She has a lot of dark sistas.
--- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Don't ask me to ode on her darker sister papaver.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Spiritual Use of Cannabis'
>
>
> > Then you know that feeling that comes from having a fat sack and yer
> > chick,
> > and the whole world springs up from the horizon all pretty an
swept back
> > as
> > you look. You know that earth was made for livin and lovin, nothin
more.
> > And
> > that there's no time like now, to, sip, have a sexy glance with the
> > sweetheart while all hell breaks lose less than inches from yer
feet. Not
> > knowing if yer gonna die really any second. But damn glad to
share in it.
> >
> > Thankyousweetheartmyreallovergoddess and then you give us
something so
> > sweet
> > to reconnect us ~ Mary Jane. Yer emissary. It's Good! Yes it is! Thank
> > Goddess! Oh Yes, Thank Her Thank Her.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:38 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Spiritual Use of Cannabis'
> >
> >
> > "Ganga is like smoking the pubic hair of the Goddess."
> >
> > I don't know what literary award would cover your creating this
> > phrase, but whatever it is, you have earned it my brother!
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "llundrub" <llundrub@> wrote:
> >>
> >> All I can say is I prayed to the Goddess, when I was dry and she
> > sent me an
> >> emmisary with buds o purple and white fire. And Lo, when I saw her
> > beauty I
> >> had to praise her verily with at least a few Bam and of course the
> > emissary
> >> could relate given the glowing beauty of her puissance upon planet
> > Earth.
> >> Om Bhu Devi Namaste. Ganga is like smoking the pubic hair of the
> > Goddess.
> >> Which is why Shivittes smoke it. It's common is all Kali rites, less
> > so in
> >> Shiva. Okay, Purple Urkle Over. Weed is very very good for
matrimonial
> >> conjugality. ;) Okay, feel sorry for yas who haven't see ya.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Robert Gimbel" <babajii_99@>
> >> To: <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:41 AM
> >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Spiritual Use of Cannabis'
> >>
> >>
> >> Spiritual use of cannabis
> >>
> >> This article is about cannabis used as a drug in a spiritual or
> >> religious context.
> >>
> >> Cannabis has an ancient history of ritual use and is found in
> >> pharmacological cults around the world. Hemp seeds discovered by
> >> archaeologists at Pazyryk suggest early ceremonial practices by the
> >> Scythians occurred during the 5th to 2nd century BCE, confirming
> >> previous historical reports by Herodotus. In India, it has been used
> >> by wandering spiritual sadhus for centuries, and in modern times the
> >> Rastafari movement has embraced it. Some historians and etymologists
> >> have claimed that cannabis was used as a religious sacrament by
> >> ancient Jews, early Christians and Muslims of the Sufi order.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jewish and Christian use
> >> According to some scholars, cannabis was an ingredient of holy
> >> anointing oil mentioned in various sacred Hebrew texts. The herb of
> >> interest is most commonly known as kanah-bosim (÷ÀðÅä-áÉùÆÒí) (the
> >> singular form of which would be kaneh-bos[1]) which is mentioned
> >> several times in the Old Testament as a bartering material, incense,
> >> and an ingredient in holy anointing oil used by the high priest of
> >> the temple. The Septuagint translates kaneh-bosm as calamus, and this
> >> translation has been propagated unchanged to most later translations
> >> of the old testament. However, Polish anthropologist Sula Benet
> >> published etymological arguments that the Aramaic word for hemp can
> >> be read as kannabos and appears to be a cognate to the modern
> >> word 'cannabis',[2] with the root kan meaning "reed" or hemp and bosm
> >> meaning "fragrant". Both cannabis and calamus are fragrant, reedlike
> >> plants containing psychotropic compounds. While Benet's conclusion
> >> regarding the psychoactive use of cannabis is not universally
> >> accepted among Jewish scholars, there is general agreement that
> >> cannabis is used in talmudic sources to refer to hemp fibers, as hemp
> >> was a vital commodity before linen replaced it. [3]
> >>
> >>
> >> Hindu use
> >> Cannabis is believed to have been used in India as early as 1000
> >> B.C.E. In mainstream, lay religious usage, it is usually taken in
> >> liquid form as bhang and used during religious ceremonies such as
> >> weddings, as well as the Hindu celebrations of Holi.[4][5]
> >>
> >> Hashish, or charas, is widely smoked by Shaivite devotees, and
> >> cannabis itself is seen as a gift of Shiva to aid in sadhana.
