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Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis. The 420 Shack: How to dry, cure, and flavor your marijuana! Are you ready for the 420 shacks crash course in curing your marijuana?

The 420 Shack: How to dry, cure, and flavor your marijuana!

Get ready to take some notes, Today we're going over drying, air curing and flavor curing. Curing your marijuana buds is done to remove all of the chlorophyll, and left over salts and nutrients the cannabis plant built up over its growing period. After today's lesson you should be able to dry and cure your marijuana. Air Curing Air curing is the process of utilizing the oxygen in the air to oxidize the chlorophyll and break it down on a chemical level.

Drying the marijuana out The first step involved after harvesting is the drying process. Some of the marijuana buds will be smoke able by this point, but we need to cure it! Bag the marijuana up The second step requires a brown paper bag, any brown grocery bag will work great. Air curing the marijuana to finish it up The last step only takes 7-10 days. DONE! How to add flavor to your marijuana Things your going to need to flavor cure. Language of flowers. The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Plants and flowers are used as symbols in the Hebrew Bible — particularly of love and lovers in the Song of Songs,[1] as an emblem for the Israelite people[2] and for the coming Messiah[3] — and of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.[4] In Western Culture, William Shakespeare ascribed emblematic meanings to flowers, especially in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

Marijuana Strain Effects. Kaneh Bosm: Cannabis in the Old Testament. Those words seem straightforward enough, and yet cannabis and most other psychoactive medicine plants are outlawed in our society.

Kaneh Bosm: Cannabis in the Old Testament

Those who use these plant gateways to other states of consciousness are jailed for doing so. Ironically, the major force for continuing this plant prohibition is a group referred to as the Christian Right. They claim to believe in both the Bible and old Yahweh, yet Yahweh's opinion on the matter is stated quite clearly in the above quotation. This article shows how the Old Testament Prophets were none other than ancient shamans, and that cannabis and other entheogens played a very prominent role in ancient Hebrew culture.

The first solid evidence of the Hebrew use of cannabis was established in 1936 by Sula Benet, a little known Polish etymologist from the Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw.' Benet demonstrated that the word for cannabis is kaneh-bosm, also rendered in traditional Hebrew as kaneh or kannabus. Marijuana-revenue-by-states.jpg (JPEG Image, 864x1580 pixels) - Scaled (38%) HERBS AND THIER MAGICAL USES. Psychedelics. The Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Contemporary painting of Vishnu seated in the Ocean of Milk, as Brahma, Shiva and other deities approach from the shore.

The Churning of the Ocean of Milk

Illustration by Kailash Raj (1) (Click to enlarge)CANNABIS CULTURE - Did you know that the largest continual human gathering in the world, Kumbha Mela, is based around the myth of the making of the Cosmic bhang? (For all those neophytes out there, bhang is a drink made from cannabis). The Effects of Marijuana on Consciousness. From: Altered States of Consciousness, edited by Charles T.

The Effects of Marijuana on Consciousness

Tart, Doubleday & Co., 1972, Chapter 22 A marijuana high usually lasts two or three hours, during which a wide range of effects may occur, varying both in intensity and quality. The usual, most noticeable effect is intensification of sensation and increased clarity of perception. Visually, colors are brighter, scenes have more depth, patterns are more evident, and figure-ground relations both more distinct and more easily reversible. Other sense modalities do not have the variety of visual stimuli, but all seem to be intensified.

Skin receptors are also effected. Awareness of proprioceptive responses is enhanced. List of United States politicians who admit to cannabis use. List of politicians who farmed hemp[edit] Parties During prohibition[edit] In the U.S., cannabis was initially grown for industrial reasons, though recreational use spread quickly during the 20th century.

List of United States politicians who admit to cannabis use

Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, responded to political pressure to ban marijuana at a nationwide level. During the counterculture of the 1960s, attitudes towards marijuana and drug abuse policy changed as use became widespread among "white middle-class college students".[6] In Leary v. Use by politicians during prohibition[edit] Quick Guide to Every Herb and Spice in the Cupboard. Marijuana Activists Myspace blog. World Scripture - The War Within. Marijuana and the Bible by The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. By.

Marijuana and the Bible by The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church

Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years - 1. Cannabis in the Ancient World. Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years I.

Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years - 1. Cannabis in the Ancient World

The Early Years 1. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... Documentary Heaven.