Burning Shiva 00:00 - 00:00 archives
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Archived Shows
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. Join us to celebrate the 126th Birthday of Crowley on Oct 12 2001.; 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) Watch the
"Marijuana in the Bible", In Part 1 of a seven 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 www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Prohibition and the Original Sin (00:45:00)
(2000-11-17)
In Part 2 of this 7 part series Chris Bennett's series on Biblical Hemp, Chris discusses the potential connections between the prohibited Trees of Eden and the ancient world use of entheogenic plants.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: All About Eve (00:42:00)
(2000-11-24)
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.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: The Burning Bush of Moses (00:50:00)
(2000-12-01)
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.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Annointed Cannabis Kings of Israel (00:45:00)
(2000-12-08)
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.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail ; Sponsored by emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Sex and Drugs (00:45:00)
(2000-12-15)
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. ; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com 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 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.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com 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.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: What's the Soma Solution? (00:35:00)
(2001-02-03) 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.; 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

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: Chris Conrad (00:22:00)
(2001-08-22)
Host Chris Bennett talks to Hemp expert and author Chris Conrad about his many books, his over decade long involvement with the marijuana reform movement, and the future of cannabis in America.; courtesy of www.chrisconrad.com www.hr95.org www.feda.org www.potpride.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.

Burning Shiva: The Book of Revelation Part 1 (00:30:00)
(2001-10-12)
Host Chris Bennett takes a break from his behind the scene duties at Pot TV and presents a timely 3-part series about the Book of Revelation. Always keeping a cannabis focus, part 1 deals with the Zoroastrian and Old Testament influences on the text, as well as the historical situation of its Christian author. Part 2 looks at Revelation in the way Rastafarians, Jehova's Witnesses,Evangelicists and others view it, as a book of prophecy concerning our own time. Part 3 looks at Revelations from the viewpoint of a number of ancient Christian Gnostic sects, as a document describing a system of occult initiation.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca

The Burning Shiva Hour: Welcome to the Apocolypse (00:45:00)
(2001-10-24)
In Part 2 of his series on the Book of Revelation, host Chris Bennett takes a step into the outer edges of reality and explores the possibility suggested by Jehova's Witnesses, 7th Day Adventist, Evangelicists and even Rastafarians,that the Book of Revelation describes an Apocalypse taking place in our own time. Could cannabis be the prophecized Tree of Life?
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Burning Shiva: Revelation, Part 3 (00:46:00)
(2001-11-20) In Part 3 in his series on the Book of Revelation, Host Chris Bennett discusses the view that a number of ancient Christian Gnostic sects held about Revelation, that being they saw it as a description of entheogenic induced inititiation. Could Ganja initiation be the Key to Global Spiritualization?; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com www,dopefiends.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca

Burning Shiva: Robert Anton Wilson (00:19:00)
(2001-12-12)
Host Chris Bennett talks to famous Stoned Philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, about Marijuana, Freemasons, Governments Conspiracies, the Apocalypse and other topics of interest.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com www.rawilson.com/main.shtml ; Sponsored by www.bcmarijuanparty.ca www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Our Co-Evolution With Cannabis (00:35:00)
(2002-02-04) Host and Pot TV Manager, Chris Bennett gets high with his cat Zaid and talks about the interspecies relationships between plants and certain animals, such as cats & catnip and people & Pot, in what appears to be cross-species co-evolution. An idea explored further in a recorded interview with the author of THE BOTANY OF DESIRE, Michael Pollan who discusses this theme with the examples of both apples and cannabis. FACINATING! ; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com www.dopefiends.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com www.cannabisculture.com www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca

Burning Shiva: The Scythians (00:23:00)
(2002-02-24) Host and Pot TV manager, Chris Bennett, takes a look at one of the most facinating, yet savage ancient world cannabis using cults, the Scythians. Interesting archeological items displayed include ancient cauldrons used for burning cannabis, as well as an eleborately embroidered bag that contained the herb.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com www.cannabisculture.com

Burning Shiva (00:30:00)
(2002-03-22)
Pot TV Manager Chris Bennett talks on the cultural history behind cannabis use and then later explores the historical roots of prohibition. From the 3rd Annual Hempology 101 Cannabis Conference in Victoria.; courtesy of freeshiva@hotmail.com www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com ; Sponsored by www.emeryseeds.com www.cannabisculture.com

Burning Shiva: Dana Beal on Ibogaine and Marijuana (00:30:00)
(2002-07-11) Pot TV manager Chris Bennett, talks to longtime New York Marijuana activist Dana Beal, organizer of the world wide million marijuana march, about the results of 35 years of pot activism and the possibilities of the future.
Dana also discusses his work regarding the use of the powerful plant extract ibogaine in the treatment of addiction and plans for an Iboga Conference in November at the Vancouver BCMP Headquarters as part of Marc Emery's upcoming Mayorial campaign.; courtesy of www.cures-not-wars.org ; Sponsored by www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Entheogens 101 with Proffessor Carl P. Ruck (00:35:00)
(2002-08-29) Chris Bennett interviews Author, Lecturer and Proffessor of Classical Mythology at Boston University, Carl P. Ruck, the scholar who coined the term "entheogens", about the use of sacred plants in ancient Greece, the use of psycho-active mushrooms and cannabis in the Early Christian Church and the sacred chemistry of Medieval Europe.; courtesy of www.entheomedia.com/ freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com

