Category: Kaneh Bosm
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On getting high with the Most High: drugs in the Bible
Quick, short and on the point presentation on drugs found in Holy Bible, based on Song of Solomon. Intro in with two most quoted passages from Rastafari doctrine on biblical use of herbs found in Genesis 1 and Psalm 103, and going straight about with Mandrake which is the most famous herb of European witches. […]
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The Archaeology of Ecstasy: Psychedelics in the Ancient Mediterranean World
The Archaeology of Ecstasy: Psychedelics in the Ancient Mediterranean World
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On Human Evolution
Humanity Evolved with Cannabis Sea squirts are marine organisms that shared a common ancestor with vertebrates (animals, reptiles, birds, fish, etc.) 55 million years ago. These primitive animals have a precursor to the human heart. And they have an endocannabinoid system, producing naturally occurring cannabinoids like other animals. According to NORML, “By comparing the genetics […]
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On Bob Marley’s Lambs Bread
“A Jamaican scientist is recreating a ‘supreme’ marijuana that was smoked by Bob Marley in the 1970s before it was wiped out the following decade during the American war on drugs. Amid mangos, lychees and other jackfruit, Dr Machel Emanuel has planted a field of cannabis plants measuring dozens of square meters in his lab […]
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On Lalibela pipe and coffee
Two of the pipes from Lalibela cave were subsequently tested for cannabis residue on the inside of the bowls. These tests showed conclusively that the two pipes in question were definitely used for the smoking of cannabis. This, together with the fact that no evidence of elbow-bend pipes was found, has been taken as evidence […]
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Sadhu reasoning on cannabis use
Found in: Cannabis, Lord Shiva and Holy Men: Cannabis Use Among Sadhus in Nepal by Acharya SL, Howard J, Pant SB, Mahatma SS, Copeland J (J Psychiatric Association of Nepal Vol .3, No.2, 2014 ) Photo source: Skanda Gautam/ THT