> >> Wandering ascetic sadhus are often seen smoking charas with a
chillum.
> >>
> >> The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report[6] describes some traditional
> >> Hindu spiritual uses of cannabis.
> >>
> >> Connection of ganja with the worship of Shiva.
> >>
> >>
> >> "435. It is chiefly in connection with the worship of Shiva, the
> >> Mahadeo or great god of the Hindu trinity, that the hemp plant, and
> >> more especially perhaps ganja, is associated. The hemp plant is
> >> popularly believed to have been a great favourite of Shiva, and there
> >> is a great deal of evidence before the Commission to show that the
> >> drug in some form or other is now extensively used in the exercise of
> >> the religious practices connected with this form of worship.
> >> Reference to the almost universal use of hemp drugs by fakirs, jogis,
> >> sanyasis, and ascetics of all classes, and more particularly of those
> >> devoted to the worship of Shiva, will be found in the paragraphs of
> >> this report dealing with the classes of the people who consume the
> >> drugs. These religious ascetics, who are regarded with great
> >> veneration by the people at large, believe that the hemp plant is a
> >> special attribute of the god Shiva, and this belief is largely shared
> >> by the people. Hence the of many fond epithets ascribing to ganja the
> >> significance of a divine pro-party, and the common practice of
> >> invoking the deity in terms of adoration before placing the chillum
> >> or pipe of ganja to the lips. There is evidence to show that on
> >> almost all occasions of the worship of this god, the hemp drugs in
> >> some form or other are used by certain classes of the people it is
> >> established by the evidence of Mahamabopadhya Mahesa Chandra
> >> Nyayaratna and of other witnesses that siddhi is offered to the image
> >> of Shiva at Benares, Baidynath, Tarakeswar, and elsewhere. At the
> >> Shivratri festival, and on almost all occasions before the on which
> >> this worship is practised, there is abundant evidence Commission
> >> which shows not only that ganja is offered to the god and consumed by
> >> these classes of the worshippers, but that these customs are so
> >> intimately connected with their worship that they may be considered
> >> to form in some sense an integral part of it"
> >>
> >>
> >> Worship of the hemp plant
> >>
> >>
> >> "449. The custom of worshipping the hemp plant, although not so
> >> prevalent as that of offering hemp to Shiva and other deities of the
> >> Hindus, would nevertheless appear from the statements of the
> >> witnesses to exist to some extent in some provinces of India. The
> >> reason why this fact is not generally known may perhaps be gathered
> >> from such statements as that of Pandit Dharma Nand Joshi, who says
> >> that such worship is performed in secret. There may be another cause
> >> of the denial on the part of the large majority of Hindu witnesses of
> >> any knowledge of the existence of a custom of worshipping the hemp
> >> plant in that the educated Hindu will not admit that he worships the
> >> material object of his adoration, but the deity as represented by it.
