Sheriff: Armed man pointed gun at deputy/Grow may be related to earlier bust (with press conference video (pretty glitchy) TS)
Chris Durant/The Times-Standard
Article Launched: 10/05/2007 05:04:53 AM PDT
Humboldt County Sheriff Gary Philp said Thursday that the man killed near a marijuana grow found on private timber land pointed a shotgun at the deputy before he was shot.
Philp said two uniformed deputies and an evidence technician responded Wednesday to an area about 12 miles east of Holmes Flat after Pacific Lumber Co. personnel found the garden on company land.
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When they arrived at the scene, a Palco guard and the evidence technician stayed up on a ridge while the deputies followed a trail to the garden.
Philp said he believed the deputies announced themselves before splitting up. One deputy continuing on the trail noticed a man walking toward him with a full-length shotgun.
”The man raised his shotgun and aimed it at the deputy,” Philp said.
The two were about 15 yards apart.
Philp said the deputy shot “more than a few (bullets), but we don't have an exact count.”
Humboldt County Coroner Frank Jager identified the man as Eloy Infante-Toscano, 40.
A preliminary investigation indicated Infante-Toscano was shot once in the chest. An autopsy is scheduled for Sonoma County this morning.
”He doesn't have a local address, but he has ties to the Modesto area,” Jager said. “His mother and father live in Mexico.”
Jager said the Mexican embassy was in the process of notifying the parents.
Philp said Infante-Toscano's shotgun was loaded, but never fired, and medical aid was immediately called in.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter responded, but because of the remote location it didn't arrive until 1 p.m., about an hour after the shooting.
Deputies responding to marijuana grows on public and timber company land is nothing new, but the confrontation was unusual, Philp said.
”For us, (Wednesday's shooting is) an unusual circumstance,” Philp said. “People usually depart.”
The size of the garden is still under investigation, Philp said, but it is larger than initially reported.
Philp said he believes the garden is related to a 12,000-plant garden confiscated in the general area recently.
An encampment was found, but it is unclear if other people were in the area at the time of the shooting.
No other weapons were found in the encampment.
Both deputies have been placed on administrative leave and will not be identified until the investigation is complete, Philp said.
The investigation is being conducted by members of the California Attorney General's Office, the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office and personnel from the Sheriff's Department.
Chris Durant can be reached at 441-0506 or at cdurant@times-standard.com .
Comments from TS website (51) included below in comments section
1 comment:
From the TS site, very bizarre:
A farmer protecting his crop. The cops have no right to seize marijuana.
5r | 10.05.07 - 6:01 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
A potential illegal alien points a weapon at an officer. This is certainly cheaper than deportation. I wonder if in the weeks that follow this will turn into yet another mexican organized crime pot grow? And I wonder whether the dopers will care?
TJ | 10.05.07 - 6:11 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
I say good jobs sheriffs department. Jails are full. They need to shot more of the criminals. Dont be a criminal and dont get shot.
Anonymous | 10.05.07 - 6:31 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5r | 10.05.07 - 6:01 am
This so called "farmer" is illegally trespassing and using a private timber land without any legal permit or authorization from the land owner themselves. Law authorities have the right to arrest any person(s) involved.
Here's a tip:
1.Buy a land,
2.apply a permit,
3.and don't use someone else's property without authorization.
Only then the cops and sherrifs will leave you alone with no need for growers to point any shotguns or barrels to anyone.
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 6:32 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
murder by poilice
they confiscated part of this "garden" over a week ago...strange how 2 deputies some how went out there and "found " more.
I think they were there to steal the marijuana with the assistance of the palco employee.
ALL COPS ARE DIRTY FASCIST PIGS.
THEY WONT FACE ANY CHARGES.
THEY ARE MURDERERS.
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 7:10 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
I see that our education system is failing us. So sad. Well, at least the Times Standard did a better job at reporting this than they did yesterday.
Oh and "5r" growing marijuana is illegal. Trespassing is illegal. Your belief that it "should" be legalized doesn't make it so.
