Phantasmagoria: 1a. Images seen with the magic lantern, 19th century precursor to moving pictures 2a. A constantly shifting, complex succession of things seen or imagined as in a dream or fever state… Spinners of future tales on cannabis history—fictional or non—will need to draw on the succession of dreams and fever states that have created […]
(To the tune of “Silver Bells”) by Ted Smith People growing tall plants growing Making pot lovers smile In the air there’s a faint smell of cannabis People smoking 420 toking Passing joint after joint And in every clearcut you can hear Harvest time Harvest time It’s trimming time in the country […]
In the 19th century many intellectuals in Europe were very curious about the use of various plants for mystical experiences. Indeed, with the decline of the church’s ability to condemn people to death for using mind-altering plants, the 1800’s were the first time since before the Dark Ages that anyone in the western world could […]
