same file (4.12 MB) posted on Unbekoming.
"Witchcraft and Wicca" — an archive.org compilation containing a copy of the bookpdf · 2020-04-05A large PDF collection that includes Herb of Immortality (table of contents with 'Pg.', 'Revised 2007'). Another copy.
Chomikuj.pl: a copy of "Donald_E_Teeter_-_Amanita_Muscaria_Herb_of_Immortality-www.AmbrosiaSociety.org.pdf"pdfA Polish file-sharing site hosting a file whose name matches the official file name on the 2016 website. The file was not opened.
Xlibris: author biography of Donald E. Teeterbook-listing · 2002-11-18 (захоплення до 2006-06-03; ваAutobiographical note: born in 1956 in the Finger Lakes region of western New York State. He calls himself a free thinker, independent researcher, amateur ethnobotanist and herbalist. A rare source for his date and place of birth, absent from the local materials.
Xlibris: excerpt (Foreword «The Gift in a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery») from «The Sacred Secret»article · 2001 (захоплення 2002-01-05 … 2005-02-10The author's foreword to the 2001 book: the «Gift» is natural, living, immortal, and was lost by the descendants of ancient peoples. The full text of the book was not found anywhere, so this is a primary Teeter text missing from the archive.
«Amanita muscaria – herb of immortality»: English HTML mirror of the book on en.psilosophy.infosite-page · не пізніше 2022-01 · Archived copyFull English text of the book in HTML, with a PDF version at http://www.en.psilosophy.info/pdf/amanita_muscaria_herb_of_immortality_(psilosophy.info).pdf. It links to the Polish translation and to a backup of the Society's original PDF: http://www.psilosophy.info/resources/herbofimmortality.pdf.
amanita_muscaria_herb_of_immortality_donald_e_teeter.pdf (copy of the psilosophy PDF on spiritmaji.com)pdf · файл від 2023-11-20Another online copy of the English PDF version by psilosophy (4,324,430 bytes) in the open directory /books/mushrooms/. The content matches the original; only the layout differs.
«Amanita Muscaria Herb of Immortality (Psilosophy - Info)» on ScribdpdfA copy of the psilosophy PDF version that someone uploaded to Scribd. Adds no new content.
Chomikuj.pl — folder kold_t/Amanita Muscaria with the PDF of Teeter's bookotherA Polish file-sharing site. The folder holds «Donald_E_Teeter_-_Amanita_Muscaria_Herb_of_Immortality-www.AmbrosiaSociety.org.pdf» alongside the «Święty Grzybóg» blog PDF and other Polish fly agaric materials. The file name matches the later (2016+) copy on the Society's site.
epdf.pub: «Amanita Muscaria. Herb of Immortality»pdfAnother copy of the English text on a document-hosting site. Adds no new content.
Donald E. Teeter, «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» (Xlibris, 2001) — Goodreads recordsbook-listing · 2001-10-01 · Archived copyTeeter's first book (ISBN 1-4010-2522-6), which he often quotes in «Herb of Immortality»: the italic «Patient Zero» section, the table of names, the wafer press design. Goodreads: 128 pp., hardcover, 1 October 2001, 3 editions. A commercial Xlibris edition; no free copy found.
tribe.net «Don Teeter's Letter to Louisiana» — Atom/RSS feed copies and later captures (posted 2007-05-11)forum-thread · 2007-05-11 · Archived copyNew copies of the known thread: Atom and RSS feeds (20.05.2007) and captures from 2007–2010. Posted 2007-05-11T16:33:59Z; still no replies in 2010. The intro «This is the email I sent to the Governor of Louisiana» shows the letter first went out by e-mail. Addressee: Governor Kathleen Blanco; the letter's date is not given.
Google Books: preview of “The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ” (Donald E. Teeter, 2001)book-listing · 2001Full-text preview of Teeter's 2001 book (id BcqQAAAAQBAJ); previously only Amazon, Open Library, Everand and Goodreads records were found. Page 3 shows the copyright, Library of Congress number 11367-TEET and chapters (“The Mysterious Herb” etc.). Page 34 has a “Rig-Veda vs. New Testament” table matching Soma's epithets to Christ. An early seed of the 2005 book's thesis.

By the Society and its members

tribe.net — the «Ambrosia Society» tribe (created 2006-03-20, moderator T Doe / Redbeard, Austin)forum-thread · 2006-03-20 – 2016The earliest online community of the Society, created before the 2007 website: 108 members and about 50 threads from 2006–2011, partly preserved in the Wayback Machine. It contains Teeter's texts, news of his experiments, photos of «Don Teeter's Wine» and announcements of events at Gardens of the Ancients. None of this is in the local backup.
«Ambrosia Society.Org» — announcement of the site launch and a free e-book, with Teeter quoted on the missionforum-thread · 2008-01-31This dates the launch of ambrosiasociety.org and the free e-book (January 2008). It quotes Teeter on the Society's goal: sacred groves, vineyards, «Living Bread» bakeries and «Ambrosia Houses» in every country.
tribe.net — «Resurrection Time-Lapse Video» and photos of «Don Teeter's Wine» (2006)image · photos 2006-04-11; video post 2007-08-17 · Archived copyThe tribe's album has 14 photos, two of them «Don Teeter's Wine». The photo pages survive, but the images themselves (images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/…) are missing from the Wayback Machine. A 2007 post announces the time-lapse on YouTube (the known iTXNO7CAsc4).
tribe.net — «Eeyore's After Party at Gardens of the Ancients» + gardensoftheancients.com/eeyores.htmsite-page · 2009-04-15 / 2010 · Archived copyAnnouncements of the annual night party after Eeyore's Birthday in Austin: the Society served Ambrosia for free in a 2-acre garden that housed the «Flower of Life Healing Ministries' church». The pages give context on the place where the Society operated; the gardensoftheancients.com sites from 2002–2010 are also in the Wayback Machine.
Yumpu — «Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality - Ambrosia Society» (ambrosiasociety.org channel)pdf · 2013-02-12An online copy of the 134-page edition in an auto-generated channel for the ambrosiasociety.org domain. No new content.
Facebook page «The Ambrosia Society - Austin, Texas USA» and a mirror of its postssocial · 2017-10 – 2018-09The official Facebook page of the Ambrosia Society. Address: 4800 Yager Lane E, Manor TX 78653 (the same as in the book); it advertises courses on Amanita, alchemy, Hermeticism and herbalism. Posts from 2017–2018 (the e-book, an NYT piece on the fly agaric and Christmas, thanks to Susan Maynard and Dan Normand) are visible only in the mirror; Facebook itself requires a login.
tribe.net «Progress»: ambrosia sittings among those working with Don and T Doeforum-thread · 2006-08-08 to 2006-09-24An early description of «ambrosia sittings» (communal consumption) among people who work with Don and T Doe or visit where they work. Advice to age the fly agarics for at least two months. Evidence of ritual practice before the Society was formally founded.
tribe.net «Ambrosia Society Membership»: membership opensforum-thread · 2008-05-21Membership in the Society opened on 21.05.2008: the subdomain members.ambrosiasociety.org (a public forum and a members' area), with terms at /xoops/ and /join.html. Gives the exact launch date of membership and the XOOPS portal.
tribe.net «Photo Gallery»: the first Ambrosia Society lab (June 2008)forum-thread · 2008-08-18The Society finished building its first lab on 20.06.2008; the first batch was inoculated on 21.06.2008. Experiments with various juices. Photos are in the /zenphoto gallery (already in the local backup). The subdomain forum.ambrosiasociety.org is also mentioned; Wayback has a snapshot from 2008-12-27.
tribe.net «Ambrosia Tasting» at Gardens of the Ancients, 7 Feb 2009forum-thread · 2009-02-04 to 2009-03-13A public Ambrosia tasting on 7.02.2009 at 9 pm at Gardens of the Ancients (4800 Yager Lane, Manor, Texas) for a donation to the Society; membership not required. Redbeard describes the effect and «reverse tolerance» and refers to the Society's forum for feedback.
tribe.net photo «Don Teeter's Wine» (Amanita culture grown in grape juice)image · 2006-04-11Two photos of «Don Teeter's Wine» (a culture in juice) from the tribe's 2006 album. Other photos in the album: frescoes and mosaics (lotusite), fly agarics in the UK (dzango). Possibly the earliest published photos of Teeter's «wine».
The Ambrosia House (theambrosiahouse.weebly.com): successor site by a Society membersite-page · c. 2019–2021 (captures 2021-03, 2023-11, · Archived copyThe «Ambrosia House» project calls itself part of the Society. Sections: Atheneum (library), Tek files, Ambrosia Society Recipes, Sanctuary; a shop with Holy Grails, Fleece Starter Cultures, Living Bread, Eucharist Host and $35 membership cards (member/life member/vintor/baker). Teeter's address is reproduced; contact AmbrosiaSociety@gmail.com. Most important is its direct statement of legal status (see evidence).
Ambrosia House «Ambrosia Society Recipes»: public Google Docs with the Society's recipesother · c. 2017–2021, live in 2026 · Archived copyPublic Google Docs with the Society's recipes: dilution of «Ambrosia Wine» syrup, continuous «Mother AM» fermentation (juice concentrate, terracotta beads), a reconstruction of the Soma process from the Rigveda, use of «Amanita Bread», a dilution table, and a «Communion» ritual for newcomers. Another 19 technical documents are on the «Ambrosia Tek Files» page. These recipes may not have survived on the old site.
Facebook page «The Ambrosia Society - Austin, Texas USA»social · unknown (page id 269255386575225)The Society's official Facebook page, still in existence. Description: «non-profit, educational and research center, for the study of AMANITA MUSCARIA, Classical Alchemy, Hermetic Philosophy»; address 4800 Yager Lane E, Travis County (Gardens of the Ancients). Posts are not visible without logging in. A mirror on schoolandcollegelistings.com (/US/Travis/269255386575225/) currently returns 504.
archive.today capture of ambrosiasociety.org (10 May 2013)site-page · 2013-05-10Another independent capture of the site's home page from May 2013, half a year after Teeter's death, in addition to the known archive.ph/rIIcv. Worth comparing with the 2013 Wayback version.
YouTube channel «Ambrosia Society» (@ambrosiasociety5220): complete listingvideo · 2015-12-04 (only upload)Per yt-dlp, the channel has exactly one video: kj6d-UOeG24 «How to make Ambrosia - Video Tutorial» (2015-12-04, 947 s, ~36.9K views, 193 comments). No Shorts, Playlists or Live tabs; 725 subscribers. The video description is the full text of the Society's manifesto.
Original 2007 «Resurrection» time-lapse WMV file (resurrection1.wmv) on Waybackvideo · file last-modified 2010-12-23 (per Wayba · Archived copyThe original WMV file of the «Resurrection» video from the Society's site. Wayback has two captures with status 200 (about 5.16–5.25 MB): /images/resurrection1.wmv and /original/images/resurrection1.wmv; a HEAD request confirmed it is served. The local backup has no .wmv, so the file can be taken from Wayback.
Kunena forum category «Videos and Documentaries»: lost video threads (Wayback 403)forum-thread · 2015–2016CDX shows five threads in the video section: 150-wine, 220-an-eye-for-odin, 232-video-tutorial-for-making-ambrosia, 233-insight-the-true-origins-of-kwanzaa-hanukkah-christmas, 242-amanita-sightings… All were captured with code 403, so content is lost. Only the RSS abstract of thread 232 (Terry, 15.12.2015, with kj6d-UOeG24) survives in the local backup.
Tribe.net: Ambrosia Society community main page (2006–2016)forum-thread · 2006-03-20 (створено); знімки 2006–2016 · Archived copyThe Society's earliest online community: the tribe was created on 20.03.2006, moderated by Redbeard from Austin. It had 87 members in 2007 and 149 in 2012. Captures from 2007 and 2012 preserve a list of ~40 threads (2006–2012) and the 14-photo album «Don Teeter's Wine» (April 2006); the images themselves are not in Wayback.
Tribe.net: «Wow!» — the tribe's founding post (T Doe), with a reply from Jan Irvinforum-thread · 2006-03-21 – 2006-07T Doe's first post: he worked with «ethnobotanist/mycologist/author» Donald E. Teeter and retells the idea of wine and «living bread» from mycelium. Jan Irvin («Astrotheology & Shamanism», gnosticmedia.com) comments on the book (22.04.2006), and beau mentions visiting Teeter and T Doe. The text was later quoted on the Entheogen Network.
Tribe.net: «Updates on Interesting Experiments» — a «resurrection» time-lapse by Don and Neilforum-thread · 2007-05-11A report on Teeter's experiments: culture on apple, orange and pineapple juice and on a whole grape bunch. It says «Don and Neil» had just made a time-lapse of a fly agaric stem's «resurrection». This is almost certainly the context of the known 2007 «Resurrection» video and a co-author named Neil.
Tribe.net: «Ambrosia Society.Org» — free e-book announcement and a Teeter quoteforum-thread · 2008-01-31Announcement of the launch of ambrosiasociety.org and the free e-book «Herb of Immortality» (January 2008). It quotes Teeter on the Society's plans: sacred groves, vineyards for «Sacred Wine», «Living Bread» bakeries and «Ambrosia Houses».
Tribe.net: «Ambrosia Society Membership» — membership opens (members.ambrosiasociety.org)forum-thread · 2008-05-21Announcement that membership is open: a Public Forum and Members' Area at members.ambrosiasociety.org, with terms at xoops/ and join.html. The members.* subdomain is not in Wayback.
Tribe.net: «Photo Gallery» — the Society's first laboratory (June 2008)forum-thread · 2008-08-18A post saying the Society's first laboratory was completed on 20.06.2008 and the first batch was inoculated on 21.06. It links to the photo gallery ambrosiasociety.org/zenphoto (in the local backup) and the forum forum.ambrosiasociety.org (one Wayback capture, 2008-12-27; worth checking whether it is in the backup).
