Foreword -- Julie A. Holland, M.D.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Renaissance of the People’s Plant -- Stephen
Gray Ten Frequently Used Terms -- Stephen Gray
1. Who is She? The Personification of Cannabis in Cultural
and Individual Experience --Kathleen Harrison
2. Venerable Traditions: A Brief History of the Ritual and
Religious Use of Cannabis --Chris Bennett
3. Marijuana and the Body-Mind --Joan Bello
4. The Basics: Practical Guidance for Working with Cannabis
as a Spiritual Ally --Stephen Gray
5. Cannabis Spirituality in Practice(s) --Stephen Gray
6. Group Ceremonies with Cannabis: A Field-Tested,
“Open-Source,” Adaptable Template --Stephen Gray
7. For the Love of the Leaf: Ganja-Enhanced Yoga for the
Modern Practitioner --Dee Dussault
8. Working with the Spirits: An Interview with Cannabis
Shaman Hamilton Souther --Stephen Gray
9. Sacred Relationship: Wisdom for Cannabis Growers
--LLP
10. Ritual and Religious Use of Ganja in Jamaica --Jeff
Brown
11. Consciousness Transformation and the Ancient Wisdom of
the Sadhus of India --Satyen Raja
12. Cannabis Wisdom from a Brazilian Ayahuasca Shaman
--Mariano da Silva
13. Manifesting Presence: An Interview with Two Medicine
Shamans --Stephen Gray
14. Santa Maria and Ayahuasca: A Commingling of Sacramental
Medicines --Francisco
15. Thots on Pot, Part II : Lessons from the Leaf --Jeremy
Wolff
16. The Hawaii Cannabis THC Ministry --Roger Christie
17. The New Pot Enlightenment --Steven Hager
18. Cannabis and Creativity: A Spiritual Perspective
--Stephen Gray
19. Cannabis, Writing, and the Universal Spirit of Love
--Floyd Salas
20. Opening the Channels:An Artist’s Perspective on Working
with Cannabis --Svea Vatch
21. Cautions (and False Cautions), Obstacles, Sidetracks,
and Objections --Stephen Gray
Conclusion: Toward a Widespread Transformation of
Consciousness -- Stephen Gray
Notes
Bibliography
Stephen Gray is a teacher and writer on spiritual subjects and sacramental medicines. He has worked extensively with Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church, and with entheogenic medicines. The author of Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for the Emerging Reality, he is also a conference and workshop organizer, leader, and speaker as well as a part-time photographer and music composer under the artist name Keary. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
“WARNING: Reading this book will forever change your opinion of
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wonderful, often lyrical, immensely practical book introduces you
to its diverse spiritual uses, contemporary practices, and the
possible results when you honor and respect the plant, the plant’s
spirit, and yourself.”
*James Fadiman, Ph.D., microdose researcher and author of The
Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide*
“At its bottom line, this book embodies a highly passionate
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*Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., author of Psychedelic Healing*
“The contributors to this volume point to the ancient pedigree of
cannabis as a plant substance that assists the work of shamans and
spiritual healers and deepens our connection with the higher
dimensions of reality and their creative expressions. This is an
excellent addition to the literature on the many positive aspects
of this sacred medicine plant.”
*Ralph Metzner, author of The Unfolding Self*
“Cannabis has a long history as a sacrament used to mediate our
relationship with the sacred. This book reminds us of this great
power plant and how best to take advantage of it!”
*Jason Silva, Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic’s hit TV
series Brain Games*
“Humans have fashioned a relationship with cannabis for many
thousands of years, whether medical, recreational, or addictive.
This volume offers a succinct yet broad survey of a fascinating
aspect of that relationship, people’s eternal quest for
transcendence.”
*Gabor Maté, M.D., author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts*
“The ideas explored in this book are an important step forward in
our societies’ evolving understanding of currently illegal
drugs.”
*Mark Haden, adjunct professor at the University of British
Columbia School of Population and Public*
“Marijuana has undergone a mass resurgence in the past decade, as
legal restrictions are relaxed and the plant’s medical benefits are
demonstrated. This book provides a deeper context, examining
cannabis’s value for spiritual exploration and creativity. I hope
it inspires a new consciousness in how we approach and make use of
it.”
*Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head*
“Inspirational, informational, and insightful, Cannabis and
Spirituality more than accomplishes its mission of helping cannabis
take its rightful place as one of our wisest and most honored plant
spirit allies.”
*Robyn Griggs Lawrence, author of The Cannabis Kitchen
Cookbook*
“Gray offers a cogent case for cannabis as a spirit medicine and
provides food for thought, perhaps best considered over a bhang
lassi or a pipe of good hashish.”
*Chris Kilham, author of The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook and The
Five Tibetans*
“With a stellar cast of expert contributors, Cannabis and
Spirituality is a page-turning anthology of beautifully written
essays, overflowing with fascinating historical facts, rare
botanical knowledge, and sacred shamanic wisdom about everyone’s
favorite herbal ally.”
*David Jay Brown, author of Dreaming Wide Awake*
“This book provides readers with an empowering approach to healing
themselves and their relationship with the greater web of life by
describing ethnobotanical, spiritual, and medical uses of this
important plant.”
*Erica L. Wohldmann, Ph.D., professor of psychology at California
State University, Northridge*
“By describing cannabis’s entheogenic uses in Cannabis and
Spirituality, Gray and his coauthors establish cannabis’s important
role in the Entheogen Reformation--religion’s current
movement--from being based on sacred words and texts to being based
on personal spiritual experience.”
*Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., author of The Psychedelic Future of the
Mind*
"This is an important book, filled with insights and useful
knowledge. A must-read for anyone who seeks to do serious work with
our amazing plant allies."
*Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods*
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