Bad research--little of it is true. On Mar 27, 2005, at 10:17 PM, akasha_108 wrote:
> > > Vaj, > > I came across this burb. It touches on Freemason's and hemp cannabus. > Any insights as to validity on this? > > Also interesting references to founding fathers: > > George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson all cultivated > pot on their plantations. George Washington is said to have preferred > a good pipeful of "the leaves of hemp" to any alcoholic drink. > > James Madison once remarked that had it not been for hemp, he would > not have had the insights he had in the work of creating a new and > democratic nation. > > > --------------- > > The Order of Knights of the Temple was founded in the Holy Land in > 1118 A.D. ....Its organization was based on that > of the Saracean fraternity of 'Hashishim', 'hashish-takers', whom > Christians called Assassins. The Templars first headquarters was a > wing of the royal palace of Jerusalem next to the al-Aqsa mosque, > revered by the Shi'ites as the central shrine of the Goddess Fatima. > > Most (scholars) agree that the Templars "had adopted some of the > mysterious tenets of the Eastern Gnostics."'--Walker, 1986, quoting, > R.P. Knight, The Symbolic Language of Ancient Art and Mythology, New > York, 1982 > > 'ambiguous references to a sacred plant or herb appear in their [the > Templars] surviving manuscripts'-Sex and Drugs, R.A. Wilson, 1971 > > The Masonic Lodge, the Shriners, the Eastern Star, the order of > DeMolay all religious fraternal orginizations, which have at their > root Jacque DeMolay and the Knights Templar. The tradition of the > sacred plant use in freemasonry is exemplified by George Washington > and Thomas Jefferson, both freemasons. > > Thomas Jefferson and George Washington often corresponded about the > virtues of smoking hemp and are said to have traded parcels of it as > gestures of friendship. > > Dr. Burke, president of the American Historical Reference Society and > consultant for the Smithsonian Institute, included the following U.S. > presidents as cannabis users: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, > James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, and > Franklin Pierce. > > > "Early letters from our founding fathers often refer to the pleasures > of hemp smoking", said Dr. Burke. There are even references to it in > the Congressional Record. cannabis never became a commercial industry > because the plant was too easy to grow. > > > George Washington, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson all cultivated > pot on their plantations. George Washington is said to have preferred > a good pipeful of "the leaves of hemp" to any alcoholic drink. > > > James Madison once remarked that had it not been for hemp, he would > not have had the insights he had in the work of creating a new and > democratic nation. > > > Freemasonry and mushrooms > > Information can be found here: > http://www.entheomedia.com/freemasonry.htm. Warning: site uses layers > that only appear correctly in Opera browser. > > The importance of the acacia tree > > The acacia tree is a commonly appearing motif in freemasonry. It > contains the psychoactive tryptamines DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin. > This is an excellent page on the spiritual use of acacia - sometimes > in combination with harmala alkaloids - among bedouin tribes: > http://www.acacialand.com/. The site contains loads of extremely > interesting information on other subjects, too, so be sure to give it > a shot. Some headers inside articles are links to more articles. > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