Tribe.net: «Ambrosia Tasting» at Gardens of the Ancients and «Eeyore's After Party»forum-thread · 2009-02-04; 2009-04-15 · Archived copyAnnouncement of a public «Ambrosia» tasting on 7.02.2009 at Gardens of the Ancients (4800 Yager Lane, Manor, Texas) for donations to the Society. Redbeard describes the effect and links to the Society's forum with feedback. The second thread is free «Ambrosia» at the Eeyore's Birthday after-party on 25.04.2009 at the same place.
Wayback: ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality2.pdf (second file name of the book, 2011–2021)pdf · 2011-10-11 – 2021-09-27The file "herbofimmortality2.pdf" (about 7,072,075 bytes) is mentioned on Shroomery in 2012 and DMT-Nexus in 2018. It differs from the backup file by a few dozen bytes — worth checking whether it is a different edition. A "herbofimmortality.pdf" is also known (tumblr, 2011).
The book's original PDFs on the Society's website in the Wayback Machine (2008–2016)pdf · 2009-07-04 · Archived copyThe Society's own file (~7,072,000 bytes, digest EBBGTWSLV4…) is preserved in the Wayback Machine under four addresses (2009, 2011, 2016, 2016), all with identical content. Its size differs from the local copy (7,154,204 bytes), so the author's original should be saved. The 07.08.2008 snapshot (130 KB) is truncated.
resurrection1.wmv — the original WMV file of the «Resurrection» video (2007) on the Society's websitevideo · 2007 (захоплення 2013-12-17; копія /origThe original file of the time-lapse video of Amanita muscaria resurrection (video/x-ms-wmv, about 5.16 MB, status 200). The local archive has no WMV at all — only the re-encoded YouTube version iTXNO7CAsc4. Both URLs share the digest ZVHJZXMA…, so it is the same file.
ambrosiasociety.org home page, November 2012: notice of Teeter's death (Terry Arnett, Jr.)site-page · 2012-11-07 (ця версія, digest EVULF…, трA version of the home page addressed "Dear friends": founder Donald E. Teeter died on 29.10.2012 after several weeks of heart complications. The family blessed continuing the site; an all-day memorial at Gardens of the Ancients on 5.11.2012. Signed Terry Arnett, Jr. The local index.html is older; the notice text appears in other local pages (join.html, newsletter.html).
Zenphoto gallery «Ambrosia Lab Photo Gallery»: 12 photo pages with captions (2008)image · фото 2008-04-08…2008-08-06; захоплення 2Photo pages missing locally: Ambrosia-Society-Lab.jpg.php and 11 shots from the album «New AS Lab 6-20-08» (Amanita-Innoculant, PICT0293–0323) with captions and shooting dates. E.g.: all Ambrosia batches are inoculated with Amanita powder from this spoon, a coin beside it for scale. The images themselves survive in the Wayback Machine only as 2022 placeholder pages.
Zenphoto gallery root and RSS feeds (December 2008)site-page · 2008-12-25 / 2008-12-27 / 2008-12-29 · Archived copyGallery home: «Ambrosia Society Lab (16 albums, 1 photo)» describing the lab's construction. rss.php lists titles and dates of the latest photos; there are also rss.php?albumnr=&albumname= and rss-comments.php (December 2008). Only album pages exist locally; the /zenphoto/ root and feeds are missing.
User profiles on the 2008 XOOPS site: admin «terry» (Webmaster) and «Terry»site-page · 2008-12-30uid=1: admin «terry», rank Webmaster, since 23.04.2008; posts «Spiritual Testimonials» (20.05.2008), «Turned off Anonymous Posting», «Re: Say this mantra», «Updated Links». uid=9 «Terry» (since 22.05.2008): site members.ambrosiasociety.org, posts «Welcome», «Photo Gallery». uid=2 did not open. Not in the local copy.
XOOPS print.php: printable versions of 2008 site articles (id=5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, 23)site-page · 2008-12-29Eight printable versions of content-module pages. They are near-duplicates of the local xoops/modules/content/index?id=… pages, just without navigation. The largest is id=7 (about 5.6 KB). Probably little new text; grouped as near-duplicates.
phpBB forum index, 2009–2013: statistics, sections, latest authors (including «Don»)forum-thread · 2009-08-31; 2011-11-06; 2013-08-14 (усьо · Archived copyThe local forum/index.html is the 2015 version, when the forum was already closed. Earlier versions: 2009 — Healing Testimonials 4/9, Spiritual Testimonials 1/1 with a post by Don; 2011 — 125 topics, 362 posts; 2013 — 189 topics, 572 posts; authors Rising Spirit, alkemyst, Rapptor3, Terry, Six, Coz.
Full-text feeds of the Joomla site, 2015–2016 (Atom/RSS), and the 2009 site feedsite-page · 2016-04 … 2016-06; site/index.php?formatFeeds with full text and dates (late 2015 to mid-2016): 10 research articles (~390 KB), 8 sacred texts, About us, Join, both videos, ebook; plus the 2009 site Atom feed. Mostly duplicates of local articles, but with dates and the author «AmbrosiaSociety.org». The 2022 feeds are stubs.
archive.today: 6 snapshots of ambrosiasociety.org (2013–2020), besides the known rIIcvsite-page · 2013-05-10; 2014-11-30; 2015-05-16; 2015Snapshots: g0Rdu — root 10.05.2013 (with the death notice); N4X3i, lWvum, N3fWf, wdora — pages from 2014–2015; BKtPE — «Account Suspended» (2020). The known rIIcv turned out to be research/the-philosophers-stone (17.12.2019), not the forum memorial thread. No new text; Wayback duplicates.
Archived page of the «Ambrosia Society» YouTube channel (2016)social · 2016-01-23 (також 2019-04-28, 2019-05-15The Society's channel: about 10 subscribers and only the video kj6d-UOeG24 (already known). The channel ID UCInZiug__8gYF6t4lyS18kQ is worth adding to the reference. No new videos found in the captures.
Wikipedia “Amanita muscaria”: RedBeardAmbrosia's link (2008), removed in 2009 as a “link with trojan”citation · 2008-10-29 · Archived copyThe RedBeardAmbrosia account was created 29.10.2008 at 22:15 UTC; six minutes later it added “Donald E. Teeter. Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality” to “Further reading”, linking a XOOPS page on ambrosiasociety.org, its only edit. On 03.02.2009 admin Casliber removed it: “rem link with trojan!!!!!”. The Society's site was then flagged as infected.

About Teeter and the Society

tribe.net — «Updates on Interesting Experiments» (Teeter's experiments, time-lapse with Neil)forum-thread · 2007-05-11An eyewitness writes that Teeter grew «fleece» on apple, orange and pineapple juice and on grape grain. He and Neil had just filmed a time-lapse of a stem's «resurrection» — this is the 2007 video (iTXNO7CAsc4).
tribe.net — «Wow!» (T Doe's founding post, 2006, and reply from Jan Irvin / Gnostic Media)forum-thread · 2006-03-21 – 2006-06The tribe's founder says he worked with Teeter personally and «talks to him regularly». On 2006-04-22 Jan Irvin (Gnostic Media, «Astrotheology & Shamanism») writes that he read Teeter's book and asks where to get «Herb of Immortality». The first documented link between Teeter and Gnostic Media; no Gnostic Media interview has been found.
tribe.net — «Preparing Amanita Muscaria» (book sold only via Herbs & Sacraments; bread baked by Don)forum-thread · 2006-06-18 – 06-25This shows the history of the 2006 print edition: the book was sold by herbsandsacraments.com «straight from the author», with no publisher. There are everyday details too: Teeter baked «Amanita sweetbread» at 300°F.
tribe.net — «[Amanita_muscaria] Black Spore» and «Reductionism» (Vince / Doc Kunda; Teeter on mycelium ID)forum-thread · 2006-11-29 / 2006-12-03 · Archived copyTeeter's closest associate defends his method against the Mucor theory. It includes a direct quote from Teeter on the «polymorphic» mycelium of basidiomycetes. It also says Teeter was a member of the Amanita_muscaria Yahoo group run by Doc Kunda.
Entheogen.com thread t=7784 «An new take on amanita growth.» (2006–2008, 25 pages; Peele vs Teeter debate)forum-thread · 2006-06-20 – 2008 · Archived copyThe main public dispute over the «Teeter culture». Peele considered the culture a black-spored Mucor, quoted pages 38 and 51 of the book and cited an analysis that had been carried out. Individual pages survive in the Wayback Machine, including 1 and 19.
Entheogen Network (successor to Edot) — viewtopic.php?f=31&t=7417 (48 pages)forum-thread · 2006–2010s (captures 2019–2020) · Archived copyA migrated version of the same thread (about 470 posts). The Wayback Machine has pages start=10…40 and 430…470, plus individual posts p=59429–59889. It may contain other posts in Teeter's name; not fully read.
dockunda.com — sales site of the 2006 print «Herb of Immortality» + Amanita_muscaria Yahoo groupsite-page · 2006-02 – 2009 · Archived copyThe print edition's site before the e-book: the book for $22 (or bundled with dried fly agaric), a review and a blurb («part autobiographical»). The 27-chapter contents show the 2006 edition lacks «Alchemy and Hermeticism», added in the 2007 revision. Also a recommended reading list and a description of the Amanita_muscaria Yahoo group. Useful for the book's revision history.
Erowid Library — «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» (Donald E. Teeter, 2002, 26 pp., pamphlet)book-listing · Erowid entry created 2005-11-06; pamphle · Archived copyConfirms the existence of Teeter's third work: a 26-page pamphlet from 2002 (pb, 1st). Erowid holds it in its library and quotes the back-cover text. Erowid's review is sceptical («results in the growth of mold»). There is a short «About the author» paragraph.
«The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» — Everand e-book (Xlibris 2001) with author biographybook-listing · 2001-10-09The main biographical source: «born in 1956 in the Finger Lakes Region of Western New York», «independent researcher, amateur ethnobotanist and herbalist». 176 pp.; e-ISBN 9781469121130, hardcover 1-4010-2522-6, softcover 1-4010-2521-8, LCCN 2001118188. Nine chapters, including «Natural Magic» and «The Resurrection Question».
Everand — author page of Donald E. Teeterbook-listingThe same author biography: born in 1956 in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York; a free thinker, amateur ethnobotanist and herbalist who loves puzzles, nature, books and science.
Amazon — «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ», paperback (ISBN 978-1401025212) + Kindlebook-listing · 2001A 128-page paperback (the page lists Authorhouse/Xlibris as publisher), marked «Out of Print — Limited Availability». The Kindle edition costs $9.99, rated 4.7 (7 ratings). A paper copy for the archive can be bought here.
Open Library — work OL9680488W «The Sacred Secret» (3 editions), author OL3674567Acitation · 2001Bibliographic record: Xlibris Corporation, October 2001, paperback, 6.2 oz. Includes e-ISBN 9781469121130 and a cover image (cover id 2735010).
Goodreads — Donald E. Teeter (3 works) and book pagesbook-listingLists «Herb of Immortality» (131 pp., Teeter's preface about «more than 37 years», 32 ratings and 10 reviews), «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» (hardcover, 128 pp., 2001-10-01) and a separate entry «The Sacred Secret» (Kindle, 134 pp., 2001-10-15). A 2013 review by John Foldan links the book to Wasson and Allegro.
Unofficial French translation «Amanita Muscaria: L'Herbe d'Immortalité» (2019)pdf · 2019A French machine translation of the book (about 140 pp., 8 MB) with a translator's note: made without the rights holders' permission, with Rigveda and Bible quotations taken from existing French translations. The same version is on dokumen.pub (403). May be useful for a multilingual site.
The Amanita Archive — audiobook «Herb of Immortality» (EN, 22 parts) and «Das Kraut der Unsterblichkeit» (DE)audio · 2026-09-27/28Narrations of Teeter's full book in English and of its German translation (22 parts each); the descriptions carry affiliate links for selling fly agaric. Derivative material with no new information about Teeter; the channel also comments on the Society's 2015 video.
fishing in space — «Archiving The Ambrosia Society Website (Amanita Muscaria Research)»video · 2022-10-28A 29-minute screen recording browsing the site in the Wayback Machine (snapshot 20170718) with commentary. In the comments a former worker (nrsrchd) writes «I use to work there», and md_free85 writes «I will carry on Donald's work», with a first book in March 2024. The channel has several more videos on Amanita in religions.
Amanita Research Forum — «The Ambrosia Society» subforum (incl. t=35 «The Ambrosia Society's Fleece»)forum-thread · 2019-10 – 2024 · Archived copyA dedicated subforum on Teeter's legacy. SomaSig writes «I was very active with Don, it was a great loss, and his leaving really took its toll on the society», and that Gardens of the Ancients also closed. Thread t=35 (39 posts) covers modern fleece experiments. The site is live but lacks TLS-SNI for our client; readable via the Wayback Machine.
theambrosiahouse.weebly.com — site of a former Society member (SomaSig)site-page · ~2021An informational site by a person who, by their own account, was active in the Society alongside Teeter. May contain recollections and practical material; not read in detail.
tribe.net «Another Doc Kunda Excerpt»: from the Yahoo group Amanita_muscariaforum-thread · 2006-11-29An excerpt from a discussion in the Yahoo group Amanita_muscaria@yahoogroups.com, moderated by Vince (Doc Kunda), about Teeter's theories and «asexual reproduction». It points to the Yahoo Groups mailing list as another venue of discussion (the group itself has not survived).
tribe.net «The Pharmacratic Inquisition»: Jan Irvin as a tribe memberforum-thread · 2007-01-16Discussion of the film «The Pharmacratic Inquisition». Redbeard writes that «Don and I» want to send Teeter's book to its makers; another member notes that Jan Irvin (Gnostic Media) is already in the tribe. This explains the Gnostic Media link on the old site. In 2009 Jan_Irvin himself announced the 40th anniversary of «The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross» in the tribe.
tribe.net «Hi everyone - my wine experiment» (Roker; Stephen Peele's lab test)forum-thread · 2007-04-01 to 2007-08A New Zealander repeats the wine recipe. Redbeard describes «a long and sometimes ugly battle with mycologists». Mycologist Stephen Peele sent samples to a lab in the Netherlands for GC and DNA analysis. A key source on the attempt to verify the «fleece» scientifically.