Burning Shiva: Splitting the Sky Hill (00:31:00)
(2002-09-18) Host Chris Bennett talks with Attica Survivor, Original People Activist, Gustafson Lake Warrior and Cannabis Advocate Splitting the Sky Hill about the Native american use of hemp and Black Elk's prophecy of how hemp would appear to restore the Native economy after the loss of the Buffalo.; courtesy of www.splittingthesky.com ; Sponsored by www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Templars, Freemasons, the Illuminati and other Hash Heads (00:40:00)
(2002-10-08) Chris Bennett discusses the little known use of cannabis by medieval European Groups, Secret Socieities and related individuals leading up to modern times. What do figures like Shakespeare, Washington and Crowley have in common, they were all pot-heads and belonged to Secret Societies..............; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Louisville Late Night: Chris Bennett (00:13:00)
(2002-10-23) Kentucky host Patrick Moore talks to Pot TV manager, cannabis activist and author Chris Bennett about his new book Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible!; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Thomas Lyttle, Psychedelic Man (00:28:00)
(2003-01-10) Host Chris Bennett talks to one of the foremost bibliographers of Psychedelic Culture Thomas Lyttle, about his books and his current project of selling exotic blotter acid artwork hand-signed by such luminaries as Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Sasha Shulgin, Albert Hoffman and others.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Combatting Junk Scholarship @ e-church.com and jesusjournal.com (00:13:00)
(2003-01-23) Host Chris Bennett responds to the unfounded criticisms that have appeared on the internet and media regarding his longstanding theory that Jesus used Cannabis for healing and enlightenment, after the hypothesis gained international attention.; courtesy of www.e-church.com/ www.jesusjournal.com www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com ; Sponsored by www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html

Burning Shiva Easter Weekend Special: The Cruci-Fiction (00:28:00)
(2003-01-30) In this controversial episode, Chris Bennett explores the longstanding theory that the resurrection of Jesus after death on the cross was a hoax accomplished by Jesus ingesting a soporofic potion, possibly containing cannabis, in order to put himself into a deathlike trance.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Psychedelic Trips (00:33:00)
(2003-02-13) Host Chris Bennett recalls three of the profound experiences he has had under the influence of psychedelic drugs. In the 1st Trip, Chris describes overcoming jealousy and turning into a star in space via some potent Owsley liquid acid. The 2nd Trip, The Wheel of Anthropos, describes an experiment in group consciousness with 12 other participants and the aid of psilocybin mushrooms. The 3rd Trip, Ego-Obliteration, describes a catastrophe of the personality with the aid of LSD and DMT.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Burning Shiva: Cannabis, Zoroaster's Good Narcotic (00:18:00)
(2003-02-07) Host Chris Bennett discusses the Zoroastrians, known popularly as the Magi and refered to as "the drug pedlers of the ancient world", for their use of cannabis to achieve Shamanic revelations. Find out how this ancient Persian cannabis cult influenced the developing Christian cosmology in many profound ways.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Dr. Ethan Russo (00:28:00)
(2003-02-18) Chris Bennett asks Cannibinoid expert Dr. Ethan Russo about the possibility that NIDA "standardized" cannabis is a spray on THC product and the importance of a full range of canabinoids in effective medical marijuana. As well Dr. Russo gives his opinion on the potential medical activity of the kaneh-bosem annointing oils used by early Hebrews and Christians and Chris asks him about the use of cannabis medicines for survivors of a Nuclear Holocaust.; courtesy of www.cannabis-med.org/jcant/russo_chronic_use.pdf ; Sponsored by www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com www.emeryseeds.com

Burning Shiva: Cannabis, the Yin Plant (00:25:00)
(2003-03-05) Chris Bennett explores cannabis' intricate relationship with things feminine, from ancient cannabis burning Goddess cults, to medieval figures accused of cannabis use such as Joan of Arc, and finally to evidence from modern science showing cannabis to be the ultimate Mother Plant.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com

Osama Bong Loader (00:16:00)
(2003-03-14) Osama Bong Loader blows organic biological smoke in the face of the Irrelevant President and the Arses of Evil and sends out a message of Bongs not Bombs for lasting Regime Changes where it is needed most.... the Whitehouse!; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com ; Sponsored by 207.68.164.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah;=139df9bc4c60e395720f939d7cac5d

Burning Shiva: Sex, Drugs Violence and the Bibles Author's Update (00:15:00)
(2003-04-03) Host Chris Bennett talks to the co-author of Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, Niel McQueen about his academic persuit of the research of entheogens in the study of religion, the scholarly aproval that Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible has recieving, media coverage and various other topics.; courtesy of www.forbiddenfruitpublishing.com freeshiva@hotmail.com