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The Effects of Cannabis on Body Image Perception

“The Effects of Cannabis on Body Image Perception”, article by philosopher Sebastian Marincolo

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28. February 2025

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7 Myths About Cannabis and Creativity You Still Believe – And Why They’re Wrong

Cannabis and creativity have been closely linked for decades, with countless artists, writers, and musicians such as William Butler Yeats, Walter Benjamin, Frida Kahlo, Maya Angelou, John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S.…

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19. February 2025

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CRAiSH – Creative AI Shock Block. How AI Developments will Shock Creatives in the Near Future

The CRAiSH – Creative AI Shock Block-phenomenon describes a psychological dynamic that became epidemic worldwide in 2025, as human creative agents across various fields became increasingly aware that their creative output was…

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3. December 2024

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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…

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21. May 2021

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The Zen-Effect of Marijuana

„When walking, walk. When eating, eat.“ Zen proverb One of the most predominant effects of marijuana is a hyper focusing of attention during the high. Often, this hyper focusing is experienced together…

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5. December 2020

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Henri Michaux and The Flying Carpet: Cannabis Explorations of an Unique Mind

„Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.“ Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) He was admired by many of his contemporaries both for his poetry and writing as well…

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5. September 2016

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My Cannabis Odyssey: To Vaporize or Not To Vaporize Dr. Grinspoon

A few years ago, my friend Lester Grinspoon asked me in one of our many Skype conversations about the cannabis high if I ever had the chance to try the cannabis strain…

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7. April 2016

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Marijuana, Escapism, and Mind Traveling

„Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.“ Thomas Wolfe We all need to escape from our daily routines once…

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24. March 2016

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Marijuana, 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…

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3. March 2016

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Just 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…

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3. February 2016

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What a High Can Do For Sex

“If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model: every experience is unrepeatable. What makes lovemaking and reading resemble…

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21. December 2015

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GUINEA – A Guerrilla-Neurophilosophical Approach to High Science

What is it like to be high? What is the positive potential of this altered state of consciousness for medical and inspirational uses? How exactly does marijuana enhance cognitive functions like our…

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27. August 2015

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Carl 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…

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2. July 2015

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Marijuana 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…

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25. June 2015

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Marijuana, 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…

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12. June 2015

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Marijuana and The Power of Imagination

„Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.“ Albert Einstein The Underestimated Value of Imagination When we think about our capacity for imagination, we often think…

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22. May 2015

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Marijuana 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…

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11. May 2015

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Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…

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22. April 2015

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Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’

“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…

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7. April 2015

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Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz

“I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller Without doubt the history…

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24. March 2015

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Nightmare Prohibition. Why the Prohibition Against Marijuana Has to End

Watanuga Lahele is radiating. His glassy eyes peep out under a large, conical straw hat, his movements slightly erratic. He has been chewing on a dark-greenish kalangi root and the drug tetralin…

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23. March 2015

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Cannabis Insights: Myth or Reality?

Countless users of cannabis have claimed that it can act as a catalyst to obtain real insights. Are these reports just exaggerations of users justifying their smoking habit? Or is it true…

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22. March 2015

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Marijuana, Introspection, and Personal Growth

“Once again the powers of the herb open up the mind. Seek deep inside. Tell me what you find.“ Cypress Hill, Temples of Boom III As we mature, we have experiences and…

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22. March 2015

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Cannabis, Mind Enhancements, and Culture

“(…) for the actual experience of the smoked herb has been completely clouded by a fog of dirty language by the diminishing crowd of fakers who have not had the experience and…

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20. March 2015

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Vaporizer Highs

What characterizes a vaporizer high? How much of a difference is there between a vaporizer high and the high from a joint or bong? How different are various vaporizers on the market…

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24. February 2015

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