Maybe some of you ought to get to know the police officers that you call fascist pigs. You will realize how off the mark you really are.
Humboldt Idiocracy | 10.05.07 - 7:20 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
YEAH I WILL MEET HIM AT A CHURCH FUNCTION......NOT
I HOPE HE GETS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SHOOTING THAT POOR MAN IN THE FOREST.
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 7:23 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Bunch of friggin idiots.
Beavus | 10.05.07 - 7:30 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
This is a racial killing against 1 of our own, you rednecks in humboldt county do noting but kill anybody who isnt white. RACISM RACISM
ACLU NOW!
Rodriguez | 10.05.07 - 7:39 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
come on "NOEL NUTCASE" wake up and spew some more on your wisdom on this..
Anonymous | 10.05.07 - 7:41 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
I can hear the fear drums beating even louder now.
ANoNymous2 | 10.05.07 - 8:21 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
He broke the law. He pointed a gun at a cop. He got what he was looking for.
Anonymous | 10.05.07 - 8:33 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Fasism is defined as government control of private companies. How do police officers fit into this scenario. BTW, libs have run this county forever, Arcata is a national laughingstock, and you are unhappy here? Move to the U.S. and see how your belief systems work out for you.
TJ | 10.05.07 - 10:04 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Bill his parents in Mexico for the bullets used to killed their son, works for China, Send a message.
2nd amendment | 10.05.07 - 10:05 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Clean shoot. Sorry it had to happen to the deputy
PaveTheRedwoods | 10.05.07 - 10:16 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Maybe they should have just firebombed the site?
Captain Tripps | 10.05.07 - 10:21 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
I read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Definitely no right to grow marijuana enshrined there.
Rodriguez, go to Mexico and level a shotgun at a Mexican police officer...I'll bet you'll be as dead as a doornail in no time flat.
Tired of you hippies | 10.05.07 - 10:44 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
I am tired of you inbred alcoholics.
5r | 10.05.07 - 10:46 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Maybe you score low in comprehension. It's right next to the place where it guarantees you the right to drink alcohol.
And yes, most Mexicans have a good deal of indigenous blood in them. They were here for 20,000 years before you, you thieving inbred mutt.
"tired of you hippis" said:
I read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Definitely no right to grow marijuana enshrined there.
Rodriguez, go to Mexico and level a shotgun at a Mexican police officer...I'll bet you'll be as dead as a doornail in no time flat.
Tired of you hippies
5r | 10.05.07 - 10:51 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Under federal law supported by the National Rifle Association, the use of a firearm in a violent or drug-trafficking crime is punishable by a mandatory prison sentence of up to 20 years. A second conviction, if the firearm is a machine gun or is equipped with a silencer, brings life imprisonment without release. Violating firearms laws should lead to very real punishment for violent criminals, but the laws first must be enforced.
Ineligible Persons
The following classes of people are ineligible to possess, receive, ship, or transport firearms or ammunition:
Those convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment for over one year, except state misdemeanors punishable by two years or less.
Fugitives from justice.
Unlawful users of certain depressant, narcotic, or stimulant drugs.
Those adjudicated as mental defectives or incompetents or those committed to any mental institution.
Illegal aliens.
Citizens who have renounced their citizenship.
Those persons dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces.
Persons less than 18 years of age for the purchase of a shotgun or rifle.
Persons less than 21 years of age for the purchase of a firearm that is other than a shotgun or rifle.
Persons subject to a court order that restrains such persons from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner.
Persons convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Persons under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year are ineligible to receive, transport, or ship any firearm or ammunition. Under limited conditions, relief from disability may be obtained from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, or through a pardon, expungement, restoration of rights, or setting aside of a conviction.
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From Dealers
Provided that federal law and the laws of both the dealer's and purchaser's states and localities are complied with:
An individual 21 years of age or older may acquire a handgun from a dealer federally licensed to sell firearms in the individual's state of residence
An individual 18 years of age or older may purchase a rifle or shotgun from a federally licensed dealer in any state
It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a firearm unless the federal firearms licensee receives notice of approval from a prescribed source approving the transfer.
