Cannabis Magic: “Smokus Pocus: A 420 Magic Show” visits Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
Magic is not just limited to a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, levitating or making a coin disappear.
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Biblical Scholar John Kitto on the origins of the word “Hashish”
CANNABIS CULTURE – In different publications of A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, the 19th century scholar John Kitto put forth two, potentially related, etymologies for “hashish”
Drugs in the Magick and Initiations of Count Cagliostro
CANNABIS CULTURE – Cagliostro (1743-1795), is an interesting figure, as he bridges the gap between alchemy and secret societies of the Masonic persuasion. As P.D. Newman has recently noted in Alchemically Stoned, there are indications of psychoactive elixirs in Cagliostro’s branch of Egyptian Masonry, and these may have included various preparations for different purposes and asRead More
Cannabis, the Herb of Saturn
CANNABIS CULTURE – Alchemist, like magicians, were deeply influenced by the Kabbalah and Hermetic arts, and this included astrology. Every conceivable plant, animal, metal and mineral, was given to the dominion of the planets above.
The Herb of the Magi: Zoroaster’s Good Narcotic
CANNABIS CULTURE – The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is still a practiced faith today, and its influence on the cosmologies and beliefs of Judaism, Christianity and Islam has long been noted by religious scholars. However a topic less discussed are ancient Zoroastrian references to the shamanic use of potent cannabis infusions. Was the Zoroastrian religionRead More
The Devil’s Weed and The Luciferian Freemasonry Hoax of Leo Taxil
CANNABIS CULTURE – In the 19th century European Tabloids were run amuck with stories about a newly revealed form of Luciferian Freemasonry, known as ‘Palladian Masonry’ that allegedly involved cannabis and opium infused initiations and Satanic worship! But was it true?
