Meditations on Hemp
The Life of the Hemp Farmer
One of the reasons that American farmers were unable to produce enough hemp to satisfy England and their own colonial needs was the scarcity and high cost of labor needed to harvest the crop. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
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. Spain’s conquistadors were sending a stream of gold and silver
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 dwellers, where superstition passed for truth, where magic and sorcery
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 countries used to perform in order to ensure their Hemp
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 its fibers could be used. Long before the days of
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 ships were outfitted. To maintain their supremacy on the
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 happening today. Ukraine is home to the first constitution in
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 existence. For over a thousand years, hashish has been this