Frances Thackeray will be lecturing on 'Cannabis and creative, cryptic writing, with special reference to Shakespeare' at Entheogensis 2005, May 21st-23rd in Vancouver. Details at www.entheogenesis.caIn this 2001 interview host Chris Bennett talks to Dr. Frances Thackeray of the Transvaal Museum in South Africa about his theory that William Shakespeare used cannabis, and the results of the chemical analysis of resins found in pipes from the Bard's property that indicated marijuana had been smoked in them.

Host Chris Bennett interviews Roderick Marling, a teacher and practitioneer of Vamacara Tantra, and author of the online essay, The Cannabis Papers. Check out Roderick Marling's essay, The Cannabis Papers; The Sacramental Use of Cannabis Sativa: http://www.kamakala.com/cannabis.htm

Host Chris Bennett talks to Brother Jeff Brown, author of Marijuana and the Bible and The Holy Herbs, as well as a former member of the Ethiopan Zion Coptic Church, a Christian-Rasta religion featured in Rolling Stone, Omni, 60 Minutes and other media that was forcibly disbanded by the American DEA. Contact Jeff Brown at [email protected] and order The Holy Herbs through Miguel Lorne Publishers Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 2967, Kingston 8 Jamaica, W.I., Tel/Fax (876)922-3915, email: [email protected]

Chris Bennett takes a look at the different botanical candidates that have been suggested as the ancient world entheogen that was known in India as Soma and in Persia as Haoma, with a focus on the main two: the fly agaric mushroom and cannabis. rtsp://quicktime.insinc.ca/pottv/bs-25200k.mov

In part 7 of this 8 part series on the Biblical references to cannabis, ", Chris discusses the final days of cannabis in the Old Testament narrative, and how the herb eventually became prohibited, as its use became associated with pagan worship. Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible $24.95 US plus 5$ for shipping$34.95 Canadian plus $5 for shippingPayable to Chris Bennett, c/o Pot TV, 307 West Hastings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B 1H6Here's what the Critics are saying about Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible

In Part 6 of this 8 part series on Biblical Hemp, Chris discusses the reference to cannabis in Solomon's Song of Songs, and the hymns relationship to the sacred marriage songs of the ancient orgiastic cannabis consuming fertility cults. Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible $24.95 US plus 5$ for shipping$34.95 Canadian plus $5 for shippingPayable to Chris Bennett, c/o Pot TV, 307 West Hastings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B 1H6Here's what the Critics are saying about Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible

In Part 5 of this 8 part series on Biblical Hemp, Chris discusses the use of the cannabis holy oil in the installation of Hebrew kings and the "honeywood" references in the Book of Samuel, which were said in 1903 by Dr. C. Creighton to be references to cannabis in his essay "Evidence of the Hashish Vice in the Old Testament. Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible $24.95 US plus 5$ for shipping$34.95 Canadian plus $5 for shippingPayable to Chris Bennett, c/o Pot TV, 307 West Hastings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B 1H6

In Part 4 of this 7 part series on Biblical Hemp, Chris Bennett discusses the ancient Hebrew word for cannabis, 'kaneh-bosm', and examines the uses of hemp in the Judaic holy annointing oil and sacred incense. Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible $24.95 US plus 5$ for shipping$34.95 Canadian plus $5 for shippingPayable to Chris Bennett, c/o Pot TV, 307 West Hastings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B 1H6Here's what the Critics are saying about Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible

In Part 3 in this 7 part series about Biblical Hemp, 'All About Eve", Host Chris Bennett discusses the role of cannabis in the Matriarchal cultures that proceeded Judaism, and how this relationship was desacralized in the Myth of Eden and Eve's role as the Mother of Sin through her acceptance of the "Forbidden Fruit" from the Serpent. Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible $24.95 US plus 5$ for shipping$34.95 Canadian plus $5 for shippingPayable to Chris Bennett, c/o Pot TV, 307 West Hastings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6B 1H6