Mycotopia: «New take on Amanita growth» (Stephen L. Peele, 163 replies, 9 pages)forum-thread · 2006-07-11 onward · Archived copyA large critical thread: Peele was preparing an article for TEO magazine No. 17 about Teeter's claims of growing the culture on grape juice and considered it Mucor. It quotes T-doe's manifesto from tribe.net, including the phrase «The Ambrosia Society is what I'm going to call it» (March 2006). The live site is blocked by Cloudflare; Wayback has a copy of page 1.
The Entheogen Network: «A new take on amanita growth» (t=7417, ~477 posts, 2006–2009+)forum-thread · 2006-06-20 to 2009-11+ · Archived copyThe longest dispute about the «fleece»: Peele argues that the culture produces black spores and is Mucor; Rawkcuf defends Teeter. There is a link to Don's post on the Society's forum (f=4&t=155), which is not in the backup. According to Rawkcuf, the Society does not sell mushrooms but gets them from Gardens of the Ancients, and has abandoned A. pantherina. Wayback has pages 1–5 and 44–48.
Mycotopia: «Amanita Muscaria... The immortal fleece.»forum-thread · after 2012A thread about the «immortal fleece»: it says Teeter died in 2012 and retells his conclusions («immortality factor»). The site blocks automated access; there is no archived copy.
DMT-Nexus: «Research of the Amanita» (t=44137)forum-thread · 2013-05-03Discussion of the book «Herb of Immortality» and a quote from the Society's text about the «eternal fleece» (pressed fly agaric juice strained through the «fleece», plus barley, milk and honey). Link to ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality.pdf.
DMT-Nexus «Amanita Muscaria - Holy Grail Method tek» (t=67932): visiting GOTA after Teeter's deathforum-thread · 2015-11 to 2015-12Important for the post-2012 history: travsha visited Gardens of the Ancients, where people connected with the Society work. The main member was absent; the staff said they now mostly make wine rather than «grail ambrosia». The «grail» (8–12 h) and «Sacred Wine» (1–2 months) recipes are compared, with a link to the video kj6d-UOeG24.
Amanita Research Forum: subforum «The Ambrosia Society» (f=40), threads t=34, t=35, t=219, t=239forum-thread · 2019-10-01 to 2022-11-22 · Archived copyA subforum about the Society: «The Ambrosia Society» (t=34), «The Ambrosia Society's Fleece» (t=35, 88 replies), «Fleece cultivation» (t=219, 99), «Ambrosial Wine Experiments» (t=239, 35); also t=273 («Thoughts on Teeter's Grail Method») and t=315 («Amanita mead»). Followers grow the «fleece» and argue about Mucor. The live forum returns an SSL error, but many pages are in Wayback (2020–2021).
Amanita Research Forum t=34: post by «SomaSig», a former active member (Dec 2021)forum-thread · 2019-10-01 to 2021-12-18 · Archived copyTestimony of a former member: «I was very active with Don»; after Teeter's death the Society «withered», and by the end of 2021 the site and Gardens of the Ancients were not operating. SomaSig links to his successor site theambrosiahouse.weebly.com. Mcpato (July 2020) notes that ambrosiasociety.org is down.
Gardens of the Ancients homepage: Teeter's death notice (Nov 2012)site-page · 2012-11-05 (still shown 2013-08) · Archived copyThe GOTA homepage with an obituary: Teeter, «friend of the Gardens, and founder of the Ambrosia Society», died early on the morning of Monday, 29 October. The «Memorial Service» link leads to the known forum thread t=501. Confirmation of the date of death independent of the forum.
Gardens of the Ancients «Holiday Bash '08»: Ambrosia tasting and lecture by Don Teeter (20–21 Dec 2008)site-page · 2008-12 · Archived copyAnnouncement of a winter festival: an Ambrosia tasting and a short lecture with Q&A by Don Teeter and other founders of the Society. Organisers: Flower of Life Healing Ministries and Mystical Oasis. Documents Teeter's lecturing activity.
Gardens of the Ancients «Eeyore's After Party» pages (2010–2014)site-page · 2010-04-24 event (captures 2010, 2011, 2 · Archived copyThe annual Eeyore's after-party at GOTA: the Society, «as always», hands out Ambrosia for donations. The Flower of Life Healing Ministries «church» on the GOTA grounds is mentioned. Shows the regularity of public events in 2009–2012.
Erowid Library: «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» (Donald E. Teeter, 2002, 26 pp)book-listing · 2005-11-06 (created), 2017 modified · Archived copyA catalogue entry for Teeter's second book, a 26-page 2002 booklet on growing mycelium in a clay vessel («Magic Grail»). The back-cover text and author bio are given. Erowid's review is sceptical: it is probably mould. The booklet itself has not been found online.
Goodreads: «Amanita Muscaria, Herb of Immortality» (Teeter's blurb and 10 reviews)book-listing · 2013–2023 reviews · Archived copyThe blurb is Teeter's address («more than 37 years researching... I founded the Ambrosia Society»), 131 pp., «first published 2005». 10 reviews from 2013–2023, including John Foldan (2013). A good picture of how the book was received.
Goodreads author page of Donald E. Teeter and editions of «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ»book-listing · 2001 editionsThree works: «Herb of Immortality» (2005) and two entries for «The Sacred Secret». Editions: Xlibris, 2001, hardcover ISBN 1401025226 (128 pp.); Kindle ASIN B007XRUJX6 (134 pp.); a blurb about a «Lifeform Born of Thunder, that Resurrects from the dead». Review by John Foldan (2013).
«Amanita Muscaria – Fliegenpilz – Das Kraut der Unsterblichkeit»: German audiobook (parts 1–10 of 22)audio · 2026-09-27 onwardA German translation of Teeter's book as an audiobook: parts 1–10 of 22 (MfxgAswCW-g, 2z_h4LmLy9s, i-UkK-M8ZWQ, etc.), ~15 min each. Descriptions carry a fliegenpills.com affiliate link and promo code. The first known translation of the book into another language, albeit unofficial.
Erowid book review: «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» by Donald E. Teetercitation · pamphlet 2002A review of Teeter's 26-page booklet «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» (2002), the one discussed in the 2003 TV show. «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» is also mentioned. The reviewer believes the method grows mold, not A. muscaria mycelium. The page is behind Cloudflare (403); content is known from search snippets.
Tribe.net: «[Amanita_muscaria] Black Spore» and «Another Doc Kunda Excerpt» (Yahoo group excerpts)forum-thread · 2006-11-29 · Archived copyReposts from the Yahoo group Amanita_muscaria@yahoogroups.com, moderated by Vince «Doc Kunda», «who works closely with Don Teeter»; Teeter is named a group member. Vince defends the «fleece» culture against the mucor theory and mentions the group's culture photo section. The second thread is his reply to opponent «ma ni».
Tribe.net: 2006 threads — «Soma? blissful?», «Preparing Amanita Muscaria», «so how is the wine made?» etc.forum-thread · 2006-03 – 2007-04 · Archived copyDiscussion of the book's methods. T Doe describes a technique he learned from Teeter: fly agaric powder in olive oil as «anointing oil». He says in 2006 the book was sold only by the Herbs & Sacraments shop, direct from the author, and that he ate Teeter's «Amanita sweetbread». There are also members' first «wine» reports.
Tribe.net: Redbeard's profile (people.tribe.net/rawkcuf)social · 2007The tribe moderator's profile: registered 02.09.2004, 42 photos in the album. The URL «rawkcuf» matches the handle Rawkcuf on the Entheogen Network («-T Doe», «-Terry»). Probably the same person who in 2025 posts as redbeardguy (Shroomery) and redbeardatx (Reddit). A key living witness.
The Entheogen Network: «A new take on amanita growth.» (477 posts, 2006–2018)forum-thread · 2006-06-20 – 2018-10-09 · Archived copyThe largest discussion of Teeter's method (48 pages; Wayback has only 1–5 and 45–48, site dead). Stephen Peele (06.2006) argues the «fleece» is mucor. Rawkcuf (Society, Austin) replies for the Society in 2006 and 2009; on 18.12.2009 he quotes a Teeter essay on A. muscaria from NY, Taos, Siberia, Latvia, Serbia, Switzerland, South Africa.
Reddit r/AmanitaMuscaria: «Donald Teeter and Herb of Immortality» (redbeardatx: worked with Don for 7 years)forum-thread · 2025-08-11A post by a member who says he worked with Teeter for 7 years and helped with the «fleece». Teeter made liquid cultures and grew «fleece» on grain. On 25.09.2026 a commenter asks to talk, so the person is reachable. Probably Redbeard/T Doe from Austin.
Reddit r/AmanitaMuscaria: «What happened to ambrosia society?»forum-thread · 2021-11-01 – 2022-05-28Discussion of the site's disappearance in 2021. One version says Teeter died of heart complications (citing amanitaresearch t=35), and there is a link to a tumblr copy of the book.
Reddit r/Psychonaut: «Fly Agaric Mushroom – anyone familiar with Donald Teeter?»forum-thread · 2016-02-20A report on an attempt at Teeter's «wine». A long critique by doctorlao (correspondence with a female mycologist about the «grail»). A bot names the video «Amanita Muscaria Resurrection by The Ambrosia Society» (1:48).
Amanita Research Forum: «The Ambrosia Society» subforum (t=34, t=35, t=219, t=239)forum-thread · 2019-10-01 – 2022-11-22 · Archived copyA subforum on Teeter's legacy. t=34: admin intro (2019) and news of the Society's site going down (30.07.2020). t=35 «The Ambrosia Society's Fleece» (93 posts): EaglesNest (28.10.2021) on death from heart complications. t=219 «Fleece cultivation», t=239 «Ambrosial Wine Experiments». The forum is offline.
Erowid Library: «Natural Magic – Recreating the Grail» (2002, 26 pp.)book-listing · 2005-11-06 (створено), змінено 2017-12-2 · Archived copyA separate early pamphlet by Teeter, «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» (2002, 26 pp., paperback), unknown in our archive. The page has the back-cover text, and Erowid holds a copy. Erowid's review is skeptical, believing that mold is what grows.
Goodreads: «Amanita Muscaria, Herb of Immortality» and the author pagebook-listing · 2013–2023 (рецензії)The book's page (131 pp., 2005) with the blurb «A word from the Ambrosia Society founder...», 32 ratings and 10 reviews. The author page (author/4685158) lists three books, including two entries for «The Sacred Secret».
Unbekoming (Substack): "Amanita Muscaria: Herb of Immortality (2005)" — a book summaryarticle · невідомо (2020-ті)A modern summary of Teeter's book (2005), outlining its thesis of "resurrection" in a porous vessel.
"Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality" — print-edition website on dockunda.com (2006)site-page · 2006-02-28 · Archived copyThe main evidence of a PRINT edition in 2006, before the ebook: the book sold for $22 ($28 with international shipping), also bundled with 1/2 ounce of fly agaric. A review says it was 'professionally published by Donald Teeter himself … limited quantities'. 27 chapters, including the Natural Magic booklet. No ISBN.
dockunda.com: the book's purchase, contents, references and cover pages (2006–2007)site-page · 2006-03-10 · Archived copySeparate pages in the Wayback Machine: buy_book and buy_book_international (2007), table_of_contents, reference_works_links (including 'The Sacred Secret … Xlibris Corp. ISBN 1-4010-2522-6'), plus images of the print edition's front and back covers (front_smr.jpg, back_smr.jpg).
Yahoo group Amanita_muscaria (moderator Doc Kunda), description pagesite-page · 2006-2009 · Archived copyThe discussion group Amanita_muscaria@yahoogroups.com, devoted to Teeter's theories from his book. No archive of the group has been found since Yahoo Groups shut down in 2020. Excerpts from it were reposted on tribe.net.
Marinacci 2023, "Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches" — a dedicated "Ambrosia Society" entrycitation · 2023Park Street Press / Inner Traditions, Part II 'Minor Sects: An A–Z Guide', entry AMBROSIA SOCIETY: 'independent scholar Donald E. Teeter (1956–2012)', 37 years of research, headquarters in Manor near Austin, plans for 'Vineyards … Bakeries … Ambrosia Houses'. Cites 'About Us' and Herb of Immortality (2005). Confirms his life dates, 1956–2012.
Entheogen.com / Entheogen Network: "A new take on amanita growth" (t=7784 / t=7417)forum-thread · 2006-06-20 – 2018-10-09 · Archived copyThe longest debate about Teeter's method (48 pages). It began with a repost from tribe.net about 'ethnobotanist/author Donald E. Teeter'. Peele and others argue that the 'fleece' is Mucor. The 2006 PRINT edition is quoted: 'Teeters booklet… page 38, Observations on the Resurrection of Amanita Muscaria' — so there are page-referenced quotes from the paper book.
Amanita Research Forum: "The Ambrosia Society" subforum (f=40)forum-thread · 2019-2024 · Archived copy4 threads: 'The Ambrosia Society' (t=34, 2019: the Society was 'created by Don Teeter', the fleece 'later shown to be erroneous', link to the archive), 'The Ambrosia Society's Fleece' (t=35, 38+ replies), 'Fleece cultivation' (90), 'Ambrosial Wine Experiments' (34). Also t=273 'Thoughts on Teeter's Grail Method?'. The live site returns an SSL error.
YouTube: "Archiving The Ambrosia Society Website" (fishing in space, 2022)video · 2022-10-28 · Archived copyA 28-minute screen recording scrolling through the website in the Wayback Machine, with commentary: 'resurrection', fleece, muscimol. A video backup of the website.
