A BRIEF HISTORY OF CANNABIS (HEMP)

Some scientists, because of a resent pollen study, believe that hemp (marijuana) evolved about 28 millions years ago, on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Hemp still grows wild in certain areas of the world. More than 4000 years ago Chinese farmers began to grow it for oil, its nutritious seeds and leaves, and its fibers (needed to make ropes, clothing and paper).

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Botany (2008), indicates that the 2 pounds of the green plant material found in a 2700 year old grave from the the Yanghai Tombs (in the Gobi desert) is Cannabis. The Cannabis was in a wooden container, well preserved due to the dryness of the Gobi desert. It is believed that it was the grave of a shaman, who probably used the Cannabis in a religious ritual and/or for personal consumption.

In India, some religions still use Cannabis for religious reasons. It is believed that the Hindu God Shiva enjoyed Cannabis. The ancient and modern devotees of Kali-Ma (Mother of Live and Death) use Cannabis as part of their worship. Female goddesses were also believed to be heavy users of Cannabis. Wikipedia has a page for Cannabis and Religion.

Many "early Christians" used Cannabis in their religious rituals. However, Constantine (and most Romans) favored alcohol instead of Cannabis. So they destroyed all the sects that used Cannabis. Trying to keep their pagan traditions of sacrificing flesh and blood, they created the myth that they (Roman Catholics) could turn wine into the blood of Jesus, and transform bread into Jesus flesh. It is possible (but rare) that some Roman soldiers were the ones who stole the body of Jesus, so they could drink some of his blood, and eat some of his flesh.

Giordano Bruno (Italian Dominican Friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist) was burned alive, by the Catholic Church, because he believed that the bread used in catholic communion, might represent Jesus' flesh, but it is really just bread. He also believed that the wine, that the catholic priests drink during catholic mass, might represent the blood of Jesus, but it is just wine and not real blood. He also believed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets. And he also believed that the Universe is infinite and eternal (no beginning, no end), something that most astronomers do not yet believe or understand. He was obviously a genius, unjustly tortured and burned to death by alcoholic drinking psychopaths, homosexual pedophiles, and rapist idiots, that controlled the Inquisition.

Roman Catholics used to burn many women, as witches, if they were suspected of using Cannabis for religious reasons or as a medicinal herb.

Those persons, who erroneously believe that cannabis is not medicine, have never learned the history of medicines. A book that describes medicines, their formulas, and methods of preparation is called a pharmacopoeia. And the oldest known pharmacopoeia is Shennong Ben Cao Jing believed to have been written between 206 B.C. and 220 A.D. And it lists cannabis as one of it's medicines.


REFERENCES:

MARIJUANA AND THE GODDESS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_and_religion

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