Kaneh Bosem, the Once and Future Tree of Life?
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says… To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
Chris Bennett
Chris Bennett has been researching the historical role of cannabis in the spiritual life of humanity for more than three decades. He is co-author of Green Gold the Tree of Life: Marijuana in Magic and Religion (1995); Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible (2001); and author of Cannabis and the Soma Solution (2010); Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal herbs and the Occult (2018); and Cannabis: Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World (2024) . He has also contributed chapters on the the historical role of cannabis in spiritual practices in books such as The Pot Book (2010), Entheogens and the Development of Culture (2013), Seeking the Sacred with Psychoactive Substances (2014), One Toke Closer to God (2017), Cannabis and Spirituality (2016) and Psychedelics Reimagined (1999). Bennett’s research has received international attention from the BBC , Guardian, Sunday Times, Washington Post, Vice and other media sources. He currently resides in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Under Trump The Drug War Becomes a Tool of Conquest
While Donald Trump positions himself as tough on hard drugs, his record tells a different story.
The Tech Bro Takeover of Psychedelic Culture
Ironically, an important segment of MAGA has grabbed the reigns of the counter culture use of psychedelic drugs, and are now taking them down a new path.
Archaeological Find of a 4th Century CE Cannabis Birthing Medicine
This glass jar is a medical cannabis artifact recovered from a 4th century CE site in Beit Shemesh, Israel
Surfing the Apocalypse: Trump, Marijuana and My 36 Year Struggle with Apocalypticmania
In Part One of this series, Apocalypticmania: The Psychological Disorder Driving Human History I laid out the definition of “apocalypticmania”
Wahid Azal and Me: The Flavour of Our Beef!
The final chapter of the 3 part series ‘Questions about the 2014 Iranian Psychedelic Fatwā and Wahid Azal’
The Strange Case of Wahid Azal: Bayān Messiah or Blaspheming Madman?
Part 2 of a 3 Part series, Questions about the 2014 Iranian ‘Psychedelic Fatwā and Wahid Azal?
Questions about the 2014 Iranian ‘Psychedelic Fatwā’ and Wahid Azal? A 3 Part Series
Part 1: The ‘Psychedelic Fatwā In 2014, stories began to circulate about the release of an Islamic fatwā, a non-binding religious ruling or legal opinion on a point of Islamic law issued by a qualified Islamic scholar
Getting High With The Báb – The Drug Infused Origins of The Bahá’í? (Some Notes)
The parent of the Bahá’í faith is Bábism. Although the Bahá’í faith has strict prohibitions, 19th century accusations of hashish and opium use were often directed at Bábism. (Some revived notes from an old file, combined with a Grok history summary.) Bábism was a 19th-century messianic movement founded in Persia (Iran) in 1844 by theRead More
Marijuana Fight Clubs and Weed Warriors
Generally considered a source of blissful relaxation, many might be surprised to find out the long history of cannabis’ use by various warrior cultures and groups.
