My new book, Cannabis and the Soma Solution is finally in print! Get it on Amazon for 30% off on the pre-press price, before they change it.
http://www.amazon.com/Cannabis-Soma-Solution-Chris-Bennett/dp/0984185801
Here is a review https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/big-bhang
And the back cover blurb by Professor of Anthropology, C. Scott Littleton, Ph.D., Occidental College
“As Chris Bennett amply demonstrates in this seminal book, the ritual use of cannabis has a very long history. It extends from Vedic India in the second millennium, B.C.E., where the hallucinogen in question was known as Soma, classical Greece, ancient Israel where it appears as keneh bosem, and the steppes of Central Asia, where, according to Herodotus in Book IV of his History, the ancient Scythians ritually inhaled the fumes given off by burning cannabis leaves. Indeed, the plant has consistently occupied a central position in shamanic cults almost everywhere. In more recent times, and especially in the twentieth century, users of cannabis for spiritual purposes have unfortunately been persecuted, in the United States and elsewhere, by authorities enforcing laws against its possession. A good example can be seen in the ongoing attempts to suppress its use in the Rastafarian religion. In short, I heartily recommend Bennett’s book to anyone seeking a better understanding of this well-nigh universal, albeit all too often misunderstood hallucinogen and its crucial role in the history of human spirituality.”
Coppies also available in my store the Urban Shaman, www.urbanshaman.net
