Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:48:35 -0400

To: greenpartydrugsgroup@...

From: Dana Beal

Subject: GMfCL 2003 #39: Auckland, Boone, Dunedin, Levin, Napier,
Portland, Wellington Make 64 Cities on the MMM Poster for 2004!

"eco man" <tents444@...>, yerbanena@..., risto.mikkonen@..., "Ken Gorman" <gov02@...>, indianbud@..., initiativ@..., "Mojca Straus" <mojca@...>, ezpz@..., newagecitizen@..., hromi@..., "Terry Mitchell" <tushona@...>,  pariah_mob@...,  jc0_66@..., "Irena" <irena.krzan@...>,  legalizemichigan@..., "Matthew Jorn" <matthewjorn@...>, Newagecitizen@..., "Xpu100" <hri100@...>, mjmarch@..., info@...,  marijuanamarch@..., hempSA@..., has.cornelissen@..., farid@..., inorml@..., mohemp@..., Boris.it@..., "Chris Conrad" <chris@...>, iowanorml@..., duncaneddy@..., nfn@..., RoadsEnd@..., "Chris Wright" <TCW@...>,  rastapeace@..., pdxnorml@..., hempSA@..., smuuthc11@..., acididea@..., anna_ganja@...,  andyganja2001@..., "Melody Karr" <fiddlefoot420@...>, "Howie Hempalot" <torml@...>, fearless_420@..., mmm@..., melacs42x60@..., rebelart@..., pcornwell@..., martin@..., CAMPNC@..., Blocpot@..., DennyLane@..., rappa@..., arsec@..., "Hanfparaden Center Berlin" <hanfparade@...>, amec@..., mayday@onelist.com, "kathy kennedy" <prohibitionx@...>, freddiefreak@..., sokrates@..., restore@...,  rastapeace@..., "justin ballot" <j_thang@...>, Hempsters@..., texasm5@..., "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer@...>, "helmut holtzheimer" <movemus@...>,  phillty2@..., steph@..., "Bill Downing" <billdowning@...>, "Dave Toaff" <davetoaff@...>, mmm@..., "Angela Goodhope" <sisterearth420@...>, Usersvoice.jmt@...,  "Michael Palmieri" <forml_2000@...>, PROBER13@..., StewMO1941@..., rmelamed@..., chris@..., pakaloha@..., "M. Werkhausen" <werkhausen@...>, chairman@..., bloom@..., "pdr" <pdr@...>, aksh1@..., fdb@...,  stinkygreens@..., Hanf-tv@..., blair@..., "Jay Statzer" <jstatzer@...>, encimer@..., Skywolf@..., CFFHS@...,  cannabisal@..., globalpeas@..., emanuel@...,  dangssdp@..., fine_time909@..., Boris@..., miriamwhite420@...,  bud_jamesbud@..., mappnow@..., xchaos@..., btm42@..., wachtel@..., forml420@..., "Michela Gesualdo" <mgesuald@ilmanifesto>, terryparkerjr@..., fjhc@hotmail, "Razor" <rzr@...>, legalise@..., "Nelg Nella" <spacehippie@...>, artworks@..., phillyweed420@..., info@...,  doncriss@..., "Joe Wein" <joewein@...>, "Bud Spliff" <normalpotluck2002@...>, info@..., OCannabisSociety@..., "Catherine Jones" <mmmfriend@...>, writch@..., cannabisaction@yahoogroups.com, "mary mackenzie" <mmackenzie2@...>, hilary@..., escandonavia@...,  jipiando@..., leoparda_azul@..., faenadub@..., don@..., ultra_plus_estrella@..., helmcke@..., m_bandida@..., malcomska@..., foroalici@..., earthfirstswt@..., dmcvay@..., taudarknes@..., "The Happy Hemptress" <hemptress@...>,  "New Paltz Norml" <newpaltznorml@...>, hamppu.kaupunki@...,  bitchcrafts420@..., kendermag@..., "melissa ann" <melacs42x60@...>

 

So far, 64  Cities Have Signed up for 2004 .

MAYDAY IS JAY-DAY!

