Book News Archives - Cannabis & Spirituality

Cannabis: Holy Sacrament Past and Future, with Chris Bennett

Stephen — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 05:12:41 +0000

Chris Bennett is an internationally recognized scholar on the history of the holy sacrament cannabis and one of the expert contributors to the forthcoming book, Cannabis and Spirituality: Reclaiming an Ancient Wisdom Ally for the Generations to Come. As well as the many published essays, articles, and book chapters he has written, Chris is also the […]

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Cannabis and Spirituality: Freedom not Control.

Stephen — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:31:02 +0000

Freedom not Control He who drinks bhang drinks Shiva. The soul in whom the spirit of bhang finds a home glides into the ocean of Being freed from the weary round of matter-blinded self.- J.M. Campbell There are various ways to delineate different character types and different drives in human experience. Perhaps the most fundamental—and arguably […]

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Book Contributors to Cannabis and Spirituality

Stephen — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:33:26 +0000

For the Cannabis and Spirituality book project I’ve felt it important to bring in voices from a variety of contemporary and traditional practices and ways of understanding the deeper potentials of wise use of cannabis. Seventeen leading voices with deep knowledge of cannabis as a spiritual and creative ally have graciously consented to write chapters […]

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Shamanism, Sacred Plants, Buddhism, Enlightened Societies

Stephen — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:00:08 +0000

Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for the Emerging Reality was published in 2010 by the British mind/body/spirit publisher O Books/John Hunt Publishing. Writings associated with themes from the book can be found at www.stephengrayvision.com. My original choice for the main title was “Uniting the Four Directions.” This image comes from a pre-Columbian Incan […]

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Cannabis and Spirituality? Really?

Stephen — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 22:40:04 +0000

Cannabis and Spirituality? Really? Cannabis and Spirituality? Yes . . . really. Cannabis has been called the people’s plant. Many hundreds of millions of earth’s current inhabitants have at least a passing acquaintance with the sacred herb, (including some who claim not to have inhaled 🙂 Some use it for relaxation and for escaping the grind and […]

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