‘Uncle Ben’ Hemp Harvest, 1906
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.” – William Blake Laughing man wearing hat holding hemp, “Uncle Ben”, Read More …
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The Hasheesh, 1854
The Hasheesh Leading up to the civil war, another war was brewing… The war between cannabis and cotton… In this poem before the war in 1854, you can feel the war brewing… The Hasheesh Of all the orient lands Read More …
Calcutta Chillum Smoke, 1979
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill Man in turban smoking cannabis from chillum pipe, sadhu watching camera. Calcutta, India 1979 or ’80
America’s Truth Serum, 1943
“It was fun, fun, fun. Where else could a red-blooded American lie, kill, cheat, and rape with the sanction of the all-highest?” – Col. George Hunter White George Hunter White in 1955 America’s Truth Serum May 27, 1943 was another Read More …
Lakota Pipe Bags, 1908
Lakota Pipe Bags “In Edward S. Curtis’ third volume he describes the decorative arts of the Lakota people. They were known for their deerskin garments, parfleches, shields, pipe-bags, robes, saddles blankets and of course, tipis. The primitive works they Read More …
Share a Pipe, 1940’s
1940’s smoking pipe advertisement prince albert pipe tobacco ad, 1944
Gratefully After Dark: Hugh and the Bear, 1969
“Was I a criminal? No. I was a good member of society. Only my society and the one making the laws are different.” – Owsley Stanley Hugh Hefner and Barbi Benton with bunnies 1969 Gratefully After Dark: Hugh and Read More …
A Longitudinal Journey Through Chile, 1922
A Longitudinal Journey Through Chile The first ‘documented’ cultivation of hemp in the New World by the Europeans was in 1545 in the Quillota Valley, near the city of Santiago in Chile. It has been continuously grown ever since Read More …
Book of Odes, 500B.C.
“Hemp seed to sow, this is the course we take, the acres lengthwise and across we dress.” -Confucius, Book of Odes Classic of Poetry, aka Book of Songs, Book of Odes, Shijing, Shih-ching or the She-king Book of Odes Read More …
Turkestan Bhang, 1865
Preparation of Hemp Beer aka Bhang. Turkestan c.1865-1872