(Next year, the first Saturday of May falls on May 1)

albany

albuquerque

ashland

auckland

boone

bratislava

buenos aires

capetown

christchurch

cincinnati

cleveland

dallas

darwin

dayton

des moines

detroit

dover

dublin

dunedin

eugene

fayetteville

flint

frankfurt

ft. lauderdale

halifax

helsinki

houston

kansas city

las vegas

lansing

levin

mexico city

minneapolis

montpelier

napier

nashville

newark

new orleans

new york

nimbin

ogden

orlando

paducah

parkersburg

portland

prague

raleigh-durham

rapid city
richmond

rosario

salt lake city

san francisco

san juan

san marcos

st. louis

tampa

toronto

traverse city

tucson

tupelo

vancouver

wellington

wichita

wilmington

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BC-DUTCH-CANNABIS   08-31 0643

 

Netherlands makes cannabis a prescription drug
By Paul Gallagher
AMSTERDAM, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will this week
become the world's first country to make cannabis available as a
prescription drug in pharmacies to treat chronically ill
patients, a top Dutch health official said on Sunday.
The Dutch government has given the country's 1,650
pharmacies the green light to sell cannabis to sufferers of
cancer, HIV, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Tourette's Syndrome in
a ground-breaking acceptance of the drug's medicinal use.
"It's a historic step. What is unique is that we are making
it available on a prescription only basis through pharmacies,"
said Willem Scholten, head of the Office of Medicinal Cannabis
at the Dutch Health Ministry.
The Netherlands, where prostitution and the sale of cannabis
in coffee shops are regulated by the government, has a history
of pioneering social reforms. It was also the first country to
legalise euthanasia.
The government, which recognised many chronically ill people
were already buying cannabis from coffee shops, said it should
only be prescribed by doctors when conventional treatments had
been exhausted or if other drugs had side effects.
Two companies in the Netherlands have been given licences to
grow special strains of cannabis in laboratory-style conditions
to sell to the Health Ministry, which in turn packages and
labels the drug in small tubs to supply to pharmacies.
The Health Ministry recommends patients dilute the cannabis
-- which will be in the form of dried marijuana flowers from the
hemp plant rather its hashish resin -- in tea or turn it into a
spray in a nebulizer.
As well as pharmacies, 80 hospitals and 400 doctors will be
allowed to dispense five gram doses of SIMM18 medical marijuana
for 44 euros ($48) a tub and more potent Bedrocan at 50 euros.
MONOPOLY
The government will start distributing to pharmacies on
Monday with a monopoly over wholesale of the drug.
Dutch doctors will be allowed to prescribe it to treat
chronic pain, nausea and loss of appetite in cancer and HIV
patients, to alleviate MS sufferers spasm pains and reduce
physical or verbal tics in people suffering Tourette's syndrome.
The ministry estimates up to 7,000 people in the Netherlands
have used cannabis for medical reasons, buying it in coffee
shops. It said this could more than double once it is available
from pharmacies in pure medical form.
Cannabis has a long history of medical use. It was used as a
Chinese herbal remedy around 5,000 years ago, while Britain's
Queen Victoria is said to have taken cannabis tincture for
menstrual pains.
But it fell out of favour because of lack of standardised
preparations and the development of more potent synthetic drugs.
Critics argue it has not passed sufficient scientific
scrutiny at a time when researchers are trying to determine if
it confers the medical benefits many users claim. Some doctors
say it increases the risk of depression and schizophrenia.
The use of cannabis for medical reasons has proved
contentious in many other countries.
In July, Canada granted hundreds of seriously ill patients a
dispensation from criminal law to buy the drug after a plan for
the government to grow medical marijuana was put on hold. The
United States upheld a federal ban on medical marijuana in 2001.

"It's the first time it has ever been done in the world. The

Dutch are pretty compassionate and tolerant," said James Burton,
director of the Institute of Medical Marijuana, one of the two
companies licensed to grow the drug for medical use in the
Netherlands.
"No one would say that a dying patient or someone in a
wheelchair should not take cannabis to alleviate pain," he said.
REUTERS

*****!!! May 4, 2002 Cannabis Liberation Day: Updates,  Reports!!!*****

From: 

"Nimbin Hemp Embassy" <hemp@...>   

Date: 
2003/08/31 Sun PM 08:31:11 CDT

To: 
"Hemp Embassy forward" <hempembassy@...>

Subject: 

press release -'SOME HERBS WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER'

CANNABIS - 5000  YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG.

