Jesus 'Healed
Using Cannabis'
By Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
The Guardian - UK
1-7-6
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent
of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of
scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and
his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an
ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis
extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine,
High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in
ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who
quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic
religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston
University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in
ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and
long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism _ would inevitably
have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus
were "literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern
people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are
transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the
skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed
his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other
followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin
diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient
anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and
his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be
considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
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"Doc" <bushelsofbushrot@HellsHereNow.com> wrote in message
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Jesus 'Healed
Using Cannabis'
By Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
The Guardian - UK
1-7-6
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent
of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of
scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and
his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an
ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis
extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine,
High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in
ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who
quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic
religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston
University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in
ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and
long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism _ would inevitably
have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus were
"literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern people
choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are transferred
into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed
his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other
followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin
diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient
anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and
his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be
considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
I knew it... anyone know I can pick up a copy of da Vinci's 'the last
supper' that _hasn't_ had the bong conspicuously removed from the table?
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09 Jan 2006 03:53:58 PM |
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Considering the Hemp oil was used for cooking until the 12th century
probably but most likely not to get High.
LB
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09 Jan 2006 06:29:23 PM |
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Doc wrote:
Jesus 'Healed
Using Cannabis'
By Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
The Guardian - UK
1-7-6
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent
of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of
scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and
his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an
ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as
cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs
magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by
Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr
Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic
religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston
University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in
ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and
long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism _ would
inevitably have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus
were "literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern
people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are
transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through
the skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed
his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other
followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin
diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient
anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and
his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could
be considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
I can't imagine what it would be like to live under a government that
didn't treat you like a little kid. We're so accustomed to having our
governments require us to have a permission slip to do anything that
this will probably be quite a shocking article to most. Took me aback,
myself.
Woods
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09 Jan 2006 08:40:34 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:DdDwf.92214$ME5.48130@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
Doc wrote:
Jesus 'Healed
Using Cannabis'
By Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
The Guardian - UK
1-7-6
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early
proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study
of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus
and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an
ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as
cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs
magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by
Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr
Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic
religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston
University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in
ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and
long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism _ would
inevitably have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus
were "literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern
people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are
transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through
the skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed
his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with
other followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and
skin diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient
anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ
and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis
could be considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
I can't imagine what it would be like to live under a government that
didn't treat you like a little kid. We're so accustomed to having our
governments require us to have a permission slip to do anything that
this will probably be quite a shocking article to most. Took me aback,
myself.
Woods
Submitted for your consideration...(an extract)...
Cannabis use in the Old Testament was again looked at in 1936, by Sula
Benet, who stated that the original Hebrew text contains references to
hemp as both intoxicant, incense, and holy oil. Similar results were found
in 1946 by Sara Benetowa of the Institute for Anthropological Science in
Warsaw, referring to the Old Testament Hebrew word "kane bosm" (fragrant
reed). This word appeared in Exodus 30:23, Isaiah 43:24, Jeremiah 6:20,
Ezekiel 27:19, Song of Songs 4:14. An ancient Hebrew religious requirement
was that the dead be buried in hemp (referred to as Kaneh) shirts. For
some unknown reason this word disappeared from the text. "The error
occurred in the oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, Septuagint,
in the third century B. C., where the terms kaneh, kaneh bosm were both
incorrectly translated as 'calamus'. And in the many translations that
followed, including martin Luther's, the same error was repeated" ... .
Interestingly, it was at this same point in history, 300 B. C., that the
Gnostics are thought to have formed and the Jewish Prophets stopped
producing Holy writ.
This research, was confirmed by other researchers much more recently.
Around 1980, etymologists at Hebrew University in Jerusalem confirmed
that cannabis is mentioned in the Bible by name, Kineboisin (also spelled
Kannabosm), in a list of measured ingredients for "an oil of holy
ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary" to be
smeared on the head. The word was mistranslated as "calamus," in Exodus
30:23. (Latimer, D. "Crimes of the Ancient Mariner" in High Times. May
1988, pp. 21-22.)
Matthew 26:7-12 states that "Mary Magdalene anointed Christ for his
burial, by pouring a holy ointment on his head, in the time honored custom
used to anoint a sacred king."
This research has shown explicitly that Exodus, the story of Moses, has
references to kane bosum (hemp). I am sure most readers are aware that the
Angel (from angellos, Greek for messenger) of the Lord appeared to Moses
in "flames of fire from within a bush," Exodus 3:2. It is interesting to
note that the use of incense in the Bible was instituted by Moses. It is
also interesting to note that early East Indian legends maintained that
the Angel of mankind lives in the leaves of the hemp plant, and the
Zend-Avesta (Zoroastrian Holy Books) refers to soma, a possible Hemp
beverage, as both a plant and an angel. (page110)
http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/psychedelics_reimagined.html
Although modern-day Christians are quick to hysterically jump on the use
of cannabis as something negative, there are no references in the Bible
about Jesus, or anyone else, being against the use of that herbal
chemical, or any drug for medicinal or recreational use -- only that
"drunkenness," or significant loss of personal control, is frowned upon
by God. Since we know wine was commonly used with meals, there is much
reason to believe that the responsible use of any drug is "ok" with God.
How much of the drug is absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream is
dependent on the potency of the mixture and how long it was on the skin.
Since annointing wasn't usually a very brief exposure, one could
reasonably conjecture that Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and others were
experiencing the "high" that THC, CBD, and CBN produce.
Doc =)
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09 Jan 2006 09:46:05 AM |
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Doc wrote:
Jesus 'Healed
Using Cannabis'
So it was really oregano into weed then, eh? Talk about the church
manipulating the truth.
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