A History of Ganja Infused Yoga
Ganja infused Yoga is widely considered a modern practice that combines the ancient tradition of yoga with the mindful use of cannabis to enhance the mind-body connection and deepen the overall experience.
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.
Kaneh Bosem 101: The Botanical, Linguistic, Archaeological & Contextual Case For Hebrew ‘Kaneh’ as ‘Cannabis’
The linguistic theory that the the Hebrew terms kaneh, קנה and kaneh bosem, קנה בושם Identified ‘cannabis’ has been around for 90 years
Academic Deception? Prof. Christopher Partridge’s ‘Cannabis, Sacred and Profane’
Professor Christopher Partridge’s Cannabis, Sacred and Profane (2024) portrays the long history of cannabis’ use in various religions
The Drink of Antioch, a Medieval Medical Cannabis Infused Wine
Interestingly, there was a cannabis wine infusion known as the “drync of Antioche”, which was infused with “a good handful…of femaille hempe”
Yaacov Apelbaum, the spooky, alleged ‘Israeli Spy’, out to discredit me, and claims of Biblical cannabis use.
CANNABIS CULTURE – Although I doubt few readers have heard of Yaacov Apelbaum, I am sure they are familiar with many of the news stories that Apelbaum has been connected with. The Hunter Biden Laptop story, Trump’s media attacks on ‘activist judges’, The Voting Machine Breach Scandal, The alleged Michael flynn Coup to take overRead More
Prof Zohar Amar is demonstrably wrong about tel Arad, ‘kaneh bosm’ and the ancient use of cannabis
CANNABIS CULTURE – Zohar Amar, is a professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies at the religious-Zionist Bar-Ilan University. His specialty is in identifying the plants of the ancient Levant, and he is highly respected in his field. ‘The Book of Incense’ by Amar has been widely acclaimed. Recently Prof. Zohar dismissed theRead More
Is Dan McClellan Wrong About ‘Kaneh Bosem’ And ‘Christ’?
Host of the popular podcast Data over Dogma and Biblical scholar, Dan McClellan PhD, has recently posted videos dismissing Sula Benet’s linguistic theory
Aleister Crowley and ‘The Herb Dangerous’
CANNABIS CULTURE – Like the cultural taboos that have surrounded the use of cannabis aka The Devil’s Weed, the name of Aleister Crowley, who fashioned himself the Beast 666 of the Bible’s Book of Revelation, can conjure up fears of insanity, debauchery and hedonism. A pioneer of free-love and the mystical use of drugs, Crowley wasRead More
The Fungi-Pareidolia of The Psychedelic Gospels
CANNABIS CULTURE – Jerry and Julie Brown have said of their own work, “we believe that The Psychedelic Gospels should be studied with the same rigor applied to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels”, which is considerable self praise. Having read their book, I think Psychedelic Trope would have been a more fitting title.
Freemasons and the Search for Soma
CANNABIS CULTURE – Curiously, the identity and ritual use of Soma, as well as the use of entheogens, has been a shared area of interest of some very well known Masonic figures.