PRESS   CONFERENCE
        PARLIAMENT HOUSE,  SYDNEY
                               TUESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2003

MEDICAL CANNABIS USE IN NSW

In  anticipation of the release of the NSW Government's Exposure Bill on the Use of  Cannabis for Medical Purposes, the NSW Medical Cannabis Information Service  (MCIS) invites media and all Members of the NSW Parliament to attend a press  conference and meet medical cannabis patients, doctors and carers at
Parliament House from 10am next Tuesday morning 2nd of September  2003.

MCIS founder, Andrew Kavasilas said, "The Carr Government must  adopt the fundamental requirements of the NSW Expert Working Party's  recommendations on the medical use of cannabis".

"Premier Bob Carr and  the rest of his Cabinet have been sitting on reports and recommendations for  almost 4 years,at the very least there are a few points that the Exposure Bill  must address right from the start" said Mr Kavasilas.

- The NSW  Government's Exposure Bill on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes must  ensure that Federal and International administrative and legislative steps are  taken to enable all medical cannabis trials to proceed in NSW.

- NSW  Health authorities and the new Office of Medical Cannabis should have sufficient  authority and independence to ensure best immediate outcomes and ongoing  facilitation of patient needs.

- Comprehensive interviews must be funded  and undertaken with patients who currently use cannabis for medical  purposes, as well as investigating other patient and patient groups who may be  prepared to use cannabis and cannabinoid products for medical  purposes.

-New Australian Pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged  to explore the many new research and commercial opportunities during this new  wave of whole cannabis medicine.

- Suitable legislation and policy  options should be adopted so that patients authorised by an accredited medical  practitioner, or the Office of Medical Cannabis can obtain access to a licit  source and supply of cannabis seeds, and/or a sufficient ongoing supply of  quality controlled, affordable dried cannabis.


For further  information contact
Andrew Kavasilas
Medical Cannabis Information  Service
Ph 6689 1968
Ah 6689 0199
In Sydney -
Andrew Katelaris
Ph 0414 306 306
 
 
 
Canadian Govt  begins selling pot
>From correspondents in Toronto
August 27,  2003
JARI Dvorak scored 60 grams of pot and lit up, but - unlike in the past  -
the deal involved no back alley exchange or hiding from police.

This  time, the 62-year-old Dvorak went to a doctor to pick up his supply,
making  him one of the first patients to receive government-grown marijuana.
He paid  $US$245 ($380), tax included.
"I just smoked some and it's doing the trick,"  the HIV-positive Dvorak said.
He is one of several hundred Canadians  authorized to use medical marijuana
for pain, nausea and other symptoms of  catastrophic or chronic illness.
The program announced last month by the  federal health department provides
marijuana grown by the government in a  former copper mine turned underground
greenhouse in northern Manitoba.
Dvorak described his new stash as light green and orange in  color,
resembling ground tobacco sealed in vacuum-packed bags. If he saw some  lying
around, he said, "I would say that's marijuana, especially if I sniff  it."
Getting it has been a three-year struggle for Dvorak and other  Canadian