Xlibris: «The Sacred Secret: The Return of the Christ» by Donald E. Teeter (2001)book-listing · 2001 (захоплення 2001-12-14 … 2008-12-31Listing of Teeter's first book: 126 pp., RELIGION, ISBN 1-4010-2521-8 (paper), 1-4010-2522-6 (hard), 1-4010-2523-4 (eBook), $17.84/27.89/8.00. Blurb: «thirty years of independent scientific research», a living organism with 200+ names that rises from the dead. An excerpt went into Herb of Immortality.
Contents of the first (2005/2006) edition of Herb of Immortality — 27 chapters (dockunda.com)book-listing · 2006-03-10The contents of the early print edition list 27 chapters; the last is «Supplies and Info». The local PDF («Revised 2007, Copyright 2005») has 28 chapters, adding No. 24 «Alchemy and Hermeticism». This confirms an earlier edition that differs from the available PDF.
Yahoo group «Amanita_muscaria» devoted to Teeter's theories (description on dockunda.com)forum-thread · 2006-03-10; 2009-01-06 · Archived copyDescription of groups.yahoo.com/group/Amanita_muscaria, devoted to Teeter's theories from «Amanita Muscaria, Herb of Immortality». Wayback has only Yahoo block pages (2007) and a few 2021 records (message/1328, 1363). There are at least 1363 messages, but the text is unavailable.
«Don Teeter's Wine» photo (tribe.net, 2006) and other tribe photosimage · 2006-04-08 … 2006-10-14 · Archived copyTwo photo pages «Don Teeter's Wine» by Redbeard (11.04.2006) — the earliest known photos of Teeter's «wine». Others: lotusite (April 2006), «Where 2 or 3 are gathered…», «Symbolic stem and cap…», dzango «When the shroom is in bloom…» (2008). Whether full-size images survive was not checked.
Other topics of the Ambrosia Society tribe on tribe.net (2006–2011, about 45 topics)forum-thread · 2006-03-29 … 2011-03-01 · Archived copyKey topics. 2006: «A MUST Read», «Another Doc Kunda Excerpt». 2007: «Preparing Amanita Muscaria», «Resurrection Time-Lapse Video», «Ibotenic/Muscimol Conversion». 2008–2011: «Bioassay reports», «Amanita Wine Questions», Jan_Irvin's note on the Allegro reissue (2009). 2016 spam discarded.
Amanita Research Forum — threads on the Ambrosia Society and Teeter's methodsforum-thread · близько 2019 і пізнішеA separate forum with threads «The Ambrosia Society», «The Ambrosia Society's Fleece», «Ambrosial Wine Experiments», «Fleece cultivation», «Thoughts on Teeter's "Grail Method"?». Per snippets: after Don's death Society activity fell, the site went down, the «fleece» was deemed Mucor. Server gives 403; not in Wayback.
Shroomery: threads on Teeter's book and recipesforum-thread · різніThreads «D E Teeter. Amanita Muscaria Herb of Immortality», «Amanita Muscaria: Donald E. Teeter recipes experiences», «Cultivating Amanita Mycellium on Grape Juice», «Amanita Muscaria Grape TEK». Attempts to recreate the Graal wine, a Mucor conclusion, a link to the book PDF on ambrosiasociety.org. Server returns 403.
Donald E. Teeter, «Natural Magic: Recreating the Grail» (2002 pamphlet, 26 pp.) — Erowid listing and reviewbook-listing · 2005-11-06 (created); 2007-06-02 (last m · Archived copyTeeter's separate 26-page pamphlet of 2002 (paperback, 1st ed., no ISBN), later included in full in the book as chapter 14. Erowid gives the back-cover text and a critical review: in their assessment, the method yields mould, not mycelium. Live Erowid returns 403; the full page is in Wayback.
Usenet: «"The Sacred Secret", Holy Grail Rediscovered!» (Doc Kunda, 10.12.2003) — Teeter lecture noticeforum-thread · 2003-12-10The earliest public notice of a Teeter talk found: a lecture on 11.12.2003 at 7 pm at Gardens of the Ancients (North Austin) on Amanita muscaria as Soma, Haoma, Ambrosia and Nectar and its «ability to resurrect»; $20 entry with «Ambrosia». 4 replies. The same notice ran in alt.religion.shamanism and alt.consciousness.mysticism.
Usenet: «Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality - New Book / New Group / New Forum» (July–Aug 2005)forum-thread · 2005-07-27Doc Kunda invites people to the new Yahoo group Amanita_muscaria: «the real Holy Grail (not an allegory)», another reading of the resurrection and the body and blood of Christ, growing the mushroom per the new book. Posted to four alt.* groups on 27.07.2005 and to alt.religion.zoroastrianism on 06.08.2005. The post dates the group's founding exactly.
Usenet: «Re: Book Review - Amanita Muscaria» (Oct 2005) — mass crosspost and reactions in religious groupsforum-thread · 2005-10-09Doc Kunda sent a manifesto to alt.drugs and alt.religion groups: early religions arose from entheogens, and the Grail, Soma and the Eucharist are tied to Amanita. Yachaj Paye doubts growing on grape juice, Kater Moggin rebukes the commerce, GG/Djapana rejects «consumerist» spirituality. The first public debate on the book's theses.
amanita-muscaria.com/herb-of-immortality/ — second site of the printed book (2007), book sold with fly agaricssite-page · 2006-11/2007 · Archived copyA mirror of the book site dockunda.com/amanita-muscaria-book on Doc Kunda's new domain, in Wayback from 2007: review, contents, links, Yahoo group, covers (blank) and buy_book. buy_book offers «Buy Book for $21.00» and fly agarics from Washington, Serbia and Latvia; their pages link to the book's home page.
dockunda.com Eclectic Emporium: book section (2005–2006) and international book order page (2007)site-page · 2005-09/2007-05 · Archived copyIn May 2006 the shop sells the «Newly published book by Author and Researcher Donald Teeter» for $21, online only, warning that cheap fly agarics may be «DEAD». The main page eemain.htm (Sept 2005) names it the exclusive seller. buy_book_international.htm (May 2007): book $28 plus bundles. These pages are not in the known dockunda.com list.
Website Informer: ambrosiasociety.org domain card (created 26.08.2007, privacy via BlueHost, IP 69.89.31.243)citation · 2014-11-28 (capture); domain created 200Archived snapshot (November 2014) with WHOIS data: domain created 26.08.2007, expiring 26.08.2015, owner listed as “BlueHost.Com INC”, i.e. registrant hidden. Hosting Unified Layer, NS ns1/ns2.bluehost.com, IP 69.89.31.243, about 534 visitors a day. This is the exact first registration date of the Society's domain; the registrant is not publicly known.
Losing ambrosiasociety.org: BlueHost placeholder (2021), Sav.com auction (2022), resold (2026)citation · 2021-07 – 2026-02-08 · Archived copyPer Wayback: the real site still worked on 18.07.2021; by 25.11.2021 a BlueHost placeholder; 01.12.2022 an active auction on Sav.com; parked from 2023. Per .org RDAP, re-registered 08.02.2026 via Sav.com (until 08.02.2027), name servers edoms.biz “domain-may-be-for-sale”. The Society's domain now belongs to a reseller and is for sale.
Flashback Forum: “Odla Flugsvamp [Amanita Muscaria]” (t553860, October 2007 – September 2009)forum-thread · 2007-10-02 … 2009-09-04Swedish thread on “growing” fly agaric in grape juice per Teeter. Flytande^^ (02.10.2007) links the Society's “Resurrection” video; stonErollEr (12.10.2007) retells the method, mentions E-dot and Stephen Peele, and thinks it is Mucor growing. Users recommend “The herb of immortality” and share experiments (13.11.2007). No contact with Teeter.
tribe.net “Ambrosia Society”: thread “Ibotenic/Muscimol Conversion” (Drifter, 22–23.08.2007)forum-thread · 2007-08-22A tribe thread not on the list of known ones. Drifter (Canada) asks whether ibotenic acid converts to muscimol as the “wine” ferments, citing books by Teeter and Wasson; Manton replies on 23.08.2007. Several other small tribe topics are visible on the page (separate entry). Saved in Wayback (16.01.2008, 17.03.2008); quoted on Bluelight in 2010.
tribe.net “Ambrosia Society”: small 2006–2008 topics (“Is this tribe active?”, “so, how is the wine made?”)forum-thread · 2006-07-12 … 2008-01-08Four small tribe topics. In “Is this tribe active?” (31.08–28.11.2007) art followed the Peele vs Teeter dispute, leans toward Mucor, offers to test a sample of Teeter's “wine”; the book could no longer be bought. Others: “pee test question??” (awake, 2007–08), “Medicinal Virtues of Wine” (Drifter, 21.08.2007), “so, how is the wine made?” (bob, 12.07.2006). No replies from Teeter.
Mike Marinacci, “Psychedelic Cults and Outlaw Churches” (2023): Society shared an address with Serenity Herbalcitation · 2023The book is already known, but page PT359 adds a detail: until recently the Society shared a physical address with the Austin shop Serenity Herbal. The shop was formerly called “Garden of the Ancient Apothecary and Gift Shop” (i.e. Gardens of the Ancients) and sold herbs, cacti, seeds and tinctures. The entry starts on PT356.
YouTube comments under Garrett Kopp's “Making sacred wine from Amanita muscaria”: ex-worker nrsrchd, otherssocial · approx. 2021–2026 (YouTube gives relativComments (211 total) not yet in the registry. nrsrchd: Teeter was his mentor and never heated the wine above 160°F; he worked where the wine was made, and it is no longer produced. Amanita Dreamer: “science” about the moldy fleece caused the “fracture of the Ambrosia Society”. deathmedicaldave: contacted members via the Society forum; the fleece was tested. Also “Tajen from the ambrosia society”.
FungusWhisperer's comment on “Amanita Muscaria Resurrection”: claimed ITS DNA test of “grail” culturessocial · approx. 2018The commenter retells that a follower of a “one-man 'Teeter ministry'” gave a PhD mycologist “grail” culture samples; by microscopy and ITS DNA analysis the culture reportedly proved mixed, not pure fly agaric. Full text at archive.is/9QUNc. Critical evidence in the fleece dispute. Nearby, andrewdunton8596 grew a culture himself for $60 and concluded it was Mucor.
archive.is/9QUNc: archive.today capture cited as the source of the “Teeter ministry” grail-fungus DNA accountcitation · before c. 2018An archive.today capture that FungusWhisperer's comment cites as the source of the account of DNA analysis of Teeter-linked “grail” cultures. Content not verified: archive.ph shows a CAPTCHA (HTTP 429) and there is no Wayback copy.
YouTube comments under “How to make Ambrosia” (Ambrosia Society, 2015): ex-worker nrsrchd, BenZedrinsocial · approx. 2016–2025Comments (284) adding to the kj6d-UOeG24 entry. nrsrchd: “RIP Dave and Don” (Dave Schanzle and Teeter); the Society closed, the fleece proved a mucoid fungus, the wine was never analyzed; process: pasteurizing, fly agaric powder, 170°F, hot jars. BenZedrin: Pastor David (SMCS) showed him the method; Jochen Gartz deemed the fleece a “Mud-Mushroom”. Teeter died in 2012 (born 1956, per his Xlibris biography).

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Kory Kortis — other «Enlightenment vs Enfrightenment» Amanita episodes («Backyard Banquet», «!!!Egypt»)video · uploaded 2022-01-16 / 2022-05-27 (broadcThe description of the episode «Backyard Banquet Intuitive Preparation» mentions «Amanita Muscaria», and «!!!Egypt» (jk0qtoSmYs8, aired 2002-02-26) mentions «Eat your Amanitas». Whether Teeter appears in them has not been checked; worth watching. The channel posts an archive of the Austin programme from 2002–2005 (147 videos).
tribe.net — «Mystical Oasis Advancement Weekend» (Teeter talk at a Doc Kunda event, 2007)forum-thread · 2007-04-27An announcement by Vince (Doc Kunda) of a weekend near Austin, asking whether Teeter would speak. A trace of his public lectures in 2007; no recordings found.
YouTube — comments under Society videos (kj6d-UOeG24, iTXNO7CAsc4) from people who knew Teetersocial · 2011–2025Former worker nrsrchd writes «Miss this place so much. RIP Dave and Don», «Having personally watched Mr. Teeter make his ambrosia» and describes the process. Another commenter mentions leaving Gardens of the Ancients, another «Teeter (may he RIP)». FungusWhisperer links to archive.is/9QUNc. These are living witnesses who could be asked.
Shroomery — «Amanita Muscaria: Donald E. Teeter recipes experiences» (2014–2025)forum-thread · 2014-10-16 – 2025-07-24On 2025-07-23 redbeardguy writes that he worked with Teeter, confirms his death in 2012 and offers to share information. Probably the same Redbeard/T Doe from tribe.net and the RedbeardT channel. The most direct living contact.
Shroomery — «Cultivating Amanita Mycellium on Grape Juice» (2007/2009)forum-thread · 2007-02-07 – 2009-10-29BobHumboldt describes reading «The Sacred Secret» and a pamphlet about a «living grail» in a terracotta pot. Links to the early PDF ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality.pdf and to Mycotopia showthread.php?t=18931.
Shroomery — «D E Teeter. Amanita Muscaria Herb of Immortality» (2010–2011)forum-thread · 2010-12-07 – 2011-05-24Discussion of the book and the grape-juice method. CidneyIndole quotes passages about other juices.
Shroomery — «best way to trip amanita muscaria» (2010) and «Amanita Muscaria Grape TEK» (2016)forum-thread · 2010-06 / 2016-05A retelling of the Society's claims about «resurrection» and fleece, linking to resurrection.html. The second thread (Number/23155612) describes making Ambrosia after the 2015 video.
