Chris Bennett

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.

So my saga with the writer researcher of the David Suzuki’s Nature of Things episode, ‘Downside of High’ Bruce Mohun, continues. After not hearing back from Mr. Mohun in regards to the letter I wrote to him regarding the episodes biased claims of a link between cannabis and the development of teen schizophrenia posted in my last blog entry I contactred the CBC Ombudsman.

Anyone who knows me, knows that an interest in the role that cannabis has played in religious and magical ritual and belief in different cultures, is one I hold deeply. Recently, I have been looking at the role of cannabis in the Sikh religion, as I was putting the finishing touches on a chapter on cannabis in India, for my forthcoming book, Cannabis and the Soma Solution.

After close to five years offline, pot.tv's archive of realplayer videos is re-streaming. With shows discussing the latest information on cannabis medicines, politics, cooking, growing, history and activism, Pot.tv served as an incredible educating and unifying force for Canadian, American and International pot-activists.

I recently recieved an email from the BBC, who are planning a three part series about the history of cannabis, and contacted me in regards to ancient and religious use.

The debate with truthsaves.org continues over the identity of the Hebrew term Keneh bosem with cannabis. References in Part 2 address the inevitable question, “If cannabis played such an important role in the Hebrew religion, how did it come to disappear?”

Recently, while roaming the net, I came across some criticisms regarding the various theories identifying references to cannabis in the Bible, such as the etymological research of Sula Benet.
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