Sale of a firearm by a federally licensed dealer must be documented by a federal form 4473, which identifies and includes other information about the purchaser, and records the make, model, and serial number of the firearm. Sales to an individual of multiple handguns within a five-day period require dealer notification to the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Violations of dealer record keeping requirements are punishable by a penalty of up to $1000 and one year's imprisonment.
Sales Between Individuals
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anonymous | 10.05.07 - 10:54 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5r - you make me laugh... not with you, but at you
PaveTheRedwoods | 10.05.07 - 10:59 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Some of the cop haters are sounding pretty stupid here, but only as stupid as the 'cops-can do no wrong' crowd.
This isn't 'let's roll one up and chill' here. This is large scale black market commerce involving trasspass, the threat of violence, and environmental destruction.
The officers actions were clearly justified if the facts we have are accurate.
Oh, and pave, they have rehabe for habitual emoticon abusers. Next time you reach for the colon-parenth combo remember: Just Say No!
jason | 10.05.07 - 11:11 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
For the record, I am not a "cop hater."
We do need a civil police force, there are violent people among us.
Farming is not a violent occupation.
You cannot "tresspass" on PALCO land. It is STOLEN LAND.
5r | 10.05.07 - 11:15 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
"You cannot "tresspass" on PALCO land. It is STOLEN LAND. -5r"
Where do you live, because I need me whatever you have in your home, which is also on STOLEN LAND.
Captain Tripps | 10.05.07 - 11:18 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
sorry jason we live in a modern world where are all the norm. This is the internet and not letters to the editor, even proper grammar and spelling are optional, but if it makes you feel better, I'll type *laughing out loud* instead.
5r - farming is not violent, but leveling a shotgun at an officer is the threat of violence... sounds like he needed to be there, what if it had been the PALCO employee or some other average citizen? He would have used violence and thus the HCSD would have been needed regardless.
PaveTheRedwoods | 10.05.07 - 11:26 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
and the emoticons make it easier for me to find my posts upon my next visit to the page, since no one else seems to use them... perhaps they don't know how
PaveTheRedwoods | 10.05.07 - 11:27 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
You point a gun at a cop you deserve to be shot.
Then, all the left-wing nuts come & post hateful posts here saying cops are bad.
Been there, done that. It's all predictable.
"Farming is not a violent occupation" ? Well, that's true. But my grandpa never farmed his wheat farm with a shotgun.
Jeff E | 10.05.07 - 11:45 am | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5r
Why don't you tell everyone specifically which Amendment gaurantees the right to grow marijuana? "Right next to the place where it guarantees you the right to drink alcohol" is not specific enough.
Tell us. Specifically. Liar.
Tired of you hippies | 10.05.07 - 12:27 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
When you break the law, you're taking the risk of being punished for breaking the law. It may be jail time or in this case, death but that's the price you pay for growing dope, whether you think it's ok to grow or not, on stolen land or owned land. Don't make studid choices, especially pointing a gun at someone in law enforcement. Bad choice, too bad some people are slow learners and don't catch on. Stay legal, if you don't want confrontations with a police/sherrif/highway patol person. Sounds pretty simple.
Kathleen | 10.05.07 - 12:29 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5r is probably illiterate and can't read the Constitution, Bill of Rights, or any additional Amendments. He is obviously lacking in the mental department, so let's give him a break. He is special.
Tired of you hippies | 10.05.07 - 12:34 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5R
You have no brain at all. My only regret it wasn't you that had the shotgun.
Not only would we get rid of a felon, we would clean up the gene pool.
Law enforcement did a great job.
porkchop | 10.05.07 - 12:39 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
The only thing I ask, is, did he really point the gun at the officer? Why didn't he shoot the shotgun? Did the cop shoot the guy, and then put the gun next to him? These are legetiment questions.
