Spells and Rituals: Using Cannabis in Your Craft.

July 28, 2021

Spells and Rituals: Using Cannabis in Your Craft.

Ancient Goddesses of Cannabis

A History of Use for Creativity, Sacred Ritual, and Healing

Cannabis was likely used in ancient Egypt as many as 5,000 years ago. Some speculate that depictions of the Egyptian Goddess of writing, Sheshat, are brimming with cannabis-inspired themes. In many paintings, she’s shown with a star-shaped leaf atop her head and a fibrous rope in her hand.

There is strong evidence that the Vikings used cannabis. The discovery of a Viking ship in a large burial mound at Oseberg Farm near Tonsberg, Norway revealed evidence of cannabis cultivation. Archaeologists found a leather purse containing cannabis seeds in the graves of two women who probably died in the ninth century AD. Many archaeologists now believe that one of the women was a priestess of Freya, the Norse love goddess. The suggestion is that the woman used cannabis seeds during rituals honoring Freya and celebrating fertility.

Magu Taoist Goddess carries a basket with flowers, fruit and hemp

In ancient China, Taoists valued cannabis as an elixir of life. The goddess Magu ("hemp maid") was the caretaker of the hemp plant. Magu healed the sick and needy. She was often depicted carrying a basket of peaches and hemp leaves. To the Chinese, Magu is many things: a healing deity, priestess, protector of women and goddess.

Modern Spiritual Practice

Modern spiritual practices associated with cannabis regard the plant as holding all four elements of nature, giving the consumer access to an understanding of the true nature of life. Cannabis is considered to be a source for connecting to spiritual wisdom and uncovering the true nature of existence. Used for spells to invoke meditation, visions, healing, and love, it is a highly regarded, spiritual plant used to evoke a stronger connection to love and spirituality.

Using Cannabis in your Practice

The legality and availability of cannabis depends on where you live. Adding hemp-based products to your practice may be the safest path. Always use discretion and respect the power of the plant.

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Golden Eagle Farms

Burning dried hemp flower in a cast iron cauldron or large incense burner is my favorite option. Consider adding other herbs and flowers to the cauldron with hemp to complement your intentions. For love spells, rose buds and damiana leaves are a good choice.

Golden Eagle Farms offers a variety of strains like Sweetened, Elektra, Frosted Web, Hawaiian Haze and Cherry Wine.

A few strain descriptions from their website:

Sweetened Hemp Flower is a rose aromatic and umami finishing Hemp Flower. It is enveloped in a sense of peace and calm followed by a new 20,000 ft vantage. Sweetened lets you fly while checking off your boxes with ease.

Frosted Web Hemp Flower is fire. The red hairs, the aroma, the sense of warmth. Melt that frosty nature with the flame that's Frosted Web. Let relaxation and peace enter your body like a glowing ember melts an icicle.

Hawaiian Haze CBD Hemp Flower is aptly named for its tropical aroma and calming island vibes. The exotic papaya pineapple scent provides an enveloping bouquet of ease and comfort. Say Aloha to your new favorite strain: Hawaiian Haze.

Mountain Rose Herbs makes an herbal smoke blend that is flavorful and relaxing and works nicely with any of these strains if you are inclined to use a pipe or papers.

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Mountain Rose Herbs for certified organic dried herbs and flowers.

A woman prepares cacao on a table strewn with cacao shavings, incense and candles

Cherry Wine Hemp Tincture with Cacao + Damiana

18+ This tincture by Anecdote contains Raw Cacao and Damiana Leaf, which were used as aphrodisiacs in the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica.

A few drops of this tincture added to hot cacao or baked into cakes (to give to the object of your affection) complements sacred love rituals and come-to-me spells.

The combination of Cacao, Damiana and Cherry Wine hemp is relaxing, heart-opening and blissfully elevates Full Moon Rituals, when emotions are heightened and intentions are celebratory.

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Miss Grass XXX - Hemp + Herb Minis For Pleasure

Share your rituals and sacred practice with prerolled herbal smokes.

21+ These prerolls ship nationwide. They contain Organic full spectrum hemp flower. Organic fair trade, food grade mullein, damiana, holy basil, jasmine, rose, and hibiscus.

Miss Grass describes these as the perfect smoke for whenever you crave full-body tingles, connection, creativity, or a playful, euphoric hit. Terpenes mingle with aphrodisiac florals like hibiscus, damiana, jasmine, and rose to produce a smooth smoke in a mini pre-roll joint.

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