Burning Shiva Hour - On Biblical Cannabis Pt. 4 - The Burning Bush of Moses - Pt. 3

[AlabamaKushG13]

There is a classic Greek term, cannabeizein, which means to smoke cannabis. Cannabeizein frequently took the form of inhaling vapors from an incense burner in which these resins were mixed with other resins, such as myrrh, balsam, frankincense, and perfumes.

[AlabamaKushG13]

It is said that the Assyrians used hemp (marijuana) as incense in the seventh or eighth century before Christ and called it 'Qunubu', a term apparently borrowed from an old East Iranian word 'Konaba', the same as the Scythian name 'cannabis'.

[AlabamaKushG13]

He states that in the earliest Greek translations of the old testament "kan" was rendered as "reed", leading to such erroneous English translations as "sweet calamus" (Exodus 30:23), sweet cane (Isaiah 43:24; Jeremiah 6:20) and "calamus" (Ezekiel 27:19; Song of Songs 4:14).

[AlabamaKushG13]

. He continues that the word kaneh bosm is also rendered in the traditional Hebrew as kannabos or kannabus and that the root "kan" in this construction means "reed" or "hemp", while "bosm" means "aromatic".

[AlabamaKushG13]

The name cannabis is generally thought to be of Scythian origin. Sula Benet in Cannabis and Culture argues that it has a much earlier origin in Semitic languages like Hebrew, occurring several times in the Old Testament. He states that in Exodus 30:23 that God commands Moses to make a holy anointing oil of myrrh, sweet cinnamon, kaneh bosm, and kassia.

[smokeybonger]

Holy Byblos why's that guy in the picture blue is this something to do with the phoenician destruction of local knowledge everywhere, this is almost as confusing as a Christmas tree, can anybody tell me what the hell is a Christmas tree? I could understand if it was a pot plant. I'm not sure I buy the whole balls as testicles tinsel as jizz and pine tree as phallus story either, but its the only story i've heard beides i don't know yet