Was marijuana used in the Bible?

Question

I hear that it was one of the sacred 'balms' or whatnot that was used by Moses -

also in terms of Moses-
could the "burning bush" have been reference to "burning the bush" (burning marijuana) to get in touch with God? rather than God making an appearance AS a burning bush (which makes far less sense than the prior possibility) as Hollywood typically portrays the incident?

in my own experience, I have had moral clarity at times while 'burning the bush' - perhaps this is an original context

here's one link to what I'm referring:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sula_Benet

and another wikipedia "kaneh bosm":
The herb of interest is most commonly known as kanah-bosim (קְנֵה-בֹשֶׂם), the singular form of which would be kanah-bos.[5] This is mentioned several times in the Old Testament as a bartering material, incense, and an ingredient in holy anointing oil used by the high priest of the temple.

The Septuagint translates kaneh-bosm as calamus, and this translation has been propagated unchanged to most later translations of the old testament. However, Polish anthropologist Sula Benet published etymological arguments that the Aramaic word for hemp can be read as kannabos and appears to be a cognate to the modern word 'cannabis',[6] with the root kan meaning reed or hemp and bosm meaning fragrant. Both cannabis and calamus are fragrant, reedlike plants containing psychotropic compounds.

Answer 1

No, but it was used to create the bible.

Answer 2

I have never heard any reference to that. The bible does tell us that all the plants and animals were created for us. Why not weed. Shaman the world over have used a variety of plants with the goal of attaining higher states of awareness. I personally have always thought the burning bush was a reference to some sort of drug, if not marijuana in particular.

I 'burn the bush' quite regularly and have also found a profound sense of spiritual clarity at times (many times its just a good old fashioned high, but that's good too). It seems to depend on my focus.

Answer 3

This is going to sound really offensive to some people and that's not what I mean. Just a clarification of the ASKER's question:

Do you mean "was marijuana used by those who wrote the Bible?" or "did some historical figures represented in the Bible smoke marijuana"?

Answer 4

well, you do know that alcohol was really the d.o.c. (drug of choice) back then, right? it was especially handy when you wanted to have a baby but were having trouble on the dating scene - cause you could get your daddy wasted and then rape him in his sleep! then you get the kid you always wanted. and god was totally cool with that -- no punishment at all!

as for your marijuana question... it was in fact used in several rituals, actually. most commonly, the authors of the bible, and those who proceeded to translate it for their own aims, would smoke copious bowls for inspiration and a more divine mindset.

also worth mentioning is the original god given version of LSD. moses used his fair share of it, not to mention jonah and even eve herself. they had some good trips, and some bad. which makes for good sunday school lessons about wild visions of angels, burning bushes, whale stomachs, and more.

Answer 5

Without a doubt...

If only in one of the scriptures it would have been mentioned to connect the stars in 3 deminsions instead of 2d we would have something worth while to look at.

Answer 6

yes look at the storys a man in a whale a talking snake and the earth made in 6 days thay where smoking the stuff while thay where writing the christian fairy tale thay where spaced out

Answer 7

That would explain alot..like the talking donkey