Reddit — comments by people who met Teeter (via the pullpush archive)social · 2019-12-28; 2023-03-31Domesticuscucumella (2023): «I actually met Don teeter right before he died… people who he taught directly at garden of the ancients». dewayneestes (2019, r/NatureIsFuckingLit) writes that Teeter was «very politically active in keeping it legal». The critic doctorlao called him a charlatan in 2015–2016. These are testimonies, not facts.
Tumblr in-gloom: repost of Teeter's letter about his book (2011)social · 2011-10-26Reproduces Teeter's address («more than 37 years», the Holy Grail «a living reality to those that know the secret») with a link to the PDF.
Lies are Unbekoming (Substack): summary of «Amanita Muscaria: Herb of Immortality (2005)»article · 2026-01-09A lengthy retelling of the book with 30 questions and answers. It contains no biographical data but shows the book's current popularity.
soulremedy.freeforums: «Amanita Muscaria» thread (2015–2021)forum-thread · 2015-06 – 2021-11Discussion of practising «Don Teeter's method» and the grail following the PDF. In 2015 users recommend turning to the Society's forum. On 27.11.2021: «the Ambrosia Society website seems to perish».
Mycotopia: «Herb of Immortality by Don Teeter as free ebook»forum-thread · c. 2008A thread announcing the Society's free e-book. The live site is behind Cloudflare (403), and there is no Wayback copy. Known only from its title and a snippet.
Shroomery: «Amanita Muscaria Grape TEK (Muscimol Mulled Wine)»forum-thread · 2016-04-26 onwardA thread about the grape method. In 2016 ellomello links to ambrosiasociety.org and describes a successful batch; others report mould. A secondary mention, but it shows the site was still alive in 2016.
Shroomery: «Reputable Amanita muscaria Sources?» — signature link to The Ambrosia Societyforum-thread · 2006-10-05A minor mention: the member entheoindole had a «The Ambrosia Society» link in his signature (2006, probably to the tribe). Evidence of early promotion on forums.
DMT-Nexus: «Amanita Muscaria grape tek Experiments and goals» (t=82598) — herbofimmortality2.pdfforum-thread · 2018-11-13Mentions a second version of the PDF, ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality2.pdf (p. 70 with the recipe), and Teeter's video about the «wine» decarb cycle on his site. Worth checking whether herbofimmortality2.pdf is in the backup.
Gardens of the Ancients «Holistic Links» (2009): GOTA as gift shop of Flower of Life Healing Ministriessite-page · 2009-12 · Archived copyGOTA describes itself as the «Gift Shop for Flower of Life Healing Ministries» and recommends the Ambrosia Society, reproducing its creed. Important for the organisational link: the shop, the church (Ministries) and the Society on one property (4800 Yager Lane).
Gardens of the Ancients «Flower of Life Kratom Society Membership Application»site-page · captured 2016-09 · Archived copyA membership application for the «Flower of Life Kratom Society» on the GOTA site. Its wording («Natural person 18 or more years», «I claim ... as my Sacrament», «do no harm») closely resembles the Ambrosia Society membership model, probably a related association from the same circle. Teeter is not mentioned directly.
herbsandsacraments.com: print «Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality» ($25) and Amanita muscaria (2007)book-listing · 2007-09 · Archived copyThe Austin (area code 512) online shop «Herbs and Sacraments» sold the print «Herb of Immortality» for $25 in 2007, before the free e-book (2008), as well as Amanita muscaria. Evidence of the paid print edition a tribe member wrote about («couldn't buy Teeter's book»). Possibly connected with GOTA or Don's workplace, but this is not proven.
dokumen.pub: «Amanita muscaria Herb of immortality l'herbe d'immortalité» (bilingual EN/FR?)citation · unknown · Archived copyThe title suggests a French or bilingual version («l'herbe d'immortalité»), i.e. a possible French translation. The site is a file-sharing service of dubious legality, so it was not opened and nothing was downloaded; only its existence is recorded.
Polish blog «Święty Grzybóg»: practical information on Amanita muscaria (cites Teeter)article · 2016 (updated 2023-01-20)A Polish article cites the drying recipe «according to D. E. Teeter» («za D. E. Teeterem») and pasteurised grape juice («Wino Galilejskie»). Bibliography: «Teeter E. Donald, Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality, Ambrosia Society, 2007». An example of spread in Eastern Europe.
MN Nice Ethnobotanicals blog: «The Ambrosia Society, The Fleece, and Living Bread»article · 2023-03-03 · Archived copyA commercial blog of a fly agaric seller with a generic, probably generated text about the Society's beliefs (the Golden Fleece, manna). It adds little factually; the shop is currently unavailable (423).
SMCS forum (Sacred Mushroom Cherishing Society, Switzerland, «Pastor David»): Ambrosia subforumsforum-thread · c. 2008–2013 · Archived copyThe Swiss «mushroom church» SMCS (Pastor David). Its forum has English subforums «Growing the fleece», «Making the ambrosia society», «The Holy Grail», «Christ's Blood», «Christ's flesh»; German sections cover growing fly agaric mycelium. European followers of Teeter's method; probably the «Pastor David» asked about.
my-holy-grail.org (MHG): German site on fly agaric mycelium as «antiker Wein / Ambrosia / Blut Christi»site-page · 2008 · Archived copyA German-language SMCS site (2008) with instructions for growing fly agaric mycelium on juice («Blut Christi»), barley («Lebendes Brot», «Fleisch Christi») and in a «Grail». The concept fully mirrors Teeter's, though his name does not appear on the retrieved pages. It later moved to tupg.org/mhg.
ShroomSpy guide: claim attributed to «a 2005 self-published booklet by Donald Teeter»article · 2026A modern guide attributes to «Teeter's 2005 self-published booklet» the myth that carbonation turns muscimol back into ibotenic acid. Unverified (search snippet only), but it shows how Teeter's ideas live on in current discourse.
KORY KORTIS channel: full listing of 147 videos — other Austin Access TV episodes mentioning Amanitavideo · uploads 2022–2025; broadcasts 2001–2006Metadata of all 147 channel videos was reviewed. Teeter is named directly only in 88kvCeQ5WD8. Amanita is also mentioned in Hq6wZmL4KJQ «Backyard Banquet Intuitive Preparation» (2022-01-16, 56:41) and jk0qtoSmYs8 «!!!Egypt» (aired 2002-02-26, «So Eat Your Amanitas»). Whether Teeter appears there needs viewing.
«Amanita Muscaria in the Bible» (fishing in space): video citing the Society's research archivevideo · 2021-10-04A 55-minute video on Amanita in the Bible. Its description lists a Wayback copy of the Society's research-articles page among sources. Descriptions of 11 more mushroom videos on the channel (of 410) were checked: ambrosiasociety appears only here and in WES9l2CU79U.
«Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality» video series (3 videos) by So AmAvideo · 2022-09-25 / 2022-09-26Three short (4–5 min) videos named exactly like Teeter's book, with titles resembling its chapters: IrCRut5vIJU, 9eos_uPiKjI «THE ELIXER OF LIFE», uWnQn04VmY0 «CREATING YOUR OWN GRAIL». No descriptions; probably a reading or retelling of the book. Content not verified.
Making sacred wine from Amanita muscaria (var. guessowii / formosa): video linking the Society tutorialvideo · 2021-09-08A 33-minute video (~32.9K views) on «sacred wine» from Amanita, i.e. a recreation of the Society's method. The description links directly to the Society's video tutorial. It shows Teeter's method kept spreading after the site closed.
Yahoo Group Amanita_muscaria (Doc Kunda's group, which Teeter belonged to)citation · бл. 2006–2007There was a Yahoo group Amanita_muscaria with a culture photo section («fleece»), and Teeter was a member. Wayback holds only placeholder pages with status 999 (2006–2007) and a 2021 redirect, so no archive of messages or photos was found.
Tribe.net: «Mystical Oasis Advancement Weekend» (Teeter as a speaker)forum-thread · 2007-04-27Announcement of a seminar by Vince «Doc Kunda» near Austin. Redbeard asks whether Don Teeter will speak there. A trace of a possible public lecture by Teeter in 2007.
Shroomery: «Amanita Muscaria (var. Muscaria) – Living bread»forum-thread · 2012-04-17 – 2022-05-21An attempt at «living bread» in April 2012, while Teeter was still alive, and criticism of the method. Links to ambrosiasociety.org/amanita_muscaria.html and to the second version of the book, files/herbofimmortality2.pdf.
Shroomery: «Attempt at growing amanita muscaria mycellium on barley aka The Living Bread»forum-thread · 2015-10-17An attempt following the method of «Donald Teeter in his book Herb of Immortality», linking to ambrosiasociety.org/download.html.
Reddit r/conspiracy: «Ambrosia Society – Herb of Immortality» (two weeks before Teeter's death)forum-thread · 2012-10-16A link to ambrosiasociety.org/index.html with short comments. One of the few dated traces of the site from October 2012; a duplicate is in r/POLITIC (11knx8).
Reddit r/AmanitaMuscaria: other threads about the Society (2018–2025)forum-thread · 2018-01-12 – 2025-02-10Threads: 7pvhzq (2018, photo of the Society's «wine»), 9pbigf (2018, link to the video tutorial), nf697h (2021-05-18, ambrosiasociety.org shared after the original vanished), z8mkep (2022, quote «D. Teeter, 2014»), 1ilzjnr (2025, a Facebook group sharing «Ambrosia», video kj6d-UOeG24), etc.; also r/shrooms 4nw5ap (2016).
Herbs & Sacraments (herbsandsacraments.com) — the shop that sold the book in 2006–2007site-page · 2007According to T Doe (tribe, 06.2006), this was the only place to buy the printed «Herb of Immortality» directly from the author. The home page lists an item ref=AmanitaSS in the Sacraments category — possibly the book. A potential source for describing the 2005–2006 print edition.
Psilosopedium (2025/12/21) — a dump of psilosophy.info on archive.orgother · 2025-12-21A snapshot of all of psilosophy as of 21.12.2025, including Teeter's text (and probably the Polish translation). A safeguard in case the psilosophy site disappears.
Wikipedia, "Soma (drink)": a paragraph about Teeter (≈2011–2016)citation · 2015-12-18 · Archived copyAround 2011–2017 the article had a paragraph: Teeter 'has expanded upon Wasson's work', extending Soma to Haoma, Ambrosia, the wine of Dionysus and the Eucharist, and 'experimentally tests a mechanism' for the Grail. Cites Teeter 2005, 2007. The red link [[Donald E. Teeter]] — no article was ever created. The paragraph also appears in the 'Mythological Objects' compilation (2015).
Flament et al. 2020, "Human Poisoning from Poisonous Higher Fungi…", Pharmaceuticals 13(12):454article · 2020-12 · Archived copyA peer-reviewed toxicology paper: Teeter 'considers the fly agaric to be at the centre of all religions and beliefs [197]', after which the soma = fly agaric theory is called 'thoroughly debunked' (Feeney 2010). [196] is the Society's 'Soma and Rig Veda' page (accessed 16.11.2018); [197] is Teeter D.E., Ambrosia Society, Manor TX, 2007, 131 pp.
Jurášek, Opletal, Drašar 2023, "On Forest Entheogen", Chemické listy 117(8):495–500article · 2023A review in a Czech chemistry journal. Teeter's description of the intoxication is called 'similarly detailed to Shulgin's', and his self-report is cited (renewal over ~14 days, relief of joint pain). Reference 12: Teeter D.E., Ambrosia Society, Yager Lane Manor Texas 2005, via en.psilosophy.info, accessed 8.2.2023.
Dobravec 2018, "Triglavska roža in Zlatorog…", Studia Mythologica Slavica 21:129–145article · 2018 · Archived copyA Slovenian mythology paper. Citing 'Teether 2005', the author writes that soma, according to many sources, was a drink based on fly agaric. Bibliography: 'Teeter, Donald E., 2007: Amanita Muscaria: Herb of Immortality, 2005/2007. Manor: Ambrosia Society.'
Lalruatfela 2017, "Immortality: The probable future of human evolution", Science Vision 17(1)article · 2017 · Archived copyAn Indian popular-science journal (Mizoram). Context: some religions believe in a 'herb of immortality', and 'Some scholars have identified this herb as Amanita muscaria … Maga.30'. Reference 30: Teeter DE (2007), Ambrosia Society, 4800 Yager Lane, Manor, Texas, pp. 13–15.
Hălălișan, Chira, Dinulică 2018, "Amanita muscaria (L.) Lam.: biologie, ecologie și etnomicologie"article · 2018Romanian forestry journal Revista Pădurilor 133(1), section 'Receptarea culturală a muscariței'. Following Teeter (2007): Indo-Europeans called the mushroom 'Maga', for the Greeks it was 'Ambrosia', and Indo-Aryans made Soma from it. Bibliography: 'Teeter, D. E., 2007: … The Ambrosia Society, 130 p.' File 'Rev. Pad. 1_2018' in the revista-padurilor item.
Saputra 2018, "Fly Amanita" undergraduate thesis (ISI Yogyakarta)citation · 2018 · Archived copyAn Indonesian undergraduate thesis on a 2D animation about the fly agaric. Bibliography (BAB VI): 'Teeter, Donald E. 2005. Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality. Texas: The Ambrosia Society'. The in-text context is unavailable: chapters are restricted or lack a text layer.
Redfern 2015, "Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order", p. 41citation · 2015Visible Ink Press. Quotes the Society's 2009 article 'Ambrosia & Nectar' (Soma, Amrita, Nectar in the Rig Veda; the etymology of ambrotos). Index: 'Ambrosia Society, 41'. Confirms the content of the 2009 website page.
Shumsky 2010, "Ascension: Connecting with the Immortal Masters and Beings of Light"citation · 2010New Page Books. The Society's website is in the source list ('Websites: Ambrosia Society, The. www.ambrosiasociety.org'), alongside a section on ambrosia and amrita (pp. 183–190).
