Hybrid Cultures and the Roots of Cannabis
The new podcast with Growroom420 focuses on sacramental use of cannabis and looks at the recent PRC study on origins, Scythian death rites and warfare, anarchist qalandars, battlefield yogis, orgiastic […]
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Did Cannabis and its Cultivation Originate in China?
The PRC genomics study on origins marks a new low in the racialization of Cannabis Just a forewarning that this was written during Covid lockdown while breaking up with my […]
The Ancient Indian Origins of the ‘Sinsemilla Technique’
The ‘sinsemilla technique’ was very likely already employed in southern India at least 500 years ago. The Ānandakanda (आनन्दकन्द) or ‘Root of Bliss’, a renowned compendium on Indian alchemy compiled […]
The Real Seed Company on the Growroom420 podcast
Endangered Cannabis strains and wild populations, ancient centres of cultivation in Central Asia, what “landrace” really means, the Indian origins of sinsemilla, and more… A new chat on the Growroom420 […]
What’s the Real Meaning of ‘Landrace’?
‘Landrace’ was once an obscure technical term employed only by botanists and other experts who understand what it means. Now it’s used worldwide by non-experts who mostly clearly don’t. Confusion […]
Cannabis Use by Yogis in India
This is a pretty good talk for SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies by Dr Matthew Clark, who’s also written the most persuasive and rigorously researched book to date on Soma. […]
Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution
[Edit: As people have noted, this podcast never got published – reason being, Jason and I thought better of it. However, a recent chat with Growroom420 looks at this topic […]
Do ‘Landrace Farmers’ Need Modern Hybrid Strains?
Finally, “icons” from the world of pot are starting to talk about landrace preservation. To date, the biggest corporate foray into the landrace realm is the now-infamous Strain Hunters. Watching […]
Support Landrace Farmers Hit by Covid-19
Old friends of ours in Chitral are organising food aid to the hardest-hit households along Yarkhun and other valleys. Jason has made a page at Curious About Cannabis where you can donate. […]
Extinction by Hybridization
Hybridization is the main cause of extinction and biodiversity loss in Cannabis. Indigenous Asian populations hold the vast majority of Cannabis biodiversity. For “drug-type” Cannabis (aka, subsp. indica) that particularly […]
The Real Seed Company: The Honest Online Source for Cannabis Landraces Est. 2007 