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Saturday, August 4 
Chris Bennett

Chris BennettChris is the author of serveral books and essays. His newest book "Sex, Drugs and Violence in the Bible" will be released this fall.


Upcoming Shows hosted by Chris Bennett
Burning Shiva 16:20 - 00:00 Fr archives
Burning ShivaHosted by Chris Bennett. (host info) Religious Insights To Cannabis Use And Cultural Traditions courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com


Archived Shows hosted by Chris Bennett
Burning Shiva: Aleister Crowley (00:45:00)
(2000-09-22) Aleister Crowley, The Beast 666 and the Devil's Weed. A look at Crowley's scientific and esoteric writings about cannabis.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail

The Burning Shiva Hour; Hemp Seed the Royal Grain (00:36:00)
(2000-09-29) Host Chris Bennett, takes us on a culinary trip through history with a look at the role of the nutritious hemp seed through time and across cultures. Soul Food!

Burning Shiva: the Hashish Club (00:20:00)
(2000-08-29) Chris Bennett Reads From F.H. Ludlow's "The Hashish Eaters" (Audio Only)

Burning Shiva: Healing Leaves (00:40:00)
(2000-10-27) Host Chris Bennett gives a history lesson on medical marijuana in Healing Leaves.

Burning Shiva: Twilight in the Land of Kief (00:25:00)
(2000-11-03)
Host Chris Bennett gives a history of cannabis in the medieval Moslem world in 'Twilight in the Land of Kief'; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Marijuana in the Bible (00:45:00)
(2000-11-10)
"Marijuana in the Bible", In Part 1 of a six part series, host Chris Bennett gives an introduction to the scholarly sources that have referred to the references to marijuana contained in the "Good Book".; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Prohibition and the Original Sin (00:45:00)
(2000-11-17)
In Part 2 of Chris Bennett's series on Biblical Hemp, 'Prohibition and the Original Sin', Chris discusses the potential connections between the prohibited Trees of Eden and the ancient world use of entheogenic plants.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: All About Eve (00:42:00)
(2000-11-24)
In Part 3 in his 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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: The Burning Bush of Moses (00:50:00)
(2000-12-01)
In Part 4 of his 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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Annointed Cannabis Kings of Israel (00:45:00)
(2000-12-08)
In Part 5 in his series on Biblical Hemp, 'The Annointed Cannabis Kings of Israel', 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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail ; Sponsored by emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Sex and Drugs (00:45:00)
(2000-12-15)
In Part 6 in his series on Biblical Hemp, 'Sex and Drugs; An Age Old Combination', 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 fertility cults. ; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: The Prohibition of Kaneh-Bosm (00:45:00)
(2000-12-22) In part 7 of his series on the Biblical references to cannabis, "The Prohibition of Kaneh-Bosm", 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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

The Burning Shiva Hour-Jesus used Marijuana (00:52:00)
(2001-01-06)
'Cannabis and the Christ--Jesus Used Marijuana'; In the final episode of his series on Biblical hemp, Chris discusses the use of the cannabis enriched holy oil and incense during the first few centuries of the Christian era.; courtesy of www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: What's the Soma Solution? (00:35:00)
(2001-02-03)
Host Chris Bennett takes a look at the different botanical candidates that have been sugested as the ancient world entheogen that was known in India as Soma and in Persia Haoma, with a focus on the main two, the fly agaric mushroom and cannabis.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church (00:37:00)
(2001-02-16)
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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Roderick Marling (00:35:00)
(2001-02-27)
Host Chris Bennett interviews Roderick Marling, a teacher and practitioneer of Vamacara Tantra, and author of the online essay, The Cannabis Papers.; courtesy of www.kamakala.com/ freeshiva@hotmail ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

The 4:20 Marijuana News with Chris Bennett (00:40:00)
(2001-06-04)
Marijuana News for June 4th, 2001
Chris Bennett Fills in for Richard Cowan and Marc Emery

Feds in Colorado fight the Voter's Choice on Medical Marijauna

Canada's Debate on Legalization of Marijauna Continues to Heat-Up and Gain Momentum

UK Cannabis Activists Fight Back and Get Political - Could the Common Wealth Motherland Be Considering Decriminilization of Marijuana?
; courtesy of www.marijuananews.com www.bcmarijuanaparty,ca ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com lionel@cruzio.com

Burning Shiva: Shakespeare's pipes (00:30:00)
(2001-03-13)
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.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Johnathon Ott (00:30:00)
(2001-04-12)
Host Chris Bennett does an in studio interview with entheobotanist Jonathon Ott, possibly the world's foremost authority on entheogenic plants. Topics discussed include, the use of shamanistic snuffs, the identity of the soma, medieval entheogen cults and the Pharmacratic Inquistion.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com www.entheobotany.com/vancouver ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Ibogaine (00:45:00)
(2001-05-17)
Host Chris Bennett interviews famous Yippie activist Dana Beal about his organization of the world wide May 5th Marijuana March, and his outstanding work with Ibogaine as recorded in his book The Ibogaine Story.