Tsarion 2007/2008, "The Irish Origins of Civilization" — resources listcitation · 2007The resources list includes 'Ambrosia Society http://www.ambrosiasociety.org/index.html', right after Gnostic Media. A very early (2007–08) external mention of the website.
Irvin & Rutajit, "Astrotheology & Shamanism" (edition ≥2009) — recommended readingcitation · 2009In the book list, alongside Rush (2008) and Heinrich: 'The Sacred Secret by Donald Teeter, 2001'. A direct mention of Teeter in a Gnostic Media book that his own website recommended.
Bollettino SISSC no. 23 (2015) — "Ambrosia Society" entryarticle · 2015In a survey of psychedelic churches and sects: 'Ambrosia Society: E' dedicata alla riscoperta del Santo Graal, che viene identificato con l'Amanita Muscaria…' (hundreds of divine names).
"The Chronicles of Anarchy" (A. Wretch, 2016) — book recommendationcitation · 2016An occult-anarchist PDF recommends 'Amanita Muscaria Herb of Immortality — Donald E. Teeter' as a practical book.
LLM Wiki (wiki.billding.dev): entries "Donald E. Teeter" and "Herb of Immortality"site-page · 2025-2026An AI-generated wiki page about Teeter (revised 2007, copyright 2005). It adds no new facts; listed for completeness.
Gardens of the Ancients (gardensoftheancients.com) — the Society's address and memorial venuesite-page · 2002–2026 (найповніші версії 2010-10 … 2 · Archived copySite of an herb nursery at 4800 Yager Lane — the Ambrosia Society mailing address from the book; the memorial (05.11.2012) and a 2009 tasting were held here. Amanitas.htm and Books.htm are frames with no archived content. No Teeter materials. The 2024–2026 Shopify store is unrelated.
«"Zły" kwas ibotenowy i "dobry" muscymol» (the same Polish blog, 2024)article · 2024-10-30The author calls Teeter «mój pierwszy nauczyciel grzybowy» (my first mushroom teacher) and retells his advice to age dried mushrooms for three months. This shows Teeter still influences the Polish community.
«BOANERGES: tras las huellas del Hijo del Trueno» (Spanish article citing Teeter)article · 2012-10-20A Spanish-language essay on Amanita muscaria as Soma and «Hierba de la Inmortalidad». Teeter is cited as a source for identifying Soma with the fly agaric.
PinusLetter nº 13 (Brazil) — references to Teeter's book and ambrosiasociety.org pagesarticle · 2009 (посилання перевірено 01–02.2009)A Portuguese-language newsletter on Amanita muscaria with an annotated bibliography. Teeter's book (134 pp., 2007) is described as an attempt to link the fly agaric with biblical themes. Three links to the Society's site as of 2009: files/herbofimmortality.pdf, download.html, the_fruit_of_the_tree_of_life.html.
«O lesním entheogenu» (Chemické listy 117(8):495, 2023) — Czech scientific article quoting Teeterarticle · 2023-08-15A peer-reviewed Czech chemistry journal. Teeter's account of his fly agaric experience (effects, 14 days of «rejuvenation», joint pain gone) is translated into Czech and compared with Shulgin. A rare academic citation of Teeter. DOI 10.54779/chl20230495; PDF in Czech and English.
«On Forest Entheogen» (English version of the Chemické listy article on ResearchGate)article · 2023The English version of the same Czech article, with the same description of intoxication after Teeter. ResearchGate itself was not opened, but the English PDF from the journal's site contains the phrase «Donald E. Teeter's description of intoxication is interesting».
J. Gwyn Griffiths, «The Origins of Osiris and His Cult» (Brill, 1980), cited via Berlantcitation · 1980Mentioned on the site only as «(Griffiths, 1980)» inside a quote from Berlant. Copyrighted.
Angelfire «synagogasatanae» incense pagesite-page · 2000s · Archived copyA minor link about incense in the «Angels» article. The angelfire page is probably dead.
Photographs credited to Neil Switkowski (Amanita muscaria var. formosa; «Sun & Moon on Earth – D. Teeter»)image · c.2007–2015 · Archived copyThe photographer whose Amanita pictures are used in the book and on the site. No separate source of his photos outside the Society was found. The photo rights belong to the author.
Act No. 159 (2005), HB 20 Enrolled — enacts R.S. 40:989.1 on hallucinogenic plantspdf · 2005-06-28Final text: 2–10 years and up to $20,000 for production or distribution; up to 5 years and $5,000 for possessing «material intended for human consumption» from any of 39 plants or fungi (Amanita muscaria among them). Exceptions: ornamental growing and homeopathy. So Teeter inaccurately described the law as «criminalising possession of Amanita».
HB 20 — House Committee Amendment #1859, Digests, Summary of Senate Amendments, Résumé Digest (Act 159)citation · 2005-05-11 to 2005-06Committee amendments (a correction of the misspelled name «Lagoehilus inebrians», a definition of «homeopathic drug», exception E for homeopathy) and digests d=288593, d=303126, d=311033 plus résumé d=320327 with the effective date 15.08.2005. These documents contain no testimony or list of witnesses.
Legislative Fiscal Office — Fiscal Note on HB 20 (HLS 05RS 52), Originalcitation · 2005-04-22Fiscal note: General Fund costs will rise ($22.39 per day per convicted person); the number of convictions cannot be estimated. There are two more notes: Engrossed d=303278 and Enrolled d=317714.
Louisiana House Journal, May 11, 2005 — Criminal Justice committee reports HB 20 with amendments (10-0)citation · 2005-05-11The committee's official report: «House Bill No. 20, by Strain — Reported with amendments. (10-0)», chairman Daniel Martiny. The journal of 16.05.2005 (Journal051613.PDF) has the roll-call vote on final passage, 98-0. The journals list no witnesses and no testimony.
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics — Dr. Wrye Sententia's letter to Rep. Strain on HB 20 (May 18, 2005)pdf · 2005-05-18The only written opposition to HB 20 found during its passage, in effect outside «testimony». CCLE sent Strain and the 18 judiciary committee members a legal analysis: the law violates the First Amendment by criminalising ancient religious practices. Teeter later made the same argument in his letter to the governor.
Richard Glen Boire, «Brief Analysis of Louisiana HB 20» (letter to CCLE, May 17, 2005)pdf · 2005-05-17A legal analysis of HB 20: a 2-year mandatory minimum, a blow to herbal medicine, and above all the bill «does not protect at all» religious use by Native Americans and others, so it probably violates the Free Exercise Clause. Cited in The Entheogen Review 2005 (Boire, p. 124).
CCLE «Salvia divinorum Action Center» — notice of the HB 20 letter and analysis (capture 28 May 2005)site-page · 2005-05-28CCLE page: on 18.05.2005 they sent the letter and Boire's analysis to Rep. Strain and all members of the judiciary committee. A later version ccle1/dll/... (2019+) keeps this text. Teeter's letter was not found on cognitiveliberty.org.
Erowid — «Comments on New State Laws Controlling the Consumption of Hallucinogenic Plants» v1.0article · 2006-06-20An analysis (by Earth Erowid) of Louisiana's 2005 law and its near-verbatim copy in Tennessee: the «intended for human consumption» model, the ornamental-growing exception, the «Lagoehilus inebrians» typo, the view that Louisiana created something like a new plant «schedule». Tennessee in the end banned only Salvia divinorum.
Erowid — «Salvia divinorum Legal Status»: Louisiana Act No 159 sectionsite-page · 2006–2007The same paragraph on Act 159, linking to HLS_05RS-52, as on the Amanita page, but for Salvia divinorum. It explains Redbeard's words «It started with Salvia, then the list grew bigger» in a tribe.net post.
Daniel Siebert, Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center (sagewisdom.org) — Louisiana HB 20 historysite-page · 2006–2007A chronology of HB 20 in the «Legal status» section: Strain introduced it on 25.02.2005, a list of 39 plants and fungi, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed it on 28.06.2005, Act No. 159 in force from 15.08.2005. Louisiana is named the first US state to criminalise Salvia divinorum.
The Entheogen Review — «2004 & 2005 Index»: entry «Louisiana, Act No. 159 — 124»citation · 2005 (index published with Vol. XIV)The ER index shows the journal covered Louisiana's Act No. 159 in volume XIV (2005), p. 124, along with Boire and the Entheogen Law Reporter. The full issue was not found online, only the index. Teeter, the Ambrosia Society and Amanita are absent from the 2004–2005 index.
USPTO: “GARDENS OF THE ANCIENTS” trademark, serial 98017225 / Reg. No. 7505475 (IC 035, herbal retail)citation · 2023-05-28 / 2024-09-17Official USPTO record: standard word mark, filed 28.05.2023, registered 17.09.2024, status REGISTERED. Claimed first use 30.04.1999, first use in commerce 02.02.2000. This is the first official founding date of Gardens of the Ancients (GOTA), where the Society operated and where Teeter's memorial was held in 2012.
USPTO: “GARDENS OF THE ANCIENTS” trademark, serial 98230795 / Reg. No. 7515349 (IC 005 herbs; IC 044 nursery)citation · 2023-10-19 / 2024-09-24Second registration of the same mark: filed 19.10.2023, registered 24.09.2024. First use 30.04.1999, in commerce 31.12.2000. The record confirms that GOTA operated as a nursery and sold herbal products from 1999–2000.
Texas Comptroller: sales tax permit for “GARDENS OF THE ANCIENTS” (Manchaca, TX), dataset jrea-zgmqcitation · 2023-06-13Texas Comptroller open registry: “Gardens of the Ancients” outlet in Manchaca, permit issued 13.06.2023, first sale 01.07.2023, owner a sole proprietor. It records GOTA's move from 4800 Yager Ln (Manor) to Manchaca. GOTA, the Ambrosia Society and Flower of Life Healing Ministries are absent from the franchise tax registry (9cir-efmm).
RDAP/WHOIS: gardensoftheancients.com created 08.09.2000 (Network Solutions)citation · 2000-09-08.com registry: gardensoftheancients.com was created 08.09.2000, registrar Network Solutions, and is still active. The date matches GOTA's start of commercial activity in 2000 as claimed to the USPTO.
Gardens of the Ancients: first CitySearch-built site (2002), “herb nursery”, 4800 Yager Ln, Manor TX 78653site-page · 2002-02-16 · Archived copyEarliest archived GOTA site (February 2002): a nursery and herb shop in northeast Austin, 4800 Yager Ln, Manor, TX 78653, phone (512) 272-9062; over 200 dried herbs, tinctures, oils. A map.htm page gives detailed directions. It shows GOTA before the Society appeared (2006), at the place where its events were later held.
Gardens of the Ancients: 2009–2010 “Natural Medicine” and “Find Us” pages list “Amanita muscaria”site-page · 2009-06-08 / 2010-02-05 · Archived copyGOTA contact page (June 2009): hours, address 4800 Yager Ln, Manor, and the product list “Kratom, Amanita muscaria, crystals…”. findus.htm and holistic.htm (2009–2010) give directions from Austin, Manor, Elgin and Bastrop. So GOTA sold Amanita muscaria in the Society's heyday; CDX also has an empty Amanitas.htm (2010, “under construction”).
Gardens of the Ancients: Kratom page (2010), on-site lab, liquid kratom extract, EntheoFarmsite-page · 2010-02-05A 2010 page on kratom strains and a “Liquid Kratom Extract” made for over four years (i.e. since about 2006) by the “on-site lab at Gardens of the Ancients”. Sold online via EntheoFarm.com. Context for the Flower of Life Kratom Society and for lab work on GOTA grounds, where the Society's lab operated from 2008.
Gardens of the Ancients: 2014 contacts, 4800 Yager Ln, Manor, “Kratom, Amanita muscaria…”site-page · 2014-10-18Contact page from October 2014, two years after Teeter's death: GOTA still operates at 4800 Yager Ln, Manor, TX 78653 and sells Amanita muscaria. This is the shop's last known Yager Lane address before the move to Manchaca.
Gardens of the Ancients: current Shopify site, “Austin's family herbalists since 2000”, Manchaca TXsite-page · 2024–2026 · Archived copyThe live GOTA site (2024–2026) presents itself as a family herbal apothecary and nursery in Manchaca, south of Austin, “since 2000”, with the ® mark. It says nothing about the Society or Teeter. The same family continues the business, but with no link to the Ambrosia Society.
Flashback Forum: “Varför är det ingen som käkar flugsvamp?”, posts #135 and #147 (May 2012)forum-thread · 2012-05-07Swedish user oggestaden (07.05.2012) recommends Donald E. Teeter's “Amanita Muscaria; herb of immortality” as a source on fly agarics and making the “wine”, noting the PDF is online. emigrant (09.05.2012, p37268686) thanks him and plans to pick mushrooms. Evidence of the book spreading in Sweden, with no contact with Teeter.
Flashback Forum: “Vart ligger logiken i ett fortsatt drogförbud?”, Teeter and the Indo-Europeans (2015)forum-thread · 2015-02-21In a debate on drug prohibition, studentroland (21.02.2015) cites an “interesting book” by Donald Teeter on fly agaric. He retells Teeter's thesis that fly agaric use in Scandinavia is ancient but was forgotten through Christianization, and that the mushroom is tied to Indo-European culture. A mention of the book's ideas, not the method.
Flashback Forum: “Hur tar ni eran flugsvamp?”, link to herbofimmortality.pdf (October 2019)forum-thread · 2019-10-18Partiet-Svamparna (18.10.2019) links a PDF copy of “Amanita Muscaria, Herb Of Immortality” on the-eye.eu (herbofimmortality.pdf) along with his own drying instructions; 1.2.7 quotes the post on 19.10.2019. The same user mentions the book in the thread “Att Arrangera Festival 2020” (p69039368). Another mirror of the book, with no contact with the author.
