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Albert Hofmann and Carl Ruck contend that the Eleusinian Mysteries made use of magic mushrooms.

Elefsina is a town and municipality about 20 km NW of Athens. It is located near the northernmost end of the Saronic Gulf and is the seat of administration of West Attica Prefecture. It is best known for having been the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous religious center of ancient Greece. It was also the birth place of Aeschylus, one of the three great tragedians of antiquity. See also Metanira. Elefsina currently is the city with the highest ever officially recorded temperature in Europe—Template:C to F on 10 July 1977.<ref>Europe: Highest Temperature. Arizona State University World Meteorological Organization.</ref>




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