I don't claim to know fully the intricacies of the Eleusinian mysteries, but I know they drank the Kykeon and then went into a super dark room called the Telesterion.
Initiates were given a drink derived from a non-poisonous form of ergot called claviceps paspali that was grown on barley(basically LSD). They would harvest it and cook it into a brew called the Kykeon.
A scientific study from 1998 was performed in a dark room with people tripping on LSD and some rotating magnets. All 3 tripping participants reported seeing diffuse blobs of colored light when the horseshoe magnets were rotating at 0.5 Hz. The scientists from this study believed there is an association between the results of their study and possible ergot-induced perceptions of "magnet light" reported ~175 years ago by von Reichenbach.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9842609/
When electrons move, according to the same science that brought us the technology of electromagnets, they generate a magnetic field.
Your body is made out of atoms with electrons orbiting them, therefore your body has a magnetic energy signature associated with the movement of the electrons orbiting the atoms of your body and the matter that flows through you (breath/food/water/waste).
Someone who is tripping on LSD may be able to see your "magnetic energy signature". You don't even have to be presently tripping on LSD to see auras though. There can be residual effects from usage long ago.
Now, imagine just how refined a 90+ year old Native American Medicine Man's magnetosensitivity would be after having engaged in the various psychedelic practices of that tradition. This is how a Medicine Man is able to diagnose a person with a glance. They are visually assessing the aura.
This, by the way, explains the trope of the hippie talking about people's auras. Hippies tend to be psychonauts and love psychedelics so if LSD enables magnetoreceptive vision, it would make sense for hippies to be well represented amongst the magnetoreceptive ranks of humanity.
My next post will be on Demeter's relevance to the Eleusinian mysteries and how the symbolism of her chariot ties in.
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CORRECTION:
I may be misremembering but I think I heard Graham Hancock mention that it was "claviceps paspali" in an interview.
In doing some more research, Brian Muraresku's book says it was "claviceps purpurea".
I don't know how much research Graham has done outside of Muraresku's book, but given that Graham wrote the foreword for it, I'm assuming that Graham's understanding of the Eleusinian mysteries is largely informed by Muraresku's research.
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