Bluelight: “The Big Dandy Amanita Mushrooms Thread”, DwayneHoover quotes the Society's tribe (27.08.2010)forum-thread · 2010-08-27In a large Bluelight thread (27 pages), DwayneHoover (post 8715381, 27.08.2010) links the Ambrosia Society tribe and quotes in full a reply from the “Ibotenic/Muscimol Conversion” thread (23.08.2007). There are no other mentions of Teeter, grape juice or the Society. His 2008 post on p8 copies James Arthur's recipe, not Teeter's.
Psychonaut.com (psychonaut.fr archive): “Psychoactive amanitas”, DeepTurtle on Teeter's free treatise (2008)forum-thread · 2008-02-08DeepTurtle (08.02.2008) writes that Donald Teeter's free “treatise” changed his view of fly agaric and links “Bread of Life” at ambrosiasociety.org/download.html (already in the backup). Post 73605 (18.03.2008) holds his trip report “Weekend with Washington State Amanita” from 23.02.2008. Early evidence of the Society's e-book spreading; no contact with Teeter.
Psychonaut.com (psychonaut.fr archive): “The sun has stopped !”, book PDF, Resurrection video, “Amanita wine”forum-thread · 2008-12-21 … 2009-02-02Ahuaeynjxs links ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality.pdf. Caduceus Mercurius (06.01.2009) reads the book and named his shop Ambrosia unaware of the Society; on 07.01.2009 he recommends the “Amanita resurrection time lapse” video, on 02.02.2009 finishes his “Amanita wine” and plans “Ambrosia”. Ahuaeynjxs describes black mycelium. Trials from the book, no contact.
Psychonaut.com (psychonaut.fr archive): “natural versus synthetic dissociatives and entheogens” (2009)forum-thread · 2009-01-25Caduceus Mercurius (post-147080, 25.01.2009) kept 20 g of dried fly agarics in grape juice (two rinses, a 500 ml bottle) and drank diluted doses. Ahuaeynjxs (post-147076) calls diluted fly agaric mycelium “blood” in juice “soma”, Teeter's terminology. On 20.01.2009 Caduceus praises “the Amanita text by the Ambrosia Society”. Practical uptake of the method.
Psychonaut.com (psychonaut.fr archive): “Culti enteogenici contemporanei”, Ambrosia Society entry (2011)article · 2011-01-14An Italian survey of contemporary entheogenic cults (sd&m, 14.01.2011). Alongside the Native American Church, the Sacred Mushroom Church of Switzerland and others is a short entry on the Ambrosia Society: a group devoted to “rediscovering the Holy Grail”, which it identifies with Amanita muscaria, holding that the mushroom had hundreds of divine names.
Psychonaut.com (psychonaut.fr archive): “Amanita Muscaria and Fly Agaric Mushroom Resources” (2017)forum-thread · 2017-05-14A fly agaric resource roundup the author copied from his own blog. Among the main sources it lists “Home - Ambrosia Society - AmbrosiaSociety.org” and the link http://www.ambrosiasociety.org/files/herbofimmortality2.pdf.
Drugs-Forum: “Growing Amanita” (t=288832, September 2016)forum-thread · 2016-09-20Arctophylax (20.09.2016) suggests growing fly agaric mycelium on grain and baking “Holy Bread”; PowerfulMedicine replies that a fly agaric culture in grape juice actually yields Mucor, not A. muscaria. Teeter is not named, but the discussion concerns his “living bread” and wine methods. An indirect mention.
Wikipedia “Soma (drink)”: history of the paragraph on Teeter (added 04.04.2011, removed 04.09.2016)citation · 2011-04-04 / 2016-09-04 · Archived copyThe paragraph on “Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality” was added 04.04.2011 by an anonymous IP 66.188.253.72 (rev 422238587). Ms Sarah Welch removed it 04.09.2016 (rev 737694229) as “unsourced and undue”, with a {{refimprove}} tag pending since 2014. No Talk discussion. The citation gives “4800 Yager Lane, Manor, Texas 78653”, publisher Ambrosia Society, 2005 and 2007.
Wikipedia Reference desk/Humanities (29.08.2016): “the amanita-based Ambrosia Society” mentioncitation · 2016-08-29In the thread “Christian Amita Society (?)” a user jokingly mentions “the amanita-based Ambrosia Society” and links http://ambrosiasociety.org. This is the only current external link to ambrosiasociety.org on English Wikipedia (per exturlusage). It has almost no substantive value.
Deborah M. Coulter-Harris, “Chasing Immortality in World Religions” (McFarland, 2016), bibliography p. 200citation · 2016An academic monograph in religious studies; its bibliography lists “Teeter, Donald E. Amanita Muscaria; Herb of Immortality. The Ambrosia Society, 2007”. Another book citation of Teeter not yet on the list of findings. Its place in the main text was not pinned down because Google blocked access.
Jerry B. Brown & Julie M. Brown, “The Psychedelic Gospels” (2016): citation of Teeter's bookcitation · 2016Confirmed that the book cites Teeter. Bibliography entry: “Teeter, Donald T. [sic] Amanita Muscaria: Herb of Immortality. Manor, Tex.: Ambrosia Society, 2007. www.ambrosiasociety.org/download.html. Accessed September 30, 2015”. So download.html was still being read in autumn 2015. No mention in the main text was found: in-book search failed.

Sources Teeter used

Ralph T. H. Griffith (tr.), «The Hymns of the Rigveda» (1889–1892; 2nd ed. 1896)public-domain-text · 1896 · Archived copyThe main Rigveda translation Teeter used: all Book 9 (Soma Pavamana) quotations in the book and on the site come from Griffith. Public domain. Full free copies: sacred-texts.com, en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda, archive.org (hymnsrigveda00unkngoog, hymnsrigveda02grifgoog, in.gov.ignca.16311).
«Sacred Writings, Vol. 5: Hinduism – The Rig Veda» (Griffith tr.; Motilal Banarsidass reprint, c.1992)book-listing · c.1992The very Griffith edition Teeter owned: a Book-of-the-Month Club reprint with Motilal Banarsidass. The translation is public domain (see previous entry), but the edition's introductory texts are under copyright. Bibliographic record only.
R. Gordon Wasson, «Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality» (1968), with Rig Veda translations by O'Flahertybook-listing · 1968/1971A key source for Teeter: he accepts Wasson's hypothesis «Soma = Amanita muscaria» and takes from it the list of Soma's names from O'Flaherty's translation and the evidence on Siberian tribes. 1971 edition, ISBN 0-15-683800-1. Under copyright; archive.org has only a controlled-lending copy.
Ralph T. H. Griffith (tr.), «The Hymns of the Samaveda» (1893)public-domain-text · 1893 · Archived copyThe Samaveda in Griffith's translation. The Society's site quotes its introduction and advises comparing the Soma Pavamana hymns with the Rigveda. Public domain; copies on sacred-texts, en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Hymns_of_the_Samaveda and archive.org.
«The Zend-Avesta», Sacred Books of the East vols. 4, 23 and 31, incl. Hom Yast and Mihir Yastpublic-domain-text · 1880–1887 · Archived copyThe Avesta text (Yasna IX «Hom Yast» on Haoma, Mihir Yast on Mithra) that the site links as «Zend Avesta part 1/2/3». Public domain. Copies: sacred-texts.com/zor/sbe04, sbe23, sbe31; en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sacred_Books_of_the_East/Volume_4; archive.org (zendavesta00darmgoog, mlbd.zendavestasacred0000vol-4).
«Avesta – Zoroastrian Archives» (avesta.org, Joseph H. Peterson)site-page · 1995– · Archived copyAn online archive of Avesta texts, mostly in old public-domain translations. The Society's site recommends it as a second entry point to the Yasna. During checking, curl timed out; copies exist in Wayback.
Piloo Nanavutty (tr.), «The Gathas of Zarathushtra: Hymns in Praise of Wisdom» (1999)book-listing · 1999The Gathas translation (Grantha Corp./Mapin, 1999, ISBN 1-890206-09-1) from which Teeter compiled the list of Haoma's names, including Ys-29-5 and Ys-29-7 on the «Names of a God» page. A modern edition under copyright; only bibliographic records exist (Princeton, Exotic India, eBay).
«The Holy Bible», Authorized (King James) Versionpublic-domain-text · 1611 · Archived copyThe King James Bible, the source of all Teeter's biblical quotations: John 6:48–58, John 7:37–38, 1 John 1:1–2, Matt. 22:41–46, Isa. 42 and 53, Gen. 2–3, Rev. 22, and all Beelzebub passages. Public domain. Copies: Project Gutenberg #10 and sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/.
2 Esdras (4 Ezra), ch. 14 – KJV Apocryphapublic-domain-text · 1611 (KJV Apocrypha) · Archived copyAn apocryphal book in which Teeter sees a description of liquid Soma in Ezra's cup (14:37–46). The KJV text is public domain. Copies: sacred-texts.com/bib/apo/ (es2*.htm pages are in Wayback) and Wikisource.
«The Odes of Solomon» – J. Rendel Harris translation (1909/1911; reprinted 1926)public-domain-text · 1911/1926 · Archived copyAn old public-domain translation of the Odes of Solomon. The Society's site links it as «Sacred texts Odes of Solomon». Full free copies: sacred-texts (Forgotten Books of Eden) and archive.org (Harris 1911 cu31924029308677; Harris & Mingana 1916 odespsalmsofsolo01harruoft).
«The Odes of Solomon» – James H. Charlesworth translation (Early Christian Writings, Gnostic Society Library)site-page · 1973/1977 · Archived copyThe translation from which Teeter directly quotes Ode 6 in his essay on «living water». It is a modern, copyrighted translation: free to read online, but not a public-domain copy. The Society linked to both sites.
«The Emerald Tablet of Hermes» – texts, translations and history (Alchemy Web Site, Adam McLean)site-page · 1995– · Archived copyThe most likely source of the Emerald Tablet history and translations on the Society's page (formerly levity.com/alchemy/emerald.html), citing Needham, Holmyard, Steele & Singer, Dobbs, Sadoul. Teeter compiled his own composite version from these translations. The page is live; old translations are public domain.
«Emerald Tablet» and Hortulanus' commentary (sacred-texts.com)public-domain-text · medieval; English tr. pre-1929 · Archived copyThe text of the Emerald Tablet and Hortulanus' medieval commentary, referenced by an Ambrosia Society page. Public domain.
«A Hyper-History of the Emerald Tablet» (alchemylab.com)site-page · c.2000s · Archived copyA popular online history of the Emerald Tablet that the Society's site recommended as further reading. A modern copyrighted text, so link only.
Limojon de Saint-Didier, «The Hermetical Triumph» (London, 1723)public-domain-text · 1723 · Archived copyThe full 1723 English text; excerpts (translator's preface, «General Explication of the Embleme») appear on the Society's «Hermetic Triumph» page. Public domain. Free PDF at Wellcome Collection; archive.org copies: b30774627, hermeticaltrium00unkngoog (1723), hermeticaltriump00limo (1745).
«The Poetic Edda», translated by Henry Adams Bellows (1923)public-domain-text · 1923 · Archived copyThe Elder Edda, Teeter's source for the myths of Odin, the mead of poetry and the golden apples of immortality. Bellows' translation is public domain. Copies: sacred-texts and archive.org.
Snorri Sturluson, «The Prose Edda», translated by Arthur G. Brodeur (1916)public-domain-text · 1916 · Archived copyThe Younger Edda, recommended by the Society's pages on Odin. Public domain. Copies: sacred-texts, en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Prose_Edda, archive.org.
«Old Norse Poems» (Lee M. Hollander, 1936) and the Icelandic Sagas index (sacred-texts.com)public-domain-text · 1936 and earlier · Archived copyAdditional Norse texts recommended by the Society's site. Sacred-texts lists them as public domain in the US.
«Homeric Hymns» (incl. to Dionysus and Hermes), translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914)public-domain-text · 1914 · Archived copyThe Homeric Hymns, cited by the pages on Dionysus and Hermes («Hymn to Dionysus 1/2/3»). The translation is public domain. Copies: Perseus (HTTP 200) and Project Gutenberg #348.
Homer, «The Iliad» and «The Odyssey» (various translations, e.g. Samuel Butler)public-domain-text · ancient; Butler tr. 1898/1900 · Archived copyTeeter cites the Iliad (ambrosia and nectar, undiluted wine on wounds) and the Odyssey (xii.62) without naming a translation. Free copies on Project Gutenberg: Iliad #2199 and #6130, Odyssey #1727 and #1728.
«Corpus Hermeticum» (Everard's «Divine Pymander»; G. R. S. Mead version)public-domain-text · 1650/1906 · Archived copyThe Hermetic corpus recommended on the «Hermes & Hermeticism» page: Everard's translation at sacred-texts and Mead's version at the Alchemy Web Site. Public domain. Extra copy: archive.org/details/hermetica (Everard, 1650).
Three Initiates, «The Kybalion» (1908)public-domain-text · 1908 · Archived copyThe Kybalion, a Hermetic treatise recommended by the site. Public domain. Copies: Gutenberg #14209, sacred-texts, en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Kybalion.
A. E. Waite (ed.), «The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged» (1893)public-domain-text · 1893 · Archived copyA collection of alchemical treatises («The Golden Tract», «The Water Stone of the Wise», etc.), parts of which the Society's site cites. It includes Basil Valentine's «Twelve Keys», source of the Second Key illustration in the book. Public domain; full volumes on archive.org (84871 and 84873).
«The Golden Tractate of Hermes Trismegistus» (sacred-texts.com)public-domain-text · tr. pre-1929A separate Hermetic text linked from the site. Public domain.
«The Hermetic Arcanum» (attr. Jean d'Espagnet, 1623; Westcott ed., 1893)public-domain-text · 1623/1893An alchemical treatise recommended on the page about Hermeticism. Public domain.
