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Veiled Goddess Plant In the raw wilderness, the wildest of all the plants was the seedless mushroom, which defied cultivation. More than a sacred plant it was the living goddess. While the earliest Phrygian reference to Kybele dates from the 7th century BCE, evidence shows previous cultures likely worshiped a maternal goddess figure. "Up until c. 1200 BCE, Troy was considered the stronghold of the Bosporus, but when Troy fell so did the Hittite Empire. The Thracian conquerors from the Balkans were ancestors of the Phrygians. (CAA: 19.) The ancient Phrygians settled in central and western Anatolia and Midas was one of their illustrious sovereigns. King Midas advanced a major civilization, which was strongly influenced by Neo-Hittites and Urartians (Vannics/Chaldeans). (ACRT: 14.) The Capital was Gordion and the National Goddess was Phrygian Matar Cybele plus her son – lover Attis." (CAA: 18-20; MG: 398-400.) https://www.academia.edu/36598140/171._750-650_Cybele_and_King_Midas_Anatolia.pdf?email_work_card=view-paper Hallucinogenic mushrooms have been found in the remains of the southeast European Vinca culture from the Danube, dated to 5000 BCE. Did the practice move through Thrace to Phyrgia or was it indigenous? Early Anatolian inscriptions have been found and deciphered from facades, niches, arches, or other rock monuments. Some reliefs display Kybele standing in a mythical doorway, the magical gateway between the divine and regular worlds. Phrygian Kybele is powerful and demanding. Her mysterious cult following is centered around her lover Attis who castrated himself. How and why did the Phrygians develop this cult and elevate the fascinating deity, Kybele? This is a fierce androgynous goddess with a transgendered son-lover, whose original shamanic cult can be associated through her own artifacts with the use of psychoactive mushrooms, likely used since Paleolithic times. A riveting stare is consistent with a visionary state.