patients who have battled through the courts to make the government  respond

to what they call their need for a compassionate exemption from  criminal
law.
Marijuana possession remains a crime in Canada, though the  government has
proposed making small amounts - less than 15 grams (half an  ounce) -
punishable by a citation and fine similar to a traffic ticket.  Officials in
the neighboring United States have warned of tighter border  security if
Canada takes that step.
Last month, Health Minister Anne  McLellan announced the program to sell the
government-grown marijuana,  satisfying an Ontario court order for the
government to make a legal supply  available to authorized patients. The
court ruling said current laws made  "seriously ill, vulnerable people deal
with the criminal underworld to get  medicine."
Dvorak's supply came with something he never had seen - a content  analysis.
He noted the THC content was 10.2 percent, compared to the range of  3
percent to 18 percent in most street marijuana. Tetrahydrocannabinol,  or
THC, is the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
He smokes marijuana in  the morning to soothe nausea from the HIV drugs he
has taken for 15 years.
"I'm so happy the government is coming through with it," Dvorak said.  "Are
they going to carry on with it? We'll see."
McLellan has called the  initial program an interim measure to satisfy the
court order while the  government appeals the ruling.
Canada unveiled plans for medical marijuana  in 2000 and began growing a
supply in the abandoned mine shaft in Flin Flon,  Manitoba. New regulations
took effect on July 30, 2001, expanding the number  of Canadians allowed to
use medical marijuana and allowing people to grow  their own or designate
someone to grow it for them.
The regulations also  cleared the way for distribution of the
government-grown pot, but McLellan's  department later announced it needed
further tests on the effects of  medicinal marijuana and its quality before
making any available.
That  brought last year's court ruling ordering the government to offer a
legal  supply instead of making patients buy off the street.
Medical marijuana  users complain the Canadian system has been a bureaucratic
maze intended to  stifle the issue instead of providing pot to those who need
it. While  hundreds have received federal exemptions to grow and possess
marijuana,  others say it is hard to find doctors to sign off on their
requests.
Dvorak described himself as lucky because his "compassionate"  doctor
understands the need. He refused to give the doctor's name.

AAP


James Fetherston
Research Associate
National Drug  Research Institute
Curtin university
GPO Box U1987 Perth 6845
Ph: (08)  9266 1615
Fax: (08) 9266 1611

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From: 

Chris Fowlie <hempstore@...> 

Date: 
2003/08/31 Sun PM 08:50:58 CDT

To: 
<dana@...>

Subject: 

Re: GMfCL 2003 #38: Remember Rainbow Farm!; Fayetteville, Newark,Spokane, St. Louis Make 57 Cities on the MMM Poster for 2004!


Hello Dana, please please PLEASE add our New Zealand cities to your poster for
MMM 2004. I have sent you this information at least three times already but we
are still being missed out... is there a problem or have we just been lost in
your full inbox?

Auckland: Albert Park. ph 09 302 52555 auckland@...
Napier: Marine Parade. hawkesbay@...
Levin: Kimberly Reserve. levin@...
Wellington: Frank Kitts Park. wellington@...
Christchurch: Cathedral Square. christchurch@...

Dunedin: The Octagon. dunedin@...

We may also be organising events for Tauranga and Hamilton and will keep you
informed about this.

Thanks, and keep up the good work!!!

Chris Fowlie
NORML New Zealand
www.norml.org.nz
PO Box 3307
Shortland Street

Auckland, NZ.

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From: 

Joshua Nathan Simmons <js28918@...> 

Date: 
2003/09/01 Mon AM 11:59:33 CDT

To: 
Dana Beal <dana@...>

Subject: 

Re: MillionMarijuanaMarch 2004

hey,
yea we are going to do it again.  it was fun.  nothing is quite as

liberating as standing up for your rights.

check out the article a local paper ran @
http://www.wataugademocrat.com/topic.php?tid=7&sid=2266
thanks

n8
js28918@...
114 trivette's dr.

boone, nc 28607


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From: 

"Rev. Tom Brown" <revtombrown@...>   

Date: 
2003/08/27 Wed PM 08:25:33 CDT

To: 
dana@...

Subject: 

Registration for the GMfCL 2003 #37:

Greetings,

Please change the registration on your records for the May 1, 2004 Million Marijuana March below to that here:

Fayetteville, Arkansas;  Rev. Tom Brown, revtombrown@...  , (479) 251-1780; First Church of the Magi, P.O.Box 2827, 72702;  or Rev. Nancy Harris, nharris@... ; Sacred Truth Mission at (479) 582-4138

Thanks and Jah Bless.

One Love revtombrown

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From: 
"Steven M. Cooper" <OrNORML.Secretary@...>   Block Sender  |  Block Domain

Date: 
2003/08/30 Sat PM 05:25:26 CDT

To: 
<vze2sp5d@...>

Subject: 

RE: 2004 posters


OrNORML will be producing the march in 2004, as usual.
Contact info needs changing:

2004 MMM Organizing Committee
c/o Oregon NORML
PO Box 16057
Portland, Or 97292

503.239.6110

Madeline Martinez: yerbanena@...

Steven M. Cooper: OrNorml.Secretary@...

********************

*****BUSHWHACKED!!*****

************************

From:

Newagecitizen@... 

