Tag / marihuana
What Hashish Did To Walter Benjamin
It’s the year 1927. In the U.S., marijuana use is widespread almost exclusively amongst Mexicans and black Jazz musicians during the swinging “Roaring Twenties”. In Berlin, the decade is also in full…
21. May 2021Value Your High – Interview With Gregory Frye/THE BLUNTNESS
15. April 2021Marijuana, Empathy, and Severe Cases of Autism
“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck, writer, 1902-1968 “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eye for…
3. March 2016Just Another Altered State of Consciousness
“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Altered States of Consciousness and Western Culture There is the marijuana…
3. February 2016Carl Sagan, Cannabis, and The Right Brain Hemisphere
„What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.“ Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994), neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, known for his revolutionary studies of split brain patients In…
2. July 2015Marijuana and the Enhancement of Episodic Memory
„A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.“ Gustave Flaubert, French writer (1821-1880) Our memory is simply amazing. We can store information about thousands of situations…
25. June 2015Marijuana, Dopes, and Cognitive Enhancements
When genius mathematician and originator of cybernetics Norbert Wiener moved with his family from Cambridge to Newton, his wife organized the move and let Wiener concentrate on his work as a professor…
12. June 2015Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story
“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…
11. May 2015