Because a Sisque County deputy sheriff was shot by a suspect with his very own "dropgun". Which the duputy carried against policy. The dropgun was under the front seat, and the suspect managed to get his hands on it.
The shooter will spend the rest of his life behind bars, but the cop who carried a "dropgun" is dead.
The very gun this deputy would have used to enhance a crime scene to his favor, killed him. End of story! Don't carry "dropguns", and you can't get hurt with them.
And you don't give people who don't trust cops something negative to say.
Too many coinsadences for this to be a coinsadence.
I all ready know there are misspellings here, you don't need to point that out.
snowdog | 10.05.07 - 12:59 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Right, snowdog. Trespassing dope growers working for Mexican cartels can do no wrong. It must be an elaborate conspiracy between Palco and the HCSD.
Chainsaw | 10.05.07 - 1:13 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
wow snowdog, just wow... I hear you can get bulk tin foil at Costco for pretty cheap.
PaveTheRedwoods | 10.05.07 - 1:14 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
misspellings? You slaughtered the English language. Do you think you poor grammar has any reflection on your mental capacity?
unanonymous | 10.05.07 - 1:19 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Drug related killings are commonplace in LA , the central valley and other latino areas. Now they are coming to a neighborhood near you. Luckily this time the good guys won. Of course , illegal aliens are only "doing the work that Americans don't want to do".
politically incorrect | 10.05.07 - 1:28 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
ALL COPS ARE DIRTY FASCIST PIGS.
THEY WONT FACE ANY CHARGES.
THEY ARE MURDERERS.
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 7:10 am
Way to generalize. If thats ok, then its my turn:
ALL POT HEADS ARE CRIMINALS
THEY DESERVE TO ROT IN JAIL
THEY WOULD ALL KILL A COP GIVEN THE CHANCE
Put the joint down and start being a productive member of society.
Average Stupid Eureka Citizen | 10.05.07 - 1:34 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
"Tired of you hippies ",
Are you obtuse? You tell ME where it says in the Constitution you have the right to drink alcohol. THAT'S the point.
Think about it. Take a couple of hours or days. Get some help with it, you must know someone intelligent.
you bleated:
5r
Why don't you tell everyone specifically which Amendment gaurantees the right to grow marijuana? "Right next to the place where it guarantees you the right to drink alcohol" is not specific enough.
Tell us. Specifically. Liar.
Tired of you hippies
5r | 10.05.07 - 2:15 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
How did one guy grow 12000 plants?. was he a foreign national? if so send the corpse back with a english dictionary as a warning...
2nd amendment | 10.05.07 - 2:43 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
5r
Why don't you tell everyone specifically which Amendment gaurantees the right to grow marijuana? "Right next to the place where it guarantees you the right to drink alcohol" is not specific enough.
Tell us. Specifically. Liar.
Tired of you hippies | 10.05.07 - 12:27 pm
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Cannabis, known as marijuana[1] or ganja[2] in its herbal form and hashish in its resinous form,[3] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. indica (= C. indica Lam.). The herbal form of the drug consists of dried mature flowers and subtending leaves of pistillate ("female") plants. The resinous form consists primarily of glandular trichomes collected from the same plant material.
A dried flowered bud of the Cannabis sativa plant.
A dried flowered bud of the Cannabis sativa plant.
The major biologically active chemical compound in cannabis is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), commonly referred to as THC.
Humans have been consuming cannabis since prehistory,[4] although in the 20th century there was a rise in its use for recreational, religious or spiritual, and medicinal purposes.
For many Rastas, smoking cannabis (known as ganja, marijuana, herb, kali, "trees", "bud", or lamb's bread) is a spiritual act, often accompanied by Bible study; they consider it a sacrament that cleans the body and mind, heals the soul, exalts the consciousness, facilitates peacefulness, brings pleasure, and brings them closer to Jah. The burning of the herb is often said to be essential "for it will sting in the hearts of those that promote and perform evil and wrongs." Many believe that cannabis originated in Africa, and that it is a part of their African culture that they are reclaiming. It is sometimes also referred to as "the healing of the nation", a phraseology adapted from Revelation 22:2.
"Marijuana religion", wat would that be? you might ask...
Well, for one, nothing new. Marijuana has been used in religious rituals by many cultures since the beginning of human kind.
Marijuana, has been, and still is, a Holy plant in many cultures on all the continents that it grows on, and it grows in nearly every continent on our beautifull planet, and in nearly every country. Tradition in India maintains that the gods sent man the Hemp plant so that he might attain delight, courage, and have heightened sexual desires. When nectar or Amrita dropped down from heaven, Marijuana sprouted from it. Another story tells how, when the gods, helped by demons, churned the milk ocean to obtain Amrita, one of the resulting nectars was Marijuana. It was consecrated to Shiva and was [the godess] Indra’s favourite drink.
After the churning of the ocean, demons attempted to gain control of Amrita, but the gods were able to prevent this seizure, giving Marijuana the name Vijaya (“victory”) to commemorate their success. Ever since, this plant of the gods has been held in India to bestow supernatural powers on its users.
Marijuana played a major role in every religion in the Old World from the dawn of civilization until the Dark Ages when its sacramental use was prohibited by Emperor Theodosius of the Holy Roman Empire. Today multitudes are rediscovering the spiritual virtues of this most useful of all plants.
Before the Dark Ages people accepted the Marijuana/hemp plant as a special gift from the gods, a sacred medium for communion with the spiritual world. It played a prominent role in the development of the religions and civilizations of Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The insights gained from the Marijuana high by the ancient worshippers were considered to be of divine origin, and the plant itself an “angel” or messenger of the gods.
SHINTOISM (Japan) Marijuana was used for the binding together of married couples, to drive away evil spirits, and was thought to create laughter and happiness in marriage.
HINDUISM (India) The God Shiva is said "to have brought Marijuana from the Himalayas for human enjoyment and enlightenment." The Sardu Priests travel throughout India and the world sharing "chillum" pipes filled with Marijuana, sometimes blended with other substances. In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna states, "I am the healing herb" (Ch. 9:16), while the Bhagarat-purana Fifth Canto describes hashish in explicitly sexual terms.
BUDDHISTS (Tibet, India, and China)From the 5th Century B.C.E. on ritually used Marijuana; initiation rites and mystical experiences were (are) common in many Chinese Buddhist Sects. Some Tibetan Buddhists and lamas (priests) consider Marijuana their most holy plant. Many Buddhist traditions, writings, and beliefs indicate that "Siddhartha" (the Buddha) himself, used and ate nothing but hemp and its seeds for six years prior to announcing (discovering) his truths and becoming the Buddha (Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path).
ZOROASTRIANS or Magi (Persia, circa 8th to 7th Centuries B.C.E. to 3rd to 4th Centuries C.E.), it is widely believed by many Christian scholars, commentators, etc., that the three "Magi" or Wise Men who attended the birth of Christ were cult references to the Zoroastrians. The Zoroastrian religion was based (at least on the surface) on the entire Marijuana plant, the chief religious sacrament of its priest class, and its most important medicine, (e.g., obstetrics, incense rites, anointing and christening oils), as well as lighting or fire oils in their secular world. The word "magic" is generally considered derived from the Zoroastrians "Magi."
The ESSENES (ancient Israeli sect of extreme Hebrewites approx. 200 B.C.E. to 73 C.E.) used hemp medicinally, as did the THERAPUTEA (Egypt), from whom we get the term "therapeutic." Both are believed by some scholars to be disciples of, or in a brotherhood with, the priests/magician of the Zoroastrians.
EARLY JEWS As part of their holy Friday night services in the Temple of Solomon, 60-80,000 men ritually passed around and inhaled 20,000 incense burners filled with kaneh bosm (Marijuana), before returning home for the largest meal of the week.