Basil Valentine, «The Twelve Keys» — Second Key image (Alchemy Web Site)public-domain-text · 1599/1618The Second Key engraving (Hermes with caducei, Sun and Moon), which Teeter shows in his book and on the site as a hidden image of Amanita. The original is public domain; the page is live (HTTP 200).
Michael Maier, «Symbola aureae mensae duodecim nationum» (Frankfurt, 1617)public-domain-text · 1617 · Archived copySource of the engraving «Hermes Trismegistus pointing to the philosopher's stone», used on three pages of the site. Public domain; two full scans on archive.org (Google Books).
«Aureum Vellus, oder Güldenes Vliess» (Frankfurt/Leipzig, 1733) — VITRIOL acrosticpublic-domain-text · 1733 · Archived copySource of the VITRIOL acrostic engraving on the Society's site (Ehrd de Naxagoras). Public domain; BSB and Wellcome scans on archive.org. The attribution «Johann Neithold» comes from the site's caption.
«Rosarium Philosophorum» (Frankfurt, 1550) — «Rosary of the Philosophers» woodcutssite-page · 1550 · Archived copyWoodcuts from the «Rosary of the Philosophers» (hermaphrodite with Grail and serpent, risen Christ) reproduced in Teeter's book. The woodcuts are public domain. McLean's English translation on alchemywebsite is copyrighted, but the pages are free to view.
Jacob Boehme engravings («Testament of Christ», «Sun & Moon on Earth»), Amsterdam 1682public-domain-text · 1682 · Archived copyTeeter regards Boehme as a Christian mystic who knew the secret and includes two of his engravings. The exact source is not established; likely the illustrated 1682 Amsterdam collected works («Alle theosophische Wercken»; public domain, several volumes on archive.org).
Edward Kelly, «The Theatre of Terrestrial Astronomy» (ed. A. E. Waite, 1893)public-domain-text · 1893 (orig. 1676) · Archived copyLikely source of the illustrations captioned in the book «From Kelley's Terrestrial Astronomy» («Hermaphrodites on the mountains»). Waite's 1893 edition («The Alchemical Writings of Edward Kelly») is public domain; Wellcome copy on archive.org. The match is unverified.
Daniel Stolcius, «Viridarium chymicum» (Frankfurt, 1624) — «The Hermetic Garden»citation · 1624Teeter often captions illustrations «Hermetic Garden» (Adam and Eve, Mars and Venus making Hermes, a vessel under cloth). This is Stolcius' «Viridarium chymicum», probably in McLean's 1980 edition. The 1624 original is public domain, but no full free scan was found; only Wellcome records.
Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot (1909/1910), Ace of Cups; Waite, «The Pictorial Key to the Tarot»public-domain-text · 1909–1910 · Archived copyTeeter places the Ace of Cups at the start of the «Natural Magic» section as «the secret of the Grail», and the article «The Tarot» discusses Waite and Smith. The deck and Waite's book (1910) are public domain in the US. Note: Gutenberg #43548 is De Laurence's plagiarism, not Waite's book.
Éliphas Lévi, «Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual» (tr. A. E. Waite, 1896)public-domain-text · 1896 · Archived copyThe Tarot article quotes the introduction to «Transcendental Magic» and discusses Lévi. Waite's 1896 translation is public domain; copies on archive.org.
Catholic Encyclopedia (1907–1912): «Beelzebub», «Holy Grail», «Mithraism»public-domain-text · 1907–1912 · Archived copyTeeter quotes the Catholic Encyclopedia verbatim on Beelzebub, chalices and the Grail, and cites the article «Mithraism». Public domain. Live copies on New Advent (02388c, 06719a, 10402a — all HTTP 200) and Wikisource.
Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): «Beelzebub or Beelzebul» (K. Kohler)public-domain-text · 1906 · Archived copyThe Jewish Encyclopedia article on Beelzebub (etymology «Lord of Flies», Jerome: «dominus muscarum») was recommended by the «Beelzebub» page of the 2007 site. Public domain; the old address view.jsp?artid=498 is now /articles/2732-beelzebub.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed. (1991), vol. 26, p. 789: «Rites and Ceremonies, Sacred» (haoma)citation · 1991Teeter calls the passage on haoma and the Yasna as a «remarkable anticipation of the mass» the starting point of his research and quotes it in the book and on four site pages. He first read it as a teenager in an older edition from a library sale (1960s). The 1991 edition is copyrighted, so record only.
Ruck, Staples, Heinrich, «The Apples of Apollo» (Carolina Academic Press, 2001)book-listing · 2001Recommended reading: a book on Amanita in Greek and biblical mythology (ISBN 0-89089-924-X). Copyrighted; record only.
John M. Allegro, «The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross» (Doubleday, 1970)book-listing · 1970Recommended reading. The book is copyrighted; archive.org has only a lending copy. The 2009 second edition (Gnostic Media, Jan Irvin) is linked to a well-known «friend» of the Society.
Wasson, Hofmann, Ruck, «The Road to Eleusis» (1978; reprint 1998/99)book-listing · 1978/1999Teeter recommends this book (William Dailey Rare Books reprint, ISBN 091514820X) for its chapter on ancient wines. Copyrighted; archive.org has only a lending copy, other copies are unofficial.
Richard Evans Schultes & Albert Hofmann, «Plants of the Gods»book-listing · 1992 (orig. 1979)Recommended ethnobotany reading (Healing Arts Press, ISBN 0-89281-406-3). Copyrighted; archive.org has a lending copy (1979 McGraw-Hill edition).
Richard Alan Miller, «The Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs» (Destiny Books)book-listing · 1983Recommended reading (ISBN 0-89281-401-2). Copyrighted, record only; not found on archive.org.
J. P. Mallory, «In Search of the Indo-Europeans» (Thames & Hudson, 1989)book-listing · 1989The basis of Teeter's Indo-European chapter (ISBN 0-500-27616-1). Copyrighted. Archive.org has unofficial uploads, which are not recommended; record only here.
J. P. Mallory & Victor H. Mair, «The Tarim Mummies» (Thames & Hudson, 2000)book-listing · 2000Recommended reading on the eastern Indo-Europeans. Copyrighted. The ISBN is misprinted in the book («5-500-05101-1»; correct is 0-500-05101-1).
«Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of Archaeology» (HarperCollins)book-listing · 1988An archaeological atlas from the recommended books list (ISBN 0-7230-1054-4). Copyrighted, record only.
Gary H. Lincoff, «The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms» (1981)book-listing · 1981A mushroom field guide (Knopf, ISBN 0-394-51992-2) that Teeter recommends for identifying Amanita. Copyrighted.
«Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms» (G. Pacioni, ed. G. Lincoff, 1981)book-listing · 1981The second mushroom guide on Teeter's list (ISBN 0-671-42849-7). Copyrighted.
«The American Heritage Dictionary» (1969/1971): Appendix of Indo-European Roots (Calvert Watkins)book-listing · 1971Teeter recommends the appendix with its dictionary of Proto-Indo-European roots. The work is copyrighted. The current online version of Watkins' appendix on ahdictionary.com is free to view (HTTP 200), but it is not a public-domain copy.
Richard J. Harrison, «The Beaker Folk: Copper Age Archaeology in Western Europe» (1980)book-listing · 1980Source for the section on the «Magic Beaker» and the Bell Beaker people (Thames & Hudson). Copyrighted; LoC record only (LCCN 80-50793).
Arthur Cotterell & Rachel Storm, «The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology» (Hermes House, 1999)book-listing · 1999Teeter recommends p. 134, which compares the Grail with Celtic magic cauldrons (ISBN 1-84038-516-2). Copyrighted.
«Entheos: The Journal of Psychedelic Spirituality» (Taos, NM; ed. Mark Hoffman, 2001–2002)citation · 2001–2002 · Archived copyA journal (Entheomedia) that Teeter recommends in the book and on the site («Highly recommended»). No articles by Teeter were found in it. Copyrighted; entheomedia.org did not respond when checked.
Michelot & Melendez-Howell, «Amanita muscaria: chemistry, biology, toxicology, and ethnomycology» (2003)article · 2003 · Archived copyA review of fly agaric chemistry in Mycological Research 107(2), 2003. The «Chemistry (pdf)» link on the Society's «Amanita muscaria» page leads to the full text on Erowid. The article is copyrighted (Elsevier). Live Erowid returns 403; the 2007 page with the abstract was read via Wayback.
Stephen R. Berlant, «The entheomycological origin of Egyptian crowns…», Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)article · 2005 · Archived copyAn article on the mushroom origin of Egyptian crowns and the «Eye of Horus». The «Osiris & Horus» page quotes it at length, along with its references to Budge and Griffiths. The article is copyrighted; the copy on shroomer.cz is unofficial.
E. A. Wallis Budge, cited via Berlant — probably «The Gods of the Egyptians» (1904; Dover reprint 1969)public-domain-text · 1904/1969 · Archived copyThe site takes Budge's quote about «food of the gods from the Eye of Horus» and «bread/beer of eternity» second-hand, via Berlant. The exact work is not identified; most likely it is «The Gods of the Egyptians» (two-volume Dover reprint, 1969). The 1904 edition is in the public domain.
«Asclepius 21–29» (Nag Hammadi Codex VI,8) in the Gnostic Society Librarysite-page · 1977/1988 · Archived copyA Hermetic text from Nag Hammadi recommended on the site. The modern translation is copyrighted, but it can be read online for free. gnosis.org returns 406 to curl.
Greek Magical Papyri texts and «The Mithras Liturgy» (hermetic.com/pgm)site-page · 1986 · Archived copyPGM texts and the «Mithras Liturgy» linked from the Hermes and Mithras pages. The modern translations are probably copyrighted; Mead's older translation «A Mithraic Ritual» (1907) is in the public domain. hermetic.com returns 403 to curl.
Roger Pearse, «Mithras: literary references» (now mithras.tertullian.org)site-page · 2000sA collection of ancient literary references to Mithras. The site is open; the old address tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras redirects to mithras.tertullian.org (HTTP 200).
Other Mithras web sources: mystae.com «The Cult of Mithras», mysteriousbritain.co.uk, altreligion.about.comsite-page · 2000s · Archived copyAdditional web sources linked from the Mithras page, including a Mithras image from altreligion.about.com. Modern texts; most of the sites are dead and available only via Wayback.
Theoi Project (Dionysos, Hermes), dionysia.org (Thompson) and George Hinge's «Orphic» pagesite-page · 2000s · Archived copyGreek mythology web sources for the «Dionysus» and «Hermes» pages. Theoi is live (HTTP 200) and offers mostly old translations. dionysia.org and georgehinge.com survive, if at all, only in Wayback.
Encyclopedia Mythica (Hermes, Thoth), Themystica (Thoth) and maat.sofiatopia.org (Hermes)site-page · 2000s · Archived copyReference sites the «Hermes & Hermeticism» page relies on. Modern copyrighted texts.
Holy Grail web sources: Camelot Project (Univ. of Rochester), Earthlore, Mystical-WWW, San Graal Librarysite-page · 2000s · Archived copyGrail pages recommended by «The Holy Grail» section. The Camelot Project now runs as TEAMS/Robbins Library (d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot). The other sites probably survive only in Wayback.
Indo-European web sources: UT Austin Linguistics Research Center (Rig Veda text), indo-european.org and otherssite-page · 2000s · Archived copyLinguistic web sources for the «Indo-European peoples» and «Rig Veda» pages (UTSA PIE, Carson-Newman, Ceisiwr Serith, PaganWiki, etc.). UT Austin's LRC is live: the Rig Veda «Metrically Restored Text» moved to lrc.la.utexas.edu/books/rigveda (HTTP 200). The other sites are mostly dead, only in Wayback.
Norse web sources: Wodensharrow «Odins Names and Titles», sunnyway.com Poetic Edda, Yggdrasil pagessite-page · 2000s · Archived copyAmateur sites on Odin's names, Yggdrasil and the Tree of Life (including themysticeye.com and altreligion.about.com) used on the Society's pages. Dead, only in Wayback.
Tarotpedia (Visconti-Sforza, Marseille pattern, Sola-Busca)site-page · 2000s · Archived copyA wiki on historical decks used in the «The Tarot» article. The site is closed; it is in Wayback.
Wikipedia articles used throughout the Society's research pages (Amanita muscaria, Soma, Holy Grail, etc.)site-page · 2007–2015More than 60 links to Wikipedia. Large passages of the «Angels», «Tarot», «Hermes», «Osiris», «Ambrosia» and «Eddas» articles are taken verbatim from Wikipedia of those years (e.g. on Samorini, Sahagún, Etteilla, Lévi). The texts are under CC BY-SA and freely available.
Louisiana Legislature, 2005 Regular Session — HB 20 (Rep. Michael G. Strain), signed as Act 159site-page · 2005-02-25 to 2005-06-28 · Archived copyThe law Teeter wrote against: HB 20 (not HB 1065), draft HLS 05RS-52, Act No. 159, adding La. R.S. 40:989.1. Prefiled 25.02.2005; committee 11.05 (10-0), House 16.05 (98-0), Senate 07.06 (36-0), concurrence 09.06 (101-0); Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed it on 28.06.2005; in force from 15.08.2005.
HB 20 Original (HLS 05RS-52) — text of the bill as prefiledpdf · 2005-02-25 · Archived copyThe original version of the bill headed «HLS 05RS-52 ORIGINAL»; this is the number Teeter cited in his letter to the governor. The «hallucinogenic plants» list includes item (b) Amanita muscaria. A Wayback copy of 11.11.2005 (the same PDF at the old address Erowid linked to).
Erowid — «Amanitas Legal Status»: Louisiana Act No 159 sectionsite-page · 2007-05-28 (capture; section persists inErowid says Act No 159 bans 40 plants, including Amanita muscaria, «when intended for human consumption», linking to HLS_05RS-52 and «Update June 2005». The effective date is wrong (8 August instead of 15.08.2005). Teeter's letter is absent. The first capture of the section is 28.05.2007; there are no 2005–2006 captures.