Date: 
2003/09/01 Mon PM 01:30:35 CDT

To: 

dana@...

Subject: 

Rainbow Farms Playboy Article and Michigan Gov. Granholm 

Any thoughts on this one?

Rainbow Farms Playboy Article and Gov. Granholm 
Date: 8/29/2003 11:34:32 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Newagecitizen
To: dpfmi@...

Spring 2001:
[After getting busted for growing]
"When Teter arrived on the scene, Crosslin saw then-attorney general Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat who is now Michigan's governor, in the car with him.  Teter immediately got an injunction banning all future festivals.  By the time Crosslin and Rohn were bailed out of jail, Teter had already filed for forfeiture of Rainbow Farm."
[Playboy, October 2003, Page 160]

Less than 6 months later Tom and Rollie would become part of a government "fox hunt" where 105 federal, state and local law enforcement officials participated.  In the end both of them died of multiple gunshot wounds.  The picture of Tom, (in the Playboy article) appears to show that his brains were literally blown out of the upper portion of his forehead.  All because they were growing one of God's favorite plants?  Where is the sense in this and isn't about time we put an end to it?

OK, in the 9 years that I published New Age Patriot Magazine, I have had conversations with many growers who ended up at the wrong end of a warrant.  But none of them were blessed by the personal presence of a state attorney general (e.g.,Jennifer ) -- now our governor.  So, what is going on here? 

What was the extent of her involvement? 
Was she responsible for the injunction? 
Who asked that she be present? 
Did it come from Engler? 
Did Engler get prodded from the federal level (e.g., from someone within the Bush Administration)? 

I think these issue badly need to be explored and clarified.  Could this have been part of a Engler or Bush Administration's covert operation to quell free speech and send a setback to Hemp Activism in Michigan and throughout the country?

Professor Hemp

Here is Kevin Zeeze's impression [Drug Policy Forum]:

<<*****
Rainbow Farms Playboy Article and Mi's Gov. Granholm 
Date: 8/30/2003 2:09:39 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: kevzeese@...
Reply-to: zeese@...
To: Newagecitizen@...
Sent from the Internet (Details)

My *guess* is that this was more a Michigan concern than a national one. I don't think Rainbow Farm was significant enough to draw national attention, but they certainly drew local attention. Very weird that Granholm was spotted in the car -- I'd like to know more about that -- not sure Crosslin as the only source is reliable for that info.

KZ
*****>>

This (below) was my first, admiringly abridged, response to Kevin Zeese:

<<*****

Subj: Re: Rainbow Farms Playboy Article and Mi's Gov. Granholm 

Date: 8/30/2003 7:25:08 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Newagecitizen
To: zeese@...

Yep . . . "Very weird" to say the least.  And don't assume I'm drawing any conclusions.  I'm just making a cursory attempt to determine the possible scope of the intervention.  I seriously doubt that Playboy would have made a reference to Jennifer's presence at Rainbow Farm without checking out the sources.

But to say that Rainbow Farm was "more a Michigan concern than a national one" puzzles me:

(1) "Rainbow Farm" was listed in High Times as one of the worlds 10 "Most Weed Friendly" destinations prior to the final pre-911 incident.  I would not count, out of hand, the very real possibility that Ashcroft, or some other Bush plutocrat, would not seize upon this as an opportunity to squelch a growing bastion for drug reformers in Michigan. 

(2) Mapinc.org has an entire section of articles, from throughout the country, concerning the Massacre at Rainbow Farm.

(3) Major publications (e.g., High Times, Time Magazine, Playboy) have published articles concerning Rainbow Farm.

Furthermore, the Rainbow Farm Massacre occurred as one of the nation's most controversial state initiatives, PRA,  was over halfway towards it's goal of collecting 450,000 signatures.  Not only did PRA allow access to Medical Marijuana . . . it was the first large attempt to allow legal possession and legal cultivation!!!  Although Federal agents probably realized that we would never reach our goal, it is also quite probable that they saw Rainbow Farm as a strategic organizing site for Michigan Drug Reform Activists.  Well, it was! 

