Cannabis, Soma, and the Divine: Ancient Wisdom on Psychedelics

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The usage of psychedelic substances in the sacred text or uh  spiritual usages in  general when I'm talking about the sacred  text I'm referring here the Vedasas in the Vedas  [Music] there are many  prayers if you decode those prayers we can actually understand there  are it's about the controlled and uh and cleansed the usages of psychic  substances  such as Ayuvashca, Peote,Datura Mandara flowers also the we the ganja in  general so what is this Vedas are talking about  this psychedelic  substances so let's have a look into that this and it's not to encourage  to uh get an it's not to encourage you to get an  excuse to use those substances but uh it is interesting to look into that and I  have did a complete podcast on the  ideas of using the substances as a medicine which you could find uh in my  YouTube channel and the link for the same is also is been  given that uh podcast is with uh Joe  Weatherford looking into her uh uh Journey  from Playboy(Model) to being a professor and uh  on that Journey how the drugs has been  abused her and how did she found out uh other use of this particular substance  in order to heal herself so  however cannabis and other psycho addictive  substances have been used throughout history for Spiritual medical and recreational  purposes these substances have played significant role in religious  rituals healing practices and Consciousness  exploration if you look into the role of cannabis  particularly we can see that cannabis is been referred in Ancient  India as Vijaya it has been mentioned in the text  like Rig Veda and Atharva Veda so   being the oldest text RigVeda is the oldest text and Atharva Veda is the is the fourth  Veda which is the which is comparatively younger in  the in the in the order of these four  Veada in this test there are prayers and method for its spiritual and healing  properties cannabis cannabis was used in rituals  such as Yajna you know what it is actually  like you know it's this a kind of fire sacrifice if we go to different parts of  India maybe uh you know the internal parts of India or the some parts of  Nepal you could you could actually see still the plants has been offered in the  fire rituals and even you could  see plenty of these plants has been growing naturally and you know it's been  uh uh it's been it's been you can see uh lot of  plantations of this particular thing everywhere such  as for example Himachal is one of the example where you can just walk into  the you know the plantation of the Vijaya Basically so there are different forms of  cannabis is been used or we can see in the uh in the Vedas also and in Ayurveda as  well bhang is a traditional preparation made from  Cannabis cannabis leaves and flowers it has been mixed with milk or  ghee or spices and uh is been consumed for Spiritual Clarity and  relaxation in uh in many temples in India it is been offered uh in special  occasions uh many temples and many you know  ashrams you could see that like you know it is been offered in many  occasions related to the gods especially Ram navami shivaratri and things like  that and uh the another uh thing we how to the another thing is Vadi is the  another form of cannibas mentioned in ancient text which which can be referred  to as specific preparation or use of cannabis it's something like a more  concentrated form used in rituals and uh medicinal  purposes and Vijaya gharitha so Vijaya   Gharitha is a is a ghee prepared out of cannabis oil so it's been uh cannabis is  basically infused with the uh  ghee generally from the ghee from the cow and it has been infused with the  ghee out of the cow and it is been used so it's been used as it's been known as  Vijaya Gharitha and ganja  is been is the cannabis in  the raw form that people used to  smoke and there is there is a particular stuff which is been mentioned in the  Veda uh uh one mysterious form  of I mean a mysterious Drink  it has been referred in many places in uh you know Vedas which is known as  Soma is in that one of the ingredient is cannabis but uh when I'm talking  about the Soma the usage of this particular uh um  thing is all about uh you know creating  or understanding the immortality uh it is also known as Soma Rasa  like in many puranas and things like that where  uh Devas there are a lot of stories which  is in which the Devas are drinking the Soma in different part of  this puranas so one of the ingredient there are  many ingredient in the Soma there are different kind of flowers plants and  roots are been used in the Soma and uh the one of the important ingredient in  the Soma is cannabis when we talk about the other  psychedelic opportunities or other herbs also is been used in the uh psychedelic  uh alteration of the mind or the there are many other psychics also is  been used to get an altered state of  consciousness so which are includes Ayovashca,  Peyote, Detura and Mandara Flowers these things  especially Dedura is highest order of the psychadelic which can last approximately 3  days so [Music]  so so the use of cannabis and other psychedelic substances in ancient time  was very very intentional focused on Spiritual  Awakening mental Clarity and connecting with the  Divine these plants were seen as a sacred agents of transformation not  simply for recreational use actually but in today cannabis and other substance are  used differently often outside of their sacred context that can  create you know  that that can create bad effect on the system or continuous usage of the same  can lead to hallucinations Illusions and you know the clarity of the mind also  can be goes down these things are possible so approach this  text with the clear Clarity uh approach these herbs with the  clear Clarity and uh ability to see what it is actually can bring and also  always take the guidance of qualified shaman on uh this particular  um you know particular approach and uh his intention  is to bring you bring you towards uh you know uh  highest spiritual ecstasy not just you know just some sort of recreational purposes