from MAPS:
from - -
Ruck, Staples, and Heinrich (2001)
THE APPLES OF APOLLO
Carolina Academic Press
Chapter 5. Jesus, The Drug Man
[footnote] 18. ... Chrismation was also a mode of administering healing
balms. In the Old Testament, chrismation involves pouring the anointing oil
over the head, which functions to purify (obviously in a spiritual sense, not
to cleanse physically) and to confer power, strength, or majesty. Its most
common occurrence is the coronation of kings, which sometimes is accomplished
by Yahweh, himself; but priests and prophet-shamans are also anointed, as
also are objects to set them aside from profane use. In Exodus 30,23 sq.,
Yahweh specifies the ingredients for the chrism, making clear that such
unguents contained herbal additives to the oil: Cannabis sativa (kaneh bosm,
usually translated "aromatic cane") is combined with perfuming spices
(cinnamon, cassia, and myrrh) in oil. ...
The psychoactivity of the "spices" in the anointing oil, in addition to the
Cannabis, deserves attention. Cinnamon and cassia are mild to moderate
stimulants. Myrrh is reputed to have medical properties. ...
The first solid evidence of the Hebrew use of cannabis was established in
1936 by Sula Menet (Benetowa), a little known Polish etymologist from the
Institute of Anthropological Sciences, Warsaw. Cannabis, usually thought to
be of Scythian origin, has a much earlier occurrence in Semitic languages and
appears several times through out the Old Testament. The word in question is
"kaneh bosm," which in traditional Hebrew is "kannabos" or "kannabus". "Kan"
means "reed"" of "hemp"; and "bosm," means "aromatic." It is now translated
as "calamus," the mistranslation starting as early as the Septuagint. Kaneh
bosm occurs also in "Song of Songs" 4.14, where it grows in an orchard of
exotic fruits, herbs, and spices: on the "Song of Songs" as an ethnobotanical
encomium of the entheogen. I occurs also in "Isiah" 43,24 where Yahweh lists
amongst the slights received in sacrifice, the insufficient offerings of
kaneh bosm; and "Jeremiah" 6,20, where Yahweh, displeased with his people,
rejects such an offering; and "Ezekiel" 27.19, where it occurs in a catalogue
of the luxurious items in the import trade of Tyre. Benet concludes that
these references confirm that hemp was used by the Hebrews as incense and
intoxicant. This conclusion has since been affirmed by other scholars. It is
ironic that calamus "sweet flag," the substitute for the alleged cannabis, is
itself a known hallucinogen from which TMA-2 is derived. (pages 147 - 149)
from - -
Ruck, Staples, and Heinrich (2001)
THE APPLES OF APOLLO
Carolina Academic Press
Chapter 5. Jesus, The Drug Man
[footnote] 18. ... Chrismation was also a mode of administering healing
balms. In the Old Testament, chrismation involves pouring the anointing oil
over the head, which functions to purify (obviously in a spiritual sense, not
to cleanse physically) and to confer power, strength, or majesty. Its most
common occurrence is the coronation of kings, which sometimes is accomplished
by Yahweh, himself; but priests and prophet-shamans are also anointed, as
also are objects to set them aside from profane use. In Exodus 30,23 sq.,
Yahweh specifies the ingredients for the chrism, making clear that such
unguents contained herbal additives to the oil: Cannabis sativa (kaneh bosm,
usually translated "aromatic cane") is combined with perfuming spices
(cinnamon, cassia, and myrrh) in oil. ...
The psychoactivity of the "spices" in the anointing oil, in addition to the
Cannabis, deserves attention. Cinnamon and cassia are mild to moderate
stimulants. Myrrh is reputed to have medical properties. ...
The first solid evidence of the Hebrew use of cannabis was established in
1936 by Sula Menet (Benetowa), a little known Polish etymologist from the
Institute of Anthropological Sciences, Warsaw. Cannabis, usually thought to
be of Scythian origin, has a much earlier occurrence in Semitic languages and
appears several times through out the Old Testament. The word in question is
"kaneh bosm," which in traditional Hebrew is "kannabos" or "kannabus". "Kan"
means "reed"" of "hemp"; and "bosm," means "aromatic." It is now translated
as "calamus," the mistranslation starting as early as the Septuagint. Kaneh
bosm occurs also in "Song of Songs" 4.14, where it grows in an orchard of
exotic fruits, herbs, and spices: on the "Song of Songs" as an ethnobotanical
encomium of the entheogen. I occurs also in "Isiah" 43,24 where Yahweh lists
amongst the slights received in sacrifice, the insufficient offerings of
kaneh bosm; and "Jeremiah" 6,20, where Yahweh, displeased with his people,
rejects such an offering; and "Ezekiel" 27.19, where it occurs in a catalogue
of the luxurious items in the import trade of Tyre. Benet concludes that
these references confirm that hemp was used by the Hebrews as incense and
intoxicant. This conclusion has since been affirmed by other scholars. It is
ironic that calamus "sweet flag," the substitute for the alleged cannabis, is
itself a known hallucinogen from which TMA-2 is derived. (pages 147 - 149)
