16th-Century Mapmaker Martin Waldseemueller’s Intriguing Knowledge
Washington Post: “The evidence of this knowledge is in Waldseemueller’s world map of 1507.”
Prehistoric drug kit is evidence of Stoned Age
Times Online: ” Scientists have found the drug paraphernalia used by prehistoric humans to cook up herbal mixtures to get themselves high. Scientists have long suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug use but much of the evidence has been indirect, ranging from the bizarre images found in prehistoric cave art to the discovery of hemp seeds in excavations.”
Europe (Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections)
Library of Congress : “Over its nearly two-hundred-year history the Library of Congress has collected nearly 5,700 fifteenth-century books, the largest collection of incunabula [books printed before 1501] in the western hemisphere.”
Knight’s Tournament Book
When François I had his nativity cast under a false name, the astrologer said he would be killed in a duel. This report caused the Queen Mother to laugh, thinking her husband to be above challenges and duels: but he was slain at jousting, the splinters of the staff of Montgomery going in at his beaver.
Reefer Man leather mask
Etsy :: TomBanwell: “Another variation of the green man, Reefer Man!”
Claims linking health problems and the strength of cannabis may be exaggerated
Science Blog: Claims that a large increase in the strength of cannabis over the last decade is driving the occurrence of mental health and other problems for users are not borne out by a study of the worldwide literature, say researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) and the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI), both from Australia.
Moses was stoned when he set Ten Commandments
guardian.co.uk: “An Israeli researcher is claiming in a study published this week the prophet may have been stoned when he set the Ten Commandments in stone. According to Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, psychedelic drugs formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times. “
The Pantagruelion engima
Scientific Commons: The Pantagruelion engima and the structure of Franc̜ois Rabelais’ Tiers livre. David Russell Morgan (1935-), 1971 Columbia University thesis
Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art
THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY: “The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi). “