Cannabis Comes to the New World
Cannabis finally makes way into the New World, just in time to cast England's spotlight upon it. Like her greedy European neighbours, England eyed the New World as well. ...
Is Hemp The Brew of Witches?
Away from the hustle and bustle of the major urban centers, in the relative peace and serenity of the countryside or in the wretched shacks that housed the unskilled city...
A Little Bit of Hemp Magic?
With Hemp being on the list of Magical Plants across the world, it is only fitting to talk a little about Myths, Legends and Rituals that people from different...
The Venetian Hemp Guild - The Substance of A Hundred Operations
In Italy, hemp was once called "quello delle cento operazioni" which means "the substance of a hundred operations" because of the many processes to which the plant was subjected before...
A Story from Venice: The Virgins, Hemp and The Pirates
During the Middle Ages, the Italians, or more precisely, the people from Venice, ruled the seas and nothing surpassed the strength and durability of the hemp ropes with which their...
How much do you really know about Ukraine?
How much do you actually know about Ukraine? This question might have been one that echoed in your mind in the last couple of days, "thanks to" what is...
Scheherazade and The Tale of The Hashish Eater
Every culture has some kind of escape hatch, take it as a breath of "fresh air" or a bite of "hashish" in order to cope with the realities of everyday...
The Sufis and Hashish - The Hippies of the Arab World
The apocryphal oath by which Haydar entrusted his disciples not to reveal the secret of hashish to anyone but the Sufis underlies the close association between the drug and the...
Hashish and the Arabs
So what about Hashish and the Arabs? (you might wonder) The Arab countries are hot. Hot and dusty. But mainly hot. It is only in recent times that a privileged...
Hemp Vs. BABYLONIA, PALESTINE, AND EGYPT
Moving on with the pursuit of Hemp around the world, we shall explore the remaining relevant parts and countries of Asia, besidies China, Japan and India, all of which you...
The Legend of Bhang - a Marijuana based drink
Bhang is an edible mixture made from the buds, leaves, and flowers of the female cannabis, or marijuana, plant. In India, it’s been added to food and drinks for thousands...
INDIA: The First Marijuana-Oriented Culture
Moving on to a different culture in order to explore its early connections with Marijuana. Today, we know that India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a country...
A Chinese Legend of Hemp
During the course of its long history in China, hemp found its way into almost every nook and cranny of Chinese life. It clothed the Chinese from their heads to...
A Marriage Between Hemp and Love
A story between Love and Hemp, one that speaks about the connection that lays between these two words in the Japanese culture (or at least its history) Moving on to...
New Hemp Goodies for Your Christmas List!
Ready for more Hemp this Christmas? In light of this magical month we all love and care deeply about, we would like to bring a splash of De IONESCU...
Jolly Holly Merry Hemp(mass)!
It's the most wonderful time of the year - to wear Hemp! It's been a heck of a Fall, sprinkled with Pumpkin flavoured treats, rainy days, glimpses of sunshine...