SUFIS OF ISLAM (Middle East)Moslem "mystical" priests who have taught, used, and extolled Marijuana for divine revelation, insight, and oneness with Allah, for at least the last 1,000 years. Many Moslem and world scholars believe the mysticism of the Sufi Priests was actually that of the Zoroastrians who survived Moslem conquests of the 7th and 8th Centuries C.E. and subsequent conversion (change your religion and give up liquor or be beheaded).
COPTIC CHRISTIAN (Egypt/Ethiopia)Some sects believe the sacred "green herb of the field" in the Bible ("I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more." Ezekiel 34:29) and the Biblical secret incenses, sweet incenses, and anointing oils to be Marijuana.
The BANTUS (Africa) had secret Dagga Cults,* societies which restricted Marijuana use to the ruling men. The Pygmies, Zulus, and Hottentots all found it an indispensable medication for cramps, epilepsy, and gout, and as a religious sacrament.
*Their "Dagga" cults believed Holy Marijuana was brought to earth by the Gods, in particular from the "Two Dog Star" system that we call Sirius A and B. "Dagga" literally means "cannabis." (Marijuana) Interestingly, the surviving Indo-European word for the plant can also be read as "canna," "reed" and "bi," "two," as well as 'canna,' as in canine; and 'bis,' meaning two (bi) ß "Two Dogs."
The RASTAFARIANS (Jamaica and elsewhere) are a contemporary religious group that uses "ganja" as its sacred sacrament to communicate with God (Jah
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 4:12 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
pretty sure that means the govt cant regulate it.
oh yeah the constitution is dead....
because christian fascist have taken over the country....
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 4:14 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Jesus Christ
I have come to know that Jesus Christ
translates literally as "I am anointed".
Anointed with what?
Anointed with the holy anointing oil of Moses.
Now we know that the holy anointing oil of Moses
contains Cannabis, known in Hebrew as kaneh bos.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Blessed are we who live sincerely and in such a way that we gain the right to Cannabis, the tree of life
and find peace of mind and heaven within.
Revelation 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
In Genesis 1:29 God tells Adam and Eve:
"See, I give you every seed-bearing plant that is upon all the earth,
and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit; they shall be yours for food."
(Plaut, p. 20)
In Exodus 30:23 we are told that the Lord said to Moses:
'Next take choice spices: five hundred weight of solidified myrrh,
half as much - two hundred and fifty - of fragrant cinnamon,
two hundred and fifty of aromatic cane ...
Make of this a sacred anointing oil."
(Plaut, p. 633)
In the text, the Hebrew word for aromatic cane is transliterated as
'kana-besem'. The modern Hebrew word transliterated as 'kanabos'
is translated as "hemp", the English word for cannabis.
(Ben-Yehuda's Pocket English-Hebrew/ Hebrew-English Dictionary, p. 140)
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 4:39 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
The holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22-25 was created from 500 shekels (about 6 kg) of myrrh, half as much (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cane (kanabos, variously translated as calamus or cannabis), 500 shekels (about 6kg) of cassia, and a hin (about 4 L) of olive oil.
Since the amount of spices would clearly overwhelm the olive oil, it is thought that these measures were of the original spices that were then distilled down, by "the art of the apothecary", to essential oils. Because there is no record of how the Jews rendered oil from their spices, it is unclear as to how much oil would have made up the final mixture.
The holiness of the oil was protected by the ceremonial law, which prohibited its use in anything but the rites of the temple, on threat of banishment from among the Jewish people.
Cannabis has an ancient history of ritual usage as a trance inducing drug and is found in pharmacological cults around the world. Hemp seeds discovered by archaeologists at Pazyryk suggest early ceremonial practices by the Scythians occurred during the 5th to 2nd century BC, confirming previous historical reports by Herodotus. In India, it has been engaged by itinerant sadhus for centuries, and in modern times the Rastafari movement has embraced it. Some historians and etymologists have claimed that cannabis was used as a religious sacrament by ancient Jews, early Christians[1] and Muslims of the Sufi order.
anonymous | 10.05.07 - 4:40 pm | # | Report this comment for offensive material
Ancient Pagan use
In ancient Germanic culture cannabis was associated with the Germanic love goddess Freya. The harvesting of the plant was connected with an erotic high festival. It was believed that Freya lived as a fertile force in the plant's feminine flowers and by ingesting them one became influenced by this divine force (Rätsch 2003).
