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[[Has research date::1977-07-01]] | |||
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[[Has research title::Tantric Cannabis Use in India]] | |||
[[Has research type::Journal article]] | |||
[[Has research authors::Michael R. Aldrich]] | |||
[[Has research venue::Journal of Psychedelic Drugs]] | |||
[[Has research year::1977]] | |||
[[Has DOI::10.1080/02791072.1977.10472053]] | |||
[[Has source URL::http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujpd20]] | |||
[[Has PDF URL::https://blog.umamaya.com/wp-content/gold/Academic/Tantric_Cannabis_Use_in_India_Aldrich.pdf]] | |||
[[Has research summary::Primary ethnographic and textual analysis tracing ceremonial cannabis use in Indian Tantrism to three converging Vedic traditions: magical use of bhang (Atharva Veda, second millennium BC), divine poison-drinking mythology (Churning of the Milk Ocean), and drug yoga (oshadhi/siddhi). Provides the most detailed English-language description of the vijaya (cannabis milkshake) consecration ritual from the Mahanirvana Tantra (c. 11th century AD), including full sequence of mantras, mudras and meditative stages. Notes approximately 90-minute interval between ingestion and ritual climax corresponds to pharmacological onset of oral cannabis. Argues vijaya functions as essential "sense-heightener" not merely a disinhibitor. Reports Tantric practice peaked in medieval Bengal and Himalayan kingdoms; in Bengal cannabis called siddhi (pun on "occult powers"). Personal communication from Prof. Agehananda Bharati that as of mid-1960s no one performed full traditional ceremonies. Author affiliated with Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, San Francisco.]] | |||
[[Has country::India]] | |||
[[Has growing region::Western Himalayas]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:45, 17 March 2026
1 Jul 1977 Journal article
India· Western Himalayas
Tantric Cannabis Use in India
Journal of Psychedelic Drugs· 1977
Primary ethnographic and textual analysis tracing ceremonial cannabis use in Indian Tantrism to three converging Vedic traditions: magical use of bhang (Atharva Veda, second millennium BC), divine poison-drinking mythology (Churning of the Milk Ocean), and drug yoga (oshadhi/siddhi). Provides the most detailed English-language description of the vijaya (cannabis milkshake) consecration ritual from the Mahanirvana Tantra (c. 11th century AD), including full sequence of mantras, mudras and meditative stages. Notes approximately 90-minute interval between ingestion and ritual climax corresponds to pharmacological onset of oral cannabis. Argues vijaya functions as essential "sense-heightener" not merely a disinhibitor. Reports Tantric practice peaked in medieval Bengal and Himalayan kingdoms; in Bengal cannabis called siddhi (pun on "occult powers"). Personal communication from Prof. Agehananda Bharati that as of mid-1960s no one performed full traditional ceremonies. Author affiliated with Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, San Francisco.