...and John allegro said the word Jesus Christ translates from the original 'sky penis/mushroom' or something (though he said that about most of the words in the bible I seem to remember, which sort of reduced the point). He seemed convinced it was something to do with fly agaric mushrooms - I don;'t think he ever tried them or he might have picked a better candidate (maybe I didn't have the good ones) and one that actually grows in the Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/06/archives/jesus-christ-as-a-crimsonspotted-fungus-the-sacred-mushroom-and-the.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Mushroom_and_the_Cross

(I like the idea (from a telly series I watched recently) that Jesus was actually a vampire and the eucharist an echo of the initiation ceremony - 'whosoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood shall live forever more' - sounds pretty nosferatu to me - maybe they don't like seeing crosses as it brings back bad memories (like that bill hicks skit))

And while we're at it, don't forget hindu/avestan soma - often identified with some cool psychedelic or other, but the most convincing case I've heard leaned towards Ma Huang/Ephedra (containing ephedrine, a stimulant often used by bodybuilders) - not quite so cosmic as a moksha medicine ('Here and now boys, no pain no gain!')