MARIJUANA AND THE BIBLE
by Jeff Brown and the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church
OFFERINGS OF DEVOTION
With offerings of devotion, ships from the isles will meet to pour the wealth of nations and bring tribute to his feet. The Coptic Church believes fully the teachings of the Bible, and as such we have our daily oblations, and offer our sacrifices, made by fire unto our God with chants and Psalms and spiritual hymns, lifting up holy hands and making melody in our hearts.
Herb (marijuana) is a Godly creation from the beginning of the world. It is known as the 'weed of wisdom', 'angels food', the 'tree of life' and even the “Wicked Old Ganja Tree.” Its purpose in creation is as a fiery sacrifice to be offered to our Redeemer during oblations. The political worldwide organizations have framed mischief on it and call it drugs. To show that it is not a dangerous drug, let me inform my readers that it is used as food for mankind, and as a medicinal cure for diverse diseases. Ganja is not for commerce; yet because of the oppression of the people, it was raised up as the only liberator of the people, and the only peacemaker among the entire generation. Ganja is the sacramental right of every man worldwide, and any law against it is only the organized conspiracy of the United Nations and the political governments who assist in maintaining this conspiracy.
The Coptic Church is not politically originated, and this was firmly expressed when we met with the political directorate of the land during the period of preincorporation. We support no political organization, pagan religion, or commercial institution, seeing that religion, politics, and commerce are the three unclean spirits which separate the people from their God. Because of our non-political stand, the church has received tremendous opposition from the politicians, who do not want the eyes of the people to be opened.. Through its agency, the police force, the church has been severely harassed, victimized, and discriminated. Our members have passed through several acts of police brutality, our legal properties maliciously destroyed, members falsely imprisoned, divine services broken up, and all the atrocities performed upon the Church, under the name of political laws and their justice.
Walter Wells
Elder Priest of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church of
Jamaica, West Indies (deceased)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all I want to thank the Jamaican elders of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church for revealing to me that marijuana is the sacrament that was used by Christ and his disciples. And also for the revelation that God lives in us.
I am a white American and grew up in Miami, Florida in a middle class family. Miami was the place I heard about and joined the church.
All the Jamaican elders have passed away. For various reasons, including persecution the church has broken up and no organized prayer service is being conducted. .
For this second edition of Marijuana and the Bible special thanks to Chris Bennett
who was inspired by the first edition, written back around 1985. Chris went on to further research the religious use of marijuana and wrote Greengold The Tree of Life Marijuana in Magic and Religion; Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible; and Cannabis and the Soma Solution. Some of his work has been incorporated in this new edition. At one time Chris worked for Cannabis Culture magazine and pottv.com out of Vancouver, Canada. He currently runs his shop The Urban Shaman in Vancouver.
Special thanks to Joan Bello for granting me permission to use some of her ground breaking work, The Benefits of Marijuana: Physical, Psychological and Spiritual.
Joan has a Master's Degree in Holistic Health and Psychology. In Benefits she explores holistic healing strategies and unifies ancient wisdom with modern science. In her ground breaking work Joan shows how THC integrates with the autonomic nervous system, restoring balance to the body, mind and spirit. A very special thanks to Joan for volunteering to format this second edition. Joan recently published Cannabis Cures Cancer and is working on the Yoga of Marijuana. Am looking forward to reading both.
Special thanks to Michael Alberto-Puleo, M.D for his ground breaking work, The Anointed Ones, Secrets of the Messiah Medicine. In his groundbreaking work Michael makes the case that the holy anointing oil of the bible contains a psychoactive drug, although he does not make the direct connection with cannabis. Most of his work has been incorporated in the chapter entitled Holy Anointing Oil. Michael graduated with a degree in Creative writing and his goal was to become a mythobonatist, someone who investigates the role of plants in ancient myth and religion. He later became a doctor.
Special thanks to all who liked the first edition, who posted it all over the web so that others could read it. Around 1985 I originally produced 1,000 copies of Marijuana and the Bible. I sold some and the rest were given away. It was 2011 when I first put the first edition on Amazon Kindle with a few minor changes. .
Special thanks to all who have recognized the greatness of the marijuana plant, throughout the ages. .
CONTENTS
THE USE OF MARIJUANA IN ANCIENT TIMES
THE USE OF M ARIJUANA AS INCENSE
EVIDENCE INDICATING THE SEMITIC ORIGIN OF CANNABIS
THE SYMBOLISM OF FIRE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
MARIJUANA AS THE CHRISTIAN SACRAMENT
THE TREE OF LIFE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS