Ancient Psychedelia: Alien Gods & Mushroom Goddesses
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Calamus appears several times in the Bible, and therefore should be reviewed briefly. It appears in The Song of Songs: (13) Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates - with choice fruits, with henna and nard, (14) nard and saffron, calamus (cannabis) and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices. (Songs of Songs 4:13-14) And again in Isaiah: (22) Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, Israel. (23) You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. (24) You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses. (Isaiah 43:22-24) And yet another example from Jeremiah, where the Lord spoke and said: (19) “Hear, you earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law. (20) What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.” (Jeremiah 6:19-20) One more example from Ezekiel, concerning Tyre: (18) Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar (19) and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus. (Ezekiel 29:18-19) And lastly from Exodus: (22) Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (23) “Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty (24) and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin (25) And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.” (Exodus 30:22-25) (115) Canopus, Canobus, Greek Kanopos, was an ancient Egyptian city on the western coast of the Nile River delta. There was in Canobus, a temple to the god Serapis. Canopus was a center of the ointment industry and a pleasure resort for the people of Alexandria as well. Herodotus refers to it as an ancient port. I would not be surprised if the name is somehow connected to Kanebosm since this was a center of ointment production. Therefore, we might conclude that cannabis oils were an ointment used for bringing about an intoxicated state of mind for adherents of the early Hebrew faith in Canaan. Cannabis is an excellent substitute for psychedelic medicines when psychedelic medicines are not available. They allow a deep, relaxed, meditational state of mind and would bring peace and happiness as well. The ritual use of cannabis and mushrooms both can be seen from the Jewish coins produced during the revolt against the Roman Empire around 70 AD, which depict both the kantharos shaped like |
a mushroom and the cannabis leaf on the reverse (51b). Also, grain is shown with spores at the tips with a reverse side depicting a “parasol” mushroom with spores dropping from the cap (51e). A slightly earlier coin from the era of Herod the Great in 40 BC depicts an opium bulb with a medical caduceus on the reverse (51j). Clearly, these “drugs” which are prohibited and used to bring shame upon the users the 20th century, were sources of pride, health and joy for the ancient people. These are sacraments which means they are sacred, which leads me to conclude the only people who should be in jail are the ones pushing the drug laws.  (51b) "Freedom of Zion" First Jewish Revolt c. 67-68 AD   (51e) Judean Agrippa I c. 37-44 AD   (51j) Herod the Great, mint of Samaria, Obv.: Winged caduceus Rev.: Poppy pod on stem with leaves c. 40 BC Finally, we should remember that the Hebrews, though Moses, gave us the Ten Commandments. The 1st Commandment was “You shall have no other gods before Me.” The 2nd Commandment was “You shall make no idols or ‘graven images’.” Now, why do you suppose this was the 2nd Commandment? Perhaps because by removing iconography associated with the deity, the monotheistic “God” being pushed by the Levite priests on their unsuspecting followers, would be far less able to convey the ancient occulted history? We do notice there are no ancient Hebrew steles or artifacts, really. No idols or anyone. They were all destroyed with the Asherahs and trees. (115) Apples of Apollo, p. 147-48 |
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