𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄:

You had to get high before you could rule.

And no ruler was exempt.
Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Cicero, Augustus.
All drank the same ego-dissolving potion.

They called it: The Eleusinian Mysteries.
The drug cult that birthed democracy 🧵 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗕𝗖𝗘, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:

Before you could lead people, you had to experience death.

On the temple it read: "𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚"

But the Eleusinian Mysteries weren't just some psychedelic party...