I don't think that these architects of social control could not have seen actions against Rainbow Farm, as a sure means to thwart future Cannabis activism in the state of Michigan.  What better way to intimidate the broader activist base than to literally murder one of our most important activists?  This would not be the first time such LIC (Low Intensity Conflict) tactics have been used against social reformers.  And in fact Cannabis Activism in the State of Michigan has suffered a serious loss of activists since the shootings occured in September 2001.

*****>>

[For those that forgot about the Personal Responsibility Amendment please take a look at the following links]

http://www.newagecitizen.com/PraStatistics.htm
http://www.newagecitizen.com/PraNews010714.htm

I hope to hear KZ responds to this more verbose recollection of events that preceded the Rainbow Farm Massacre.  But I really think our Governor needs to provide an exhaustive explanation as to why she was present at Rainbow Farm just months before Tom and Rollie were murdered.  In addition to the questions posed (above) I think she has an obligation to share her current views on Cannabis:

Should the sick have access to Marijuana as a medicine or palliative?
Should nonmedical Marijuana users and growers spend any time in jail?
Does she believe that Marijuana is really a "gateway" drug (and if so please share your source citations)?
If you authorized the injunction, prohibiting Rainbow Farm from holding additional Hemp Events, didn't it bother you, just a little bit, that you were stomping on the First Amendment rights of thousands of activists that wanted to gather at Rainbow Farm and discuss alternatives to this hopelessly failed drug war?
In retrospect, would you have done anything different concerning this injunction etc., had you known that it would ultimately result in the murder of 2 decent, freedom loving Americans?

What will you do differently, concerning Marijuana policy, in the next few years?

If you would like to contact Jennifer you will not be able to use e-mail as she doesn't appear to have a e-mail address. So try a fax or snail mail.  I will be sending a letter to her today which will both ask for answers to these questions as well as indicating that a FOIA request may follow. 

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE (517) 373-3400
FAX (517) 335-6863

Happy Labor Day,

Professor Hemp,
New Age Citizen 
www.newagecitizen.com

PS:
I will be talking about the "Offshoring of American Jobs" at the Greenhouse on September 14th or 21st.  I will be making more info available in the next few days.

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From: 
Nick Sandberg <nicks22@...>   Block Sender  |  Block Domain

Date: 
2003/09/01 Mon AM 07:35:16 CDT

To: 
ibogaine@...

Subject: 

[ibogaine] I-B-O-G-A

Hi everybody,

Thought I'd come back to this group for a bit and post a
little of some esoteric-y insights I've had surrounding the
word "Iboga."

I took loads of it in 1999, in the UK and the Cameroun, and
since then have been following my own path of development via
Osho, Qabalah, living communally and relating to people.

As a student of numerology, especially the Gematria and
Isopsephia of the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New
Testament, I notice some interesting things about the word
IBOGA, which, to my mind, tend to indicate that it does have
a higher dimensional source.

The word suggests immediately two numbers - 26 and 188, both
with high Christian religious significance.

26 from its spelling in Hebrew - Yod, Beth, Vav, Gimel, Heh
(IBOGA) which add to reveal 10 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 5 = 26. 26 is
the number of the biblical Jehovah, one of the highest names
of God in the Old Testament and creator of the Qabalistic
universe. In addition, the 26th path on the Tree of Life is
that assigned to Tarot key 15 - The Devil, believed to be the
fastest though most confrontational route to the centre.

188 comes less directly. Examining the word it can be split
thus I  B  OG  A. "I" is just I, or the number 1, in Qabalah -
the point of observation, the first person present tense. OG
is the semantic root of the number eight throughout the West.
It is the Celtic number for 8 and the root of Eight, Octo,
Otto, Acht etc. This OG is surrounded by BA - the semantic
root of the number 8 in the East, being the Hanyu (Mandarin
Chinese) word for 8 and the source of pa, put and an
assortment of other Easterny 8s.

Thus there is a Western 8 enclosed in an Eastern 8, bringing
to mind perhaps the yin yang symbol.

