Cannabis: The Sacred Plant of the Ancients

Cannabis on the Altar: The Forgotten Plant of the Gods. For thousands of years,

priests and shamans sought communion with the divine. But what if one of their sacred

tools wasn’t a mystery at all… What if it was a plant we still know today?

In 2020, archaeologists in Israel made a stunning discovery. Residue from a temple

altar at Tel Arad, an ancient Yahwistic shrine, contained traces of THC and CBD—the

active compounds of cannabis. So yes — in several priestly or shamanic contexts,

cannabis was literally on the altar. Burned as incense. Inhaled as offering. Used to open the

mind before meeting the divine. Far to the east, among the Scythians of Central Asia,