Browsing: Occult

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

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.

CANNABIS CULTURE –  In the 19th and early 20th century, hashish played a prominent role in the occult scene, and was used in initiatory rites by certain secret societies, such as the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor.

CANNABIS CULTURE – Aleister Crowley is a well known 19th-20th century magician, Francois Rabelais was a 16th century monk, remembered largely for his well known work of satire Gargantua and Pantagruel, what could these two and cannabis have in common?

CANNABIS CULTURE – H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) the oddball impoverished writer of pulp horror fiction, whose work only came to know success after his untimely demise, left a curious story about a time shifting plant and 4:20.