Mamabudz

had some fun last night working out the word history of our favorite herb: cannabis.

Many folks know that cannabis is referenced in the bible and that is some world religions its use is sacred. I was reading in the Tanakh (the 5 books Genisis Exodus Deut. Leviticus & Numbers) in the original Hebrew and actually tripped over the word.

First time I read it in it's original That was fun.

kaneh-bos'm -- reed or cane like aromatic plants (mistranslated in the Greek Septuagent to calamus which is a marsh plant of little value -- calamus was carried over in mistranslation into the King James version of the Bible)

kaneh is the root word from which we get the English word cane (sugar cane etc.)

bos'm is the plural of the word spice or aromatic. in Hebrew the plural is supplied by the sound of "m" so the singular is bos (or bis).

kaneh-bos or kaneh-bis is singular...doesn't take a lot to hear cannibis.

Exodus 30:23 is where you will find it. in the description of the annointing oil used in the tabernacle.

I love this stuff...

~ I'm having a cookie to celebrate

HappyMan

Interesting, was the plant growing wild in the biblical world? Also along this topic, I ordered a book that examins drug use and religous development. : The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible by Daniel Merkur. I'll let everyone know if it contains anything interesting.

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Shaman

The Terrence McKenna theory that manna is a certian little mushroom (that wee're not going to talk about here) is pretty compelling...
Mama = COOL! Mazeltov!
Heh and then there's Genesis 1:29 which gives us authority to use this plant...

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Mamabudz

Genisis 1:29 is ..."they shall be yours for food"... while cannabis can be used for food, the first reference to it by name is in Exodus.

Was a specific plant known for its properties and collected or traded for purposes of creating the oil and I'm sure a supply was used for other purposes.

Manna is the sap of a cactus indigeonous tot eh Sinai, where it still grows today. When the cactus is pierced by the ants that live off it, its sap runs out ans in the chill before dawn will harden into a small wafer like substance about the size of a large seed. it very sweet and must be harvested prior to dawn otherwsie the sun melts it and the ants eat it. For more information read: Werner Keller "The Bible As History"

The miracle of manna was not that it comes from an indigeonous plant but rather that there was enough of it to sustain a population of over 2 million!

G_d never breaks his own rules in order to perform a miracle.

tziporah

Hey,

I pulled out my Tanakh to look at Exodus 30:22-23 to check out the reference....the text says (forgive the transliteration- i don't have Hebrew fonts!): "v'atah kach l'cha...kinman be'sem...u'kneh-bosem." The plural isn't used here (the masculine plural ends with "im") ..be'sem/bosem means "fragrant", and the translation is then "and you will take for yourself...fragrant cinammon and fragrant cane." The word fragrant is connected to the word "samim" which means spices. Interestingly, this is the word in modern Hebrew for drugs. I'm all for looking for bud in the Torah, but I don't think the kaneh-bosem is very telling, at least from this passage. I'm going to look in my Biblical concordance and find other contexts in which the word appears to shed a little more light on this...

Peace and Lehitraot

Yoseph Leib

proof that Kineh Bosm = cannabis? the first translation of the bible, into Greek, the Septuagint, translated by seventy Rabbis under the orders of the Greek authorities inJerusalem, translates "Kineh Bosm" as "Kannebos."

In Mishnaic times, there was a tradition, of, following meals, burning an insense censer called a "moogmar." R' Eliezer is quoted as saying "Chamra W raychana Chachmaini" Wine and burned spices made me wise.

i studied for a while in jerusalem with a ganja focus. the above just scratches the surface.

Other funny mystical secrets:

The Hebrew word for smoke is AShaN. Ashan is three letters

Ayin
SHin
Nun

in hebrew numerology, every letter is a number too.

Ayin = 70
Shin = 300
Nun =50

what does that equal?

also the same numerological equivalents in the bible
MiMiTzRaiM = out from constriction, pressure (out from Egypt, literally)
ShLaYMiM = complete, whole; in biblical context "peace offerings".
ShNaYHeM = the two of them. because smoke, really has to be shared.

tip of the iceberg.

Mamabudz

Reb Lieb...Shalom!

Send us more of your insights and wisdom ....

Hugz,

Mama-shena Budz

Logos

I have noticed passages in the bible that just don't seem very right. The opression of women, etc.

There are so many belief systems out there and the ones that touch me the most are the ancient ones that are practiced by the aboriginal peoples of the world. The Australian aboriginies come to mind first. I recently read a book titled "Mutant Message Down Under" that really changed my perspective of how the "heathens" of the world worship the same God the bible presents, only in a more natural honest understandable way. Gods love is universal...

Nature has always been our first teacher which is why I'm foremost a Druid, but I have found enlightenment from the teachings of the Christ, and I honestly believe that the cannabis plant brings us closer to the spirit of the Christ within each of us. Call it what you want, but I believe it's there. I also connect easily with the enlightenment that is offered up by the Dalai Lama. He is an impressive individual.

I also agree with Crazy Horse that the bible has been tainted by the Devil that it describes. Through the hands of men who would use the word of the creator to control the masses.

While I don't believe all that is written in the bible, I still feel that there is a good message contained within it.

Spirituality is for each of us to find in our own way and in our own time, it springs from within, not without.

Or as Doc likes to say, I don't need a middle man to converse with God.

The creator permeates all that is living, and if people choose to not touch that part within themselves, that is their choice. The creator will forgive them that transgresion, and so will I.

Jesus was fond of saying "Your sins are forgiven". The more forgiving we are towards others, the more forgiving the creator will be towards us.

That is the message the bible has given me, and I accept it as a universal truth.

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SmokedupSouth

"In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yeilded her fruit every month: and the ;eaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations" -Revelations 22:2

I suppose that if the tree of life is our friend pot, then more power to us.
~peace~

ps~anybody with a Bible program on their computer, or who is a Bible major, look up as many references to the "tree of life" as you can find, it might be interesting.

FOUND SOME
heres the link, what I did was just run a search for "tree of life" in the King James version
Tree od Life verses

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techno_trancer

wow, bud in the bible, sweet, tobad i dont believe in a greater power