Tag / cannabis high
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My new article “Seven Myths about the ‘Recreational’ Cannabis Market” now on cannareporter.eu
Cannabis brings us an awareness of what we have spent our entire lives being trained to ignore, forget and put out of our minds. — Alan Watts The recreational cannabis market is…
7. April 2025 -
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.…
19. February 2025 -
The Art of the High – How to Use Cannabis for an Outstanding Life, First Pages
The Art of the High. Your Guide to Using Cannabis for an Outstanding Life The following text is from the first pages of my book “The Art of the High. Your Guide…
7. February 2025 -
My New Article “Cannabis: An Underrated Tool for Mind Enhancement” published by Reality Sandwich
More than half a century ago, astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan, one of the most renowned scientists in the US at the time, smoked a joint and took a shower. His…
16. August 2024 -
Eventbrite Webinar/Conversation with Matt Ritchey, Founder of the Inner Circle, Tonight at 1pm
Tonight at 1pm PST I will be speaking with California-based Matt Ritchey from the Inner Circle in a webinar event on Eventbrite about my research and books on the psychoactive potential of…
15. May 2024 -
The Beginning of the End of Cannabis Prohibition in Germany
On April 1st, Germany finally enacted its new cannabis law CanG (“Cannabisgesetz”). It entails: – legalization of possession of up to 25 grams in public spaces for personal use is permitted, and…
3. April 2024 -
ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part II
The Creative Process: Four Phases So, if we talk about creativity we need to understand that various creative activities involve the orchestration of very different mental skills and physical abilities. And it…
18. July 2023 -
Release of my New Book “Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement”
Hilaritas Press, Grand Junction, Colorado, just announced the publication of my new book „Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement.“ Hilaritas is the publishing house of Christina Pearson, daughter of legendary…
1. June 2023 -
Podcast Video Interview for Clarisa Strohmeyer / Ganjly Magazine Podcast
Clarisa Stohmeyer from Ganjly, one of the only minority-run and woman-owned cannabis publishers, recently interviewed me about my latest book “The Art of the High. Your guide to Using Cannabis for an…
7. March 2023 -
The Art of the High – Tutorial 1: From Short-Term Memory Disruptions to Flow
Can we improve the way we use a cannabis high if we want to experience various mind enhancements, such as better pattern recognition, creativity, or introspection I would say yes, and it…
11. April 2022 -
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 2021 -
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…
5. December 2020 -
For Lester Grinspoon. Your Light is Here to Stay
My dear friend Lester Grinspoon peacefully passed away in the presence of his wife Betsy on June 25th, one day after his 92nd birthday. I was about to call him that…
30. June 2020 -
Quote: A Marijuana High Can Enhance Core Human Mental Abilities
“A cannabis high can enhance core human mental abilities. It can help you to focus, to remember, to see new patterns, to imagine, to be creative, to introspect, to empathically understand others,…
16. February 2016 -
Insight Quote
“The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature. A marijuana high can do something for a user similar…
13. November 2015 -
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…
2. July 2015 -
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…
25. June 2015