Jesus Healing the Blind under Kaneh Bosem, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Monreale, in Sicily. 1177 AD.

Famous Polish scholar Sula Benet traced the emptymology of Cannabis/Kaneh Bosem back to the Semitic peoples. Cannabis Sativa is a treasure of human history. 'Sativa' means 'cultivated'. Our most ancient and important crops are 'Sativas'. (eg. Oats, rice, garlic, peas, lettuce,....) and Kaneh Bosem was known to the Hebrew people; up until the time of King Soloman, greatest and wisest of Kings. As proven by sacred archaological alters marked with burned Cannabis.

Cannabis Sativa's sacred nature is also recorded in the mosaics of a thousand year old UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basilica di Monreale of Sicily.

Built by King William II of Sicily, it was blessed by Pope Alexander III, Pope Lucius III, and Pope Clement IV.

The Cathedral contains many images of Kaneh Bosem / the Tree of Life, (and psychedelic mushrooms abound in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve).

Early (Gnostic) Christians held that the 'divine spark' is in each of us. They sought self realisation as human beings, and used entheogens for mystic revelations of divine human connection with the universe and each other. The value of these experiences is now being proven by modern science.

Evil is always with us though, and within a couple of hundred years Pope 'Innocent VIII' was persecuting hags ('wise women') for sorcery ('Pharmakeia') across Europe.

In this atmosphere, Hemp / Cannabis / Kaneh Bosem was purged from the Church (which took up Ursury, and Indulgences) and its history; even though it was a vital ingredient in the Holy Oil of Moses.

Use it Religiously.

Cannabis is Holy, a sacred plant, a functional food, and a strategic resource. Offering us all independence; it's safe, prohibited, and privatised. Hemp is Cannabis, biblical Kaneh Bosem. Kaneh is one of the oldest root words in human history. Because it is our oldest and most useful crop, Hemp/Cannabis is a resource in a burning world.

It is a tree of Life.

The Holy Oil of the Jews was given to Moses by a burning bush. Or so he said. The recipe is for several kilos each of five sacred plants. Myrrh, Cinnamon, Cassia Fistula, Cannabis Sativa, Olive oil. The Hebrew Torah has the recipe, but not the Greek or English translatiomns, in Exodus, 30: 22-23. Anointing with Holy oil made a Messiah, as it did also Kings. 'Messiah' means 'anointed', And Christ is a translation of Messiah. The Ark of the Covenant was anointed with Holy Oil, as was the Tent of the Tabernacle; and much Kaneh Bosem/Cannabis incense was also burned for Yahweh/Jehovah and his wife Asherah, according to Scripture, and resinous remains found on sacred alters at the Shrine of Arad prove it. The Tent of the Tabernacle seems to have been whats called a "hot box" today. Furthermore, The Times of Israel tells us Jesus was "Panteras prodigy" in the temple; the bastard child of a Roman legionary. This 'outsider' status may explain his willingness to challenge authority; to whip the money changers from the Temple, to use the priests Holy Oil for healing the common people, and to challenge the moneyed class by proclaiming 'the year of the Lord' in Nazareth. AKA a Debt Jubilee year. 

Usually proclaimed by Kings, Jubilees protected the people from the debt trap of financial elites. Is this why those elites accused Jesus of setting himself up as 'King of the Jews', and demanding his death? The assasination of Julius Caesar bears similarities, in that he too was taking action to secure the oppressed majority of his people against the neoliberal oligarchs of the day. Hence his popularity with the previously exploited and abused masses. he embodied the Platonic ideals of the Pursuit of Virtue Over Wealth; until he made himself Dictator for life anyway, and then found himself dead.

Plato's critique of wealth addiction and oligarchy is fundamentally about the moral and ethical corruption that arises when individuals or societies prioritize material wealth over virtue, wisdom, and the common good.

Guarding Against Excess: A key aspect of Plato's philosophy is the concept of moderation and the dangers of excess, whether in terms of wealth, power, or personal desires. His ideal society is one in which resources and opportunities are distributed in a way that ensures the well-being of all citizens, not just a privileged few.

Education and Moral Development

For Plato, the antidote to greed and the pursuit of unjust power is education—specifically, an education that nurtures wisdom, ethical understanding, and a sense of duty towards the common good.

Which brings us back to the Jubilee Jesus proclaimed in Nazareth. All personal (not commercial) debts were erased in a Jubilee. Luke 4:17–19 as: 'The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

Many people have heard of the Rosetta Stone, but few know what it said. The Rosetta Stone proclaimed a Jubilee year in three languages. It thus gave us the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, but it tells a story of economic regeneration. Of freedom from predatory finance, and economic polarisation. Both of which we seem to suffer from since 1984, when the bankers won.

The Nag Hammadi Library tells us Jesus Christ sent his followers out with pouches of Oil to "heal the sick in my name, that they might follow me'. Heaven knows what he meant by that. But Cannabis seems likely to have been involved, and an old school concern for humanity.

Let's improve things. We can. Knowledge is power. Truth is justice. Corruption is death.

What would Jesus do?