> >> The custom of worshipping the hemp plant, though not confined to the
> >> Himalayan districts or the northern portions of India alone, where
> >> the use of the products of the hemp plant is more general among the
> >> people, is less known as we go south. Still even far south, in some
> >> of the hilly districts of the Madras Presidency and among the rural
> >> population, the hemp plant is looked upon with some sort of
> >> veneration. Mr. J. H. Merriman (witness No. 28, Madras) says: "I know
> >> of no custom of worshipping the hemp plant, but believe it is held in
> >> a certain sort of veneration by some classes." Mr. J. Sturrock, the
> >> Collector of Coimbatore (witness No. 2, Madras), says: "In some few
> >> localities there is a tradition of sanctity attached to the plant,
> >> but no regular worship. "The Chairman of the Conjeveram Municipal
> >> Board, Mr. E. Subramana Iyer (witness No. 143, Madras) says: "There
> >> is no plant to be worshipped here, but it is generally used as
> >> sacrifices to some of the minor Hindu deities. "There is a passage
> >> quoted from Rudrayanmal Danakand and Karmakaud in the report on the
> >> use of hemp drugs in the Baroda State, which also shows that the
> >> worship of the bhang plant is enjoined in the Shastras. It is thus
> >> stated: "The god Shiva says to Parvati-- 'Oh, goddess Parvati, hear
> >> the benefits derived from bhang. The worship of bhang raises one to
> >> my position. In Bhabishya Puran it is stated that "on the 13th moon
> >> of Chaitra (March and April) one who wishes to see the number of his
> >> sons and grandsons increased must worship Kama (Cupid) in the hemp
> >> plant, etc.""
> >>
> >>
> >> Muslim use
> >> Generally in orthodox Islam, the use of cannabis is deemed to be
> >> khamr, and therefore haraam (forbidden). As with most orthodoxies,
> >> early practices differ in this.[citation needed] Some say that, as
> >> hashish was introduced in post-Koranic times, the prohibition of
> >> khamr (literally, "fermented grape") did not apply to it.[citation
> >> needed] Others point to various hadith, which equate all intoxicants
> >> with khamr, and declare them all haraam, "if much intoxicates, then
> >> even a little is haraam".[citation needed]
> >>
> >> Although cannabis use in Islamic society has been consistently
> >> present, often but not exclusively in the lower classes,[citation
> >> needed] its use explicitly for spiritual purposes is most noted among
> >> the Sufi. An account of the origin of this:
> >>
> >> According to one Arab legend, Haydar, the Persian founder of the
> >> religious order of Sufi, came across the cannabis plant while
> >> wandering in the Persian mountains. Usually a reserved and silent
> >> man, when he returned to his monastery after eating some cannabis
> >> leaves, his disciples were amazed at how talkative and animated (full
> >> of spirit) he seemed. After cajoling Haydar into telling them what he
> >> had done to make him feel so happy, his disciples went out into the
> >> mountains and tried the cannabis for themselves. So it was, according
> >> to the legend, the Sufis came to know the pleasures of hashish.
> >> (Taken from the Introduction to A Comprehensive Guide to Cannabis
> >> Literature by Ernest Abel.)
> >>
> >> This story is most likely a myth or a simplification but an
> >> interesting account nonetheless.
> >>
> >> In addition, the warrior sect of the Hashashin were said to have
> >> eaten hashish before their assassinations and were given the
> >> name "Hashasin" accordingly. This notion, traditional in the West,
> >> can be inferred from Marco Polo's account of his travels, though it
> >> has been widely disputed.[7]
> >>
> >>
> >> Sikh use
> >> The Sikh religion developed in the Punjab in Mughal times. The common
> >> use of bhang in religious festivals by Hindus carried over into Sikh
> >> practice as well. Sikhs were required to observe Dasehra with bhang,
> >> in commemoration of the founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak.[8]
> >>
> >> The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report[6] describes the traditional
> >> use of cannabis in the Sikh religion.
