Archaeologists Identify Traces Cannabis in Ancient Jewish Shrines(smithsonianmag.com) |
Archaeologists Identify Traces Cannabis in Ancient Jewish Shrines(smithsonianmag.com) |
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And there's a reason why there's a strain called Hindu kush(or I guess any variety called kush) it's named for the Hindu kush mountain region. It's been a huge part of Tibetan, Nepalis and Indian culture for thousands of years.
Anyone who's interested in the cultivation of cannabis or the historical production of hashish in thoseareas and the middle east should check out these books
http://www.thegreatbooksofhashish.com/
Especially if they're interested in seeing amazing photos of forests of 12 foot ganja trees in the Himalayan mountains where monks produce hash by walking through the ganja forests and brushing their hands through the trees to collect resin in the way they have for hundreds of years. Or seeing regions of Afghanistan where hash production went on for at least 1000 years before Russia and America's invasions of them essentially destroyed a millenia old trade.
Looking at some of those photos really connects you with the near prehistoric connection people have with cannabis in a way I haven't seen many other things do.
It really is a great theft to humanity what's occurred in recent history with it.
The distinction being, of course: the wild variety becomes the illegal variety as soon as someone has it in their possession or cultivates it.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_bush#Biblical_entheoge... also https://www.rickstrassman.com/publications/dmt-and-the-soul-...
For people that have had psychedelic experiences, the link between religion/spirituality and these experiences, as well as the practices that produce them, is undeniable.
Here are some additional links besides the ones provided in sibling comments:
https://psychedelictimes.com/amanita-muscaria-and-psilocybin...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620555026/ref=as_li_tl?ie...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Pschoact...
So the psilocybin mushroom part of your theory strikes me as very unlikely.
Religion basically goes.
1. Take drugs and related stuff for fun or whatever
2. See something impressive
3. Cultivate your ability to use the drugs or whatever to investigate the impressive thing more closely.
4. Said cultivators impress the locals.
5. Locals document the whole thing.
6. Cultivators fall out of fashion, come into conflict with the local ruling class or for whatever reason disappear from public view.
7. But the documentation remains. Forming the seed of a new document-based culture.
8. Rulers of said culture forbid drugs and similar explorations. The scholars become a theological ruling class.
Found it- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/25/russia-bans-wi...
It really inhibits our whole process of communication.
I am actually elevating religion above the usual scienceist-attitude that is so common these days.
Try to keep an open mind.
Perhaps @swayvil could have worded their comment better, and perhaps this simply isn’t the correct forum.
Techniques : Psychedelics. Meditation. Breathing techniques. Controlled stress and pain. Fasting. Sleep deprivation. Theater. Sex.
Off the top of my head. A google might reveal more.