[edit] Ancient Hebraic use
According to some scholars, [2] cannabis was an ingredient of holy anointing oil mentioned in various sacred Hebrew texts. The herb of interest is most commonly known as kanah-bosim (קְנֵה-בֹשֶׂם (the singular form of which would be kanah-bos[3]) which 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 kanah-bosim 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',[4] with the root kan meaning reed or hemp and bosm meaning fragrant. Both cannabis and calamus are fragrant, reedlike plants containing psychotropic compounds.
[edit] Hindu use
Cannabis is believed to have been used in India as early as 1000 B.C.E.[citation needed] During the Hindu festival of Holi, people consume a drink called bhang which contains cannabis flowers.[5][6]
Charas, is smoked by some Shaivite devotees and cannabis itself is seen as a gift of Shiva to aid in sadhana[citation needed]. Some of the wandering ascetics in India known as sadhus smoke charas out of a clay chillum.
The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report[7] describes some traditional Hindu spiritual uses of cannabis.
Connection of ganja with the worship of Shiva.
435. It is chiefly in connection with the worship of Shiva, the Mahadeo or great god of the Hindu trinity, that the hemp plant, and more especially perhaps ganja, is associated. The hemp plant is popularly believed to have been a great favourite of Shiva, and there is a great deal of evidence before the Commission to show that the drug in some form or other is now extensively used in the exercise of the religious practices connected with this form of worship. Reference to the almost universal use of hemp drugs by fakirs, jogis, sanyasis, and ascetics of all classes, and more particularly of those devoted to the worship of Shiva, will be found in the paragraphs of this report dealing with the classes of the people who consume the drugs. These religious ascetics, who are regarded with great veneration by the people at large, believe that the hemp plant is a special attribute of the god Shiva, and this belief is largely shared by the people. Hence the many fond epithets ascribing to ganja the significance of a divine pro-party, and the common practice of invoking the deity in terms of adoration before placing the chillum or pipe of ganja to the lips. There is evidence to show that on almost all occasions of the worship of this god, the hemp drugs in some form or other are used by certain classes of the people it is established by the evidence of Mahamabopadhya Mahesa Chandra Nyayaratna and of other witnesses that siddhi is offered to the image of Shiva at Benares, Baidynath, Tarakeswar, and elsewhere. At the Shivratri festival, and on almost all occasions before the on which this worship is practised, there is abundant evidence Commission which shows not only that ganja is offered to the god and consumed by these classes of the worshippers, but that these customs are so intimately connected with their worship that they may be considered to form in some sense an integral part of it
Worship of the hemp plant
449. The custom of worshipping the hemp plant, although not so prevalent as that of offering hemp to Shiva and other deities of the Hindus, would nevertheless appear from the statements of the witnesses to exist to some extent in some provinces of India. The reason why this fact is not generally known may perhaps be gathered from such statements as that of Pandit Dharma Nand Joshi, who says that such worship is performed in secret. There may be another cause of the denial on the part of the large majority of Hindu witnesses of any knowledge of the existence of a custom of worshipping the hemp plant in that the educated Hindu will not admit that he worships the material object of his adoration, but the deity as represented by it. The custom of worshipping the hemp plant, though not confined to the Himalayan districts or the northern portions of India alone, where the use of the products of the hemp plant is more general among the people, is less known as we go south. Still even far south, in some of the hilly districts of the Madras Presidency and among the rural population, the hemp plant is looked upon with some sort of veneration. Mr. J. H. Merriman (witness No. 28, Madras) says: "I know of no custom of worshipping the hemp plant, but believe it is held in a certain sort of veneration by some classes." Mr. J. Sturrock, the Collector of Coimbatore (witness No. 2, Madras), says: "In some few localities there is a tradition of sanctity attached to the plant, but no regular worship. "The Chairman of the Conjeveram Municipal Board, Mr. E. Subramana Iyer (witness No. 143, Madras) says: "There is no plant to be worshipped here, but it is generally used as sacrifices to some of the minor Hindu deities. "There is a passage quoted from Rudrayanmal Danakand and Karmakaud in the report on the use of hemp drugs in the Baroda State, which also shows that the worship of the bhang plant is enjoined in the Shastras. It is thus stated: "The god Shiva says to Parvati-- 'Oh, goddess Parvati, hear the benefits derived from bhang. The worship of bhang raises one to my position. In Bhabishya Puran it is stated that "on the 13th moon of Chaitra (March and April) one who wishes to see the number of his sons and grandsons increased must worship Kama (Cupid) in the hemp plant, etc."
