Jesus, Cannabis & High Times

[Oz]

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 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.

Pubdate: Mon, 06 Jan 2003

Source: Guardian, The (UK)

Copyright: 2003 Guardian Newspapers Limited

Contact: letters@guardian.co.uk

Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/

 

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[Guest Urbanhog]

I think Boulder posted similar story other day

 

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[BlackBeauty]

Yep - it's posted in the Club House

[Green Finned Demon]

Any mention of stoning in biblical times gives me a mental image of sadistic women wearing fake moustache's and beards viciously throwing the biggest rocks they can find at their hapless victim. I haven't seen Life Of Brian for 15 years and it is still in my head.

[Tom]

I haven't seen Life Of Brian for 15 years and it is still in my head.

 

I like the bit where he opens the window in the nude to see all his followers, the bit with the aliens and near the end with the suicide squad. I haven't seen it since it was on in the cinema and it still stuck in my memory too, but then so is the swallow, the coconut shell and the knights that went “nee”.

 

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[pipeman]

I haven't seen Life Of Brian for 15 years and it is still in my head.

 

I like the bit where he opens the window in the nude to see all his followers, the bit with the aliens and near the end with the suicide squad. I haven't seen it since it was on in the cinema and it still stuck in my memory too, but then so is the swallow, the coconut shell and the knights that went “nee”.

 

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african or european swallow?

[Tom]

I don’t know, ARHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

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