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“Non Mudera” translated ‘I won’t change’ -Anne of Brittany Anna di Bretagna (dettaglio) by Jean Bourdichon Holy Cannabis In 1503 a special holy book was commissioned by the only woman to be Queen of France, Twice, Queen Anne of Brittany. Read More …
‘Hemp Breaker’ by Paul Sawyier, Watercolor 1900-1920
‘Smoke and Flesh’ movie poster from 1968
“Low-caste Bengalees,” from ‘India and its Native Princes’ by Louis Rousselet, 1878 “Low caste inhabitants of Cawnpore”, India 1881 engraving print
The Giantess In those days when Nature’s overwhelming Lust Engendered infant-monsters day by day I’d love to have lived with a young giantess. Like a lazy cat at the foot of my queen I’d lay. I’d watch her grow into Read More …
Immortal Magu, Qing Dynasty (18th century) ink and watercolor on silk Magu: The Immortal Cannabis Goddess In Chinese mythology, a immortal Taoist xian is the protector of women, the Goddess of longevity and is able to brew the Read More …
“Narcotics Hearing at Mayors office” Los Angeles, California February 17, 1953 Explaining drug policy with the long arm of the… Octopus? Mayor Fletcher Bowron and Dist. Supervisor of Narcotics Ernest M. Gentry Ellis A. Jarvis Asst. Supt. In charge of Read More …
The Women of Algiers by Eugène Delacroix in 1834
Untitled watercolor by Anon, 1820. Captioned – A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map In Read More …
‘The Hemp: The Canvas, the ropes, Hempseed oil’, Chocolate bar trading card (1 of 84 in this botanical series) by ‘Chocolat Guerin-Boutron’ in Paris from the 1890’s “Le chanvre: La toile, les cordes, huile de chènevis”