188 itself scores pretty highly in religious significance,
though only for being an incomplete rendering of the number
1888, possibly the numerical root of the New Testament. 1888
symbolizes a circle split into 8 sections and subdivided by
three concentric rings, a symbol often seen in Tarot key 10,
the Wheel of Fortune. This symbolizes the 3 stage process by
which the soul is believed to detach itself from the energy
of Karma and achieve its full potential, a drama related in
the stories of the Greek Dionysian and Eleusian mysteries and
revived by the Rosicrucians in the early 17th century. It
also relates geometrically to a 9 x 9 x 9 cube, the source of
vast amounts of Christian sacred geometry ? how to build
churches, names and appellations for Jesus etc. And to the
hexagon, the two dimensional representation of the cube (a
hexagon with a letter Y [alternative for I] on top creates
the image of a cube), another Christian biggie.

All in all, I get the picture of a divine substance that
needs something extra to be added to achieve its full
possibility, something that relates to another number 8 and
thus to periodicity or rhythm. Maybe this is why the Bwiti
dance so much.

Anyway, thought I?d post these little insights for the record
and at the same time say Hello to everyone on the list.

All the best

Nick Sandberg

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From: 
"Patrick K. Kroupa" <digital@...>   Block Sender  |  Block Domain

Date: 
2003/09/01 Mon PM 02:20:43 CDT

To: 
ibogaine@...

Subject: 

Re: [ibogaine] I-B-O-G-A




On [Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:35:16PM +0100], [Nick Sandberg] wrote:

| Hi everybody,

Nick,

I'd take this moment to say sumthin' like, do0d m4hn d0g y0!  HerR0 again!
'Cept, I already did all that in private, and knew you were arriving, so,
thusly, it just wouldn't be the same.

But anyway: Welcome home!  The mental asylum has been emptier without your
presence!

| Thought I'd come back to this group for a bit and post a

| little of some esoteric-y insights I've had surrounding the
| word "Iboga."

...

| root of the number 8 in the East, being the Hanyu (Mandarin
| Chinese) word for 8 and the source of pa, put and an
| assortment of other Easterny 8s.
|
| Thus there is a Western 8 enclosed in an Eastern 8, bringing
| to mind perhaps the yin yang symbol.

...

| All in all, I get the picture of a divine substance that
| needs something extra to be added to achieve its full
| possibility, something that relates to another number 8 and
| thus to periodicity or rhythm. Maybe this is why the Bwiti
| dance so much.

I would like to say that you are ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY and WITHOUT A
DOUBT ... completely correct.  The number 8 has great resonance.  It
radiates, vibrates, and hums along; in all the right places.  This is
OBVIOUS to all who only have the ears to see and senses to misperceive.

The Symbol of Chaos -- making Aum sounds -- has 8 arrows radiating
outwards.  What more need be said...?

Conclusive Fully Documented Proof:

http://www.mindvox.com/images/splash_small.jpg

It's totally obvious.

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<Passing the mic to Dana>

Dana.  I realize that when you left your house for a while -- many months
ago -- BAD PEOPLE did UNSPEAKABLE, terrible things, and mounted OS/X on
your Mac.  But, it was done with LOVE.  OS/9 is dead now.  All gone.  In
the trash where it belongs.

OS/X is CORRECT.  It's pretty, melty, and perfect -- inside and out -- all
wrapped around a Unix(R)(TM)(SM)(writing check for $25.00 dollars to SCO
for using the word "Unix" or even thinking it) type thing called Mach,
running a BSD microkernel.

It'll make you HAPPY.

So, just, learn to love it.  It's not going away.

Plus, also, the NeXT time I'm in your house...  It's time to UPGRADE.
Dana?  Possibly you are unaware of this, but OS/X 10.3 Alpha, called
Panther, is out.  I am of course running it.  Right now.  At this very
moment.  Even as I type these words.

And soon.  You will be too.

If Philip K. Dick were alive, he'd be using OS/X 10.3.

It's the right thing to do.

So, like, c'mon.  I *know* you got email working.  Just click the <Send>
button.  You know you want to!

God bless us all, everyonE

Patrick

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To get on the poster for 2004--"Mayday is Jay Day"--check yr contact info on the old list below, and add yr city to this New List

Albany: Terry Phelan 518-436-7098

Albuquerque: Cindy Giannini  Cin_L_@... (505) 880-0666  Between 500 and 1000 participants in '02, no arrests

Ashland: "Amber Leiter" <amleiter@...> 1528 Township Road 1153, Ashland, Ohio 44805.