> >>
> >> "Among the Sikhs the use of bhang as a beverage appears to be common,
> >> and to be associated with their religious practices. The witnesses
> >> who refer to this use by the Sikhs appear to regard it as an
> >> essential part of their religious rites having the authority of the
> >> Granth or Sikh scripture. Witness Sodhi Iswar Singh, Extra Assistant
> >> Commissioner, says :"As far as I know, bhang is pounded by the Sikhs
> >> on the Dasehra day, and it is ordinarily binding upon every Sikh to
> >> drink it as a sacred draught by mixing water with it. Legend--Guru
> >> Gobind Singh, the tenth guru, the founder of the Sikh religion, was
> >> on the gaddi of Baba Nanak in the time of Emperor Aurangzeb. When the
> >> guru was at Anandpur, tahsil Una, Hoshiarpur district, engaged in
> >> battle with the Hill Rajas of the Simla, Kangra, and the Hoshiarpur
> >> districts, the Rains sent an elephant, who was trained in attacking
> >> and slaying the forces of the enemy with a sword in his trunk and in
> >> breaking open the gates of forts, to attack and capture the Lohgarh
> >> fort near Anandpur. The guru gave one of his followers, Bachittar
> >> Singh, some bhang and a little of opium to eat, and directed him to
> >> face the said elephant. This brave man obeyed the word of command of
> >> his leader and attacked the elephant, who was intoxicated and had
> >> achieved victories in several battles before, with the result that
> >> the animal was overpowered and the Hill Rajas defeated. The use of
> >> bhang, therefore, on the Dasehra day is necessary as a sacred
> >> draught. It is customary among the Sikhs generally to drink bhang, so
> >> that Guru Gobind Singh has himself said the following poems in praise
> >> of bhang: "Give me, O Saki (butler), a cup of green colour (bhang),
> >> as it is required by me at the time of battle (vide 'Suraj Parkash,'
> >> the Sikh religious book). "Bhang is also used on the Chandas day,
> >> which is a festival of the god Sheoji Mahadeva. The Sikhs consider it
> >> binding to use it on the Dasehra day-The quantity then taken is too
> >> small to prove injurious." As Sikhs are absolutely prohibited by
> >> their religion from smoking, the use of ganja and charas in this form
> >> is not practised by them. of old Sikh times, is annually permitted to
> >> collect without interference a boat load of bhang, which is
> >> afterwards. distributed throughout the year to the sadhus and beggars
> >> who are supported by the dharamsala."
> >>
> >>
> >> Rastafari use
> >> Members of the Rastafari movement use cannabis as a part of their
> >> worship of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, whom they see as the
> >> returned Messiah, God incarnate. The movement was founded in the
> >> 1930's and while it is not known when Rastafarians first made
> >> cannabis into something sacred it is clear that by the late 1940s
> >> Rastafari was associated with cannabis smoking at the Pinnacle
> >> community of Leonard Howell. Rastafarians see cannabis as a
> >> sacramental and deeply beneficial plant that is the Tree of Life
> >> mentioned in the Bible. Bob Marley, amongst many others, said, "the
> >> herb ganja is the healing of the nations." The use of cannabis, and
> >> particularly of large pipes called chalices, is an integral part of
> >> what Rastafari call "reasoning sessions" where members join together
> >> to discuss life according to the Rasta perspective. They see cannabis
> >> as having the capacity to allow the user to penetrate the truth of
> >> how things are much more clearly, as if the wool had been pulled from
> >> one's eyes. Thus the Rastafari come together to smoke cannabis in
> >> order to discuss the truth with each other, reasoning it all out
> >> little by little through many sessions. They see the use of this
> >> plant as bringing them closer to nature and even rub the ash into
> >> their skin. In these ways Rastafari believe that cannabis brings the
> >> user closer to Jah, ie Selassie I, and pipes of cannabis are always
> >> dedicated to His Majesty before being smoked. While it is not
> >> necessary to use cannabis to be a Rastafarian, some feel that they
> >> must use it regularly as a part of their faith. "The herb is the key
> >> to new understanding of the self, the universe, and God. It is the
> >> vehicle to cosmic consciousness" according to Rastafari philosophy.
> >> [1]
> >>
> >>
> >> Other modern religious movements
> >> Elders of the modern religious movement known as the Ethiopian Zion
> >> Coptic Church consider cannabis to be the eucharist,[9] claiming it
> >> as an oral tradition from Ethiopia dating back to the time of Christ.
> >> [10]
> >>
> >> Like the Rastafari, some modern Gnostic Christian sects have asserted
> >> that cannabis is the Tree of Life.[11]
> >>
> >> Other organized religions founded in the past century that treat
> >> cannabis as a sacrement are the THC Ministry, the Way of Infinite
> >> Harmony, Cantheism, the Cannabis Assembly and the Church of
> >> cognizance. Many individuals also consider their use of cannabis to
> >> be spiritual regardless of organized religion.
> >>
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