Destiny: Stephen Gray: Cannabis and Spirituality
Earth Ancients
Cliff Dunning
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Includes chapters by 18 authoritative and influential voices of the modern cannabis movement, including Kathleen Harrison, Joan Bello, Hamilton Souther, Steven Hager, Chris Bennett, Dee Dussault, Jeremy Wolff, and Roger Christie
Explores the use of marijuana in a wide range of spiritual practices, including meditation, yoga, chanting, visualization, shamanism, group ceremonies, work with other entheogens, and as a creative aid
Truly a medicine for body and soul, one of cannabis’ greatest gifts is its remarkable potential for spiritual healing and awakening. In this authoritative guide, editor Stephen Gray and 17 other influential voices of the modern cannabis movement explore the spiritual benefits of cannabis and offer guidance on how to interact with the intelligence of this plant ally, a companion and supporter of humanity for millennia.
Exploring cannabis spirituality in practice, Gray’s chapters examine dosage, strains, and methods of intake; the use of cannabis to open the creative channels; how to conduct group ceremonies with cannabis; and cautions and counterindications for cannabis use. We hear from Chris Bennett on the religious and ritual use of cannabis from pre-biblical times to the present, Joan Bello on marijuana and the body-mind connection, Dee Dussault on ganja yoga, Kathleen Harrison on humanity’s coevolution with cannabis, and cannabis shaman Hamilton Souther on working with the spirit of cannabis. The contributors explore the spiritual future of this plant ally as well as the ritual use of cannabis by the Rastafarians of Jamaica and the Sadhus of India. The chapters from Brazilian ayahuasca shaman Mariano da Silva and ayahuasca apprentice Francisco present wisdom on comingling the sacramental medicines of cannabis and ayahuasca.
Revealing the potential of “the people’s plant” to enhance a wide range of spiritual practices, such as meditation, yoga, chanting, visualization, shamanism, spirit work, and explorations with other entheogens, this guide shows how cannabis is an effective ally on the awakening journey, unlocking the receptive energy in us all, and helping us to feel connected to nature, to each other, and to ourselves.
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Destiny. |
| 0:33.0 | Now here's your host, Cliff Dunning. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey, welcome to the program. |
| 0:40.0 | Today we are conversing with an authority on the effects |
| 0:45.0 | and the benefits of using cannabis as a creative tool |
| 0:49.0 | and as you know, my book, Cannabis and Sexual Ecstasy for Men |
| 0:54.0 | comes out in a couple of months and I want to instill |
| 1:00.0 | you in you the listener as much as I can on the benefits |
| 1:04.0 | of using this amazing plant ally or enhancer. |
| 1:10.0 | Not only for creativity but for sexuality, |
| 1:14.0 | which we'll talk about in a future episode, |
| 1:18.0 | great for pain relief but people are continually |
| 1:23.0 | emailing me and going, Cliff, I'm just afraid, |
| 1:27.0 | I don't know what to expect. |
| 1:29.0 | I have tried it in the past and became paranoid |
| 1:33.0 | and I want to say I understand I've been there, |
| 1:36.0 | I know exactly what you're going through |
| 1:38.0 | but today we're going to talk with an author |
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