419-289-8810  419-207-8834

Auckland: Albert Park. ph 09 302 52555 auckland@...  www.norml.org.nz   Chris Fowlie, NORML New Zealand, PO Box 3307, Shortland Street, Auckland, NZ

Boone: Joshua Nathan Simmons <js28918@...>  114 trivette's dr., boone, nc 28607

Bratislava: hromi@...  http://kyberia.sk  00420 776 126 587 Daniel Hromada, Haanova 44. Bratislava 851 04, Slovak Republic

Buenos Aires: daihatsu missminipimer@... www.mefis.to   or miss olga summers olgasummers@... www. ligalais.com  ARDA (011) 15 40289847 RADDUD (011) 46357820

Nos juntaremos el 4 de mayo, 16 hs., a fumar uno en el planetario buenos aires.

Capetown: "greggoodwin" <greggoodwin@...> or "Marcus \(Home\)" <mt3825@...> 082 674 2299     100 people, mostly Rasta's, in '02.

Christchurch: Blair Anderson <blair@...> Mild Green Media Centre ph:  ++64 3 389-4065   025 2657219 Website pages.quicksilver.net.nz/blair Newsforum news://http://www.reddfish.co.nz/alcp  see http://mildgreens.com/mmm2003.htm  no arrests. police present but ignored. (you can see police cars in the background of some photos)  100's of joints thrown to the crowd. 100's of Cannabiscuits distributed. The bongs and chillums and hot knives were visible.. (see photo's)  about 300 people over about 4 hours. Street march... "prohibition free zone declared". briefly mentioned on local news.

Cincinnati: the Happy Hemptress <hemptress@...> 513-684-HEMP

Cleveland: John <OCannabisSociety@...> (216)521-9333 http://ohiocannbis.org  2,000 participants. No arrests.

Dallas: Paula Matson 817-299-8447

Darwin: mick lambe pariahnt@... or http://napnt.org  napp biggpond <napnt@...> We are continually harassed by Police -- I'll forward this on to NAP as PARIAH are concentrating on other issues right now.

Dayton: Sterling Albury 937-685-9148 graspinfinity@...

Des Moines: iowanorml@... (515) 288-5798

http://iowanorml.home.mchsi.com/  http://commonlink.com/~olsen/  ,

mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/ , http://www.iowanorml.org/

http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/index.html  ; or Terry Mitchell

(515) 789-4442; 608 Dallas St., Dexter, Iowa 50070. 300 marchers, police friendly.

Detroit: "Professor Hemp" <newagecitizen@...> 313-506-5724 or Dimitri 313-563-3192;

http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/detroit.htm  Noon-5:00pm Grand Circus Park at Woodward & Adams. Two bands, speakers and "Shattered Lives" display. Ibogaine press conference at 2:30pm   Sidewalk march at 4:20pm along Woodward

Dover: "Richard J. Schimelfenig" <rschimel@...> Delaware Cannabis Society, 63 Lawson Ave.

Claymont, DE 19703 (302) 793-0716  299 demonstrators, 8,000 spectators, cops watched and did nothing in '02.

Dublin: "Butler, Philip" <phillty2@...> +353 1 4163707 or

<jday@...> http://www.cannabisireland.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group//ie-cannabis/  1,000 people in "02.

Dunedin: The Octagon. dunedin@...

Fayetteville, Arkansas;  Rev. Tom Brown, revtombrown@...  (479) 251-1780; First Church of the Magi, P.O.Box 2827, 72702;  or Rev. Nancy Harris, nharris@... ; Sacred Truth Mission at (479) 582-4138

Ft. Lauderdale: Chris Kenoyer 954-938-7231 Florida Chapter AAMC America Alliance For Medical Cannabis http://www.onlinepot.org  The Complete Guide To Medical Marijuana Fort Laudedale/broward county

email: floridaaamc@... More Secure Emails at onlinepot2@... - Or Normal Emails onlinepot2@...

Halifax: 902 865-8606 Michael Patriquin <mpat@...>

HempWorks, 93 Orchard Dr, Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia B4E 3B3

Helsinki : Finnish Cannabis Association http://www.sky.org  sky@... Finnish Cannabis Association, Sorvaajankatu 9 A, 00810 Helsinki, Finland   600 - 1000 people in '03, at least in