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JOHN RUSH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOK IMAGES/PLATES

TATTOO GALLERY

previously hosted at www.clinicalanthropology.com

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About John Rush

John A. Rush, Ph.D., N.D. (1943–2024), was a retired Professor of Anthropology, Naturopathic Doctor and Author/Editor of many books. Dr. Rush was a Professor of Anthropology at Sierra College, Rocklin, California, where he taught Physical Anthropology and Magic, Witchcraft, Myth, & Religion. He also had a private practice from 1972 to 2008 as a Clinical Anthropologist and Naturopathic Doctor, with specialties in nutrition, cellular toxicity, and medical hypnotherapy.For many years he and his wife Katie managed a feral cat community and conducted research into feline behavior, some of which was published in 2021. They also maintained a large herb garden where students and faculty could learn about the cultivation and preparation of numerous medicinal and magical herbs and the myths that surround them. He authored many books, including Spiritual Tattoo, The Twelve Gates, and The Mushroom in Christian Art, and also edited several books, including Entheogens and the Development of Culture.

Bibliography

  • Cats: Keepers of the Spirit World (2023)

  • Biological Anthropology: A New Synthesis (2023)

  • Magic, Myth, and Religion: The Origins of Myth and Ritual Expression (2022)

  • Jesus, Mushrooms, and the Origin of Christianity: Second Edition (2022)

  • Endocellular Selection Evolution without Darwin (2021)

  • Cat Tales: Origins, Interactions and Domestication of Felis catus (2021)

  • What Darwin and Dawkins Didn’t Know (2020)

  • Entheogens & the Development of Culture (2013)

  • Mushroom in Christian Art – The Identity of Jesus in the Development of Christianity (2011)

  • Failed God: Fractured Myth in a Fragile World (2008)

  • The Twelve Gates: A Spiritual Passage Through the Egyptian Books of the Dead (2007)

  • Spiritual Tattoo: A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants (2005)

  • Social Stress and Emotional Health: Applications of Clinical Anthropology (1999)

  • Clinical Anthropology An Application of Anthropological Concepts within Clinical Settings (1996)

  • The Way We Communicate (1976)

  • Witchcraft and Sorcery: An Anthropological Perspective of the Occult (1974)

Looking for images referred to in these books?

Originally, images (referred to as “plates“) discussed in these books were hosted at www.clinicalanthropology.com which has since been discontinued. See below to view/download all plates/images.

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First Edition: Mushroom in Christian Art

Second Edition: Jesus, Mushrooms, and the Origin of Christianity​

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Entheogens & the Development of Culture 

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Tattoo Gallery

Tattooing and scarification are age old traditions and serve many purposes from that of identifying criminals, group identity, rites of passage, emotional/spiritual cleansing, memory of a loved one, and so on. The following represents a mythic/ spiritual statement divided into several mythic themes all of which have as there core life, death, and return. The stories told through these tattoos (Egyptian, Chinese, Tibetan, Celtic, etc.) are all interrelated and show common themes of life, death, and return (or residence in another place). But there are other symbols and references that suggest culture contact.

link coming soon!

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