Muslim use
Generally in orthodox Islam, the use of cannabis is deemed to be khamr, and therefore haraam (forbidden). As with most orthodoxies, early practices differ in this.[citation needed] Some say that, as hashish was introduced in post-Koranic times, the prohibition of khamr (literally, "fermented grape" but generally understood to mean anything that clouds consciousness) did not apply to it.[citation needed] Others point to various hadith, which equate all intoxicants with khamr, and declare them all haraam, "if much intoxicates, then even a little is haraam".[citation needed]
Although cannabis use in Islamic society has been consistently present, often but not exclusively in the lower classes,[citation needed] its use explicitly for spiritual purposes is most noted among the Sufi. An account of the origin of this:
According to one Arab legend, Haydar, the Persian founder of the religious order of Sufi, came across the cannabis plant while wandering in the Persian mountains. Usually a reserved and silent man, when he returned to his monastery after eating some cannabis leaves, his disciples were amazed at how talkative and animated (full of spirit) he seemed. After cajoling Haydar into telling them what he had done to make him feel so happy, his disciples went out into the mountains and tried the cannabis for themselves. So it was, according to the legend, the Sufis came to know the pleasures of hashish. (Taken from the Introduction to A Comprehensive Guide to Cannabis Literature by Ernest Abel.)
In addition, the warrior sect of the Hashashin were said to have eaten hashish before their assassinations and were given the name "Hashasin" accordingly. This notion, traditional in the West, can be inferred from Marco Polo's account of his travels, though it has been widely disputed.[8]
[edit] Sikh use
The Sikh religion developed in the Punjab in Mughal times. The common use of bhang in religious festivals by Hindus carried over into Sikh practice as well. Sikhs were required to observe Dasehra with bhang, in commemoration of the founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak.[9]
The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report[7] describes the traditional use of cannabis in the Sikh religion.
Among the Sikhs the use of bhang as a beverage appears to be common, and to be associated with their religious practices. The witnesses who refer to this use by the Sikhs appear to regard it as an essential part of their religious rites having the authority of the Granth or Sikh scripture. Witness Sodhi Iswar Singh, Extra Assistant Commissioner, says :"As far as I know, bhang is pounded by the Sikhs on the Dasehra day, and it is ordinarily binding upon every Sikh to drink it as a sacred draught by mixing water with it. Legend--Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru, the founder of the Sikh religion, was on the gaddi of Baba Nanak in the time of Emperor Aurangzeb. When the guru was at Anandpur, tahsil Una, Hoshiarpur district, engaged in battle with the Hill Rajas of the Simla, Kangra, and the Hoshiarpur districts, the Rains sent an elephant, who was trained in attacking and slaying the forces of the enemy with a sword in his trunk and in breaking open the gates of forts, to attack and capture the Lohgarh fort near Anandpur. The guru gave one of his followers, Bachittar Singh, some bhang and a little of opium to eat, and directed him to face the said elephant. This brave man obeyed the word of command of his leader and attacked the elephant, who was intoxicated and had achieved victories in several battles before, with the result that the animal was overpowered and the Hill Rajas defeated. The use of bhang, therefore, on the Dasehra day is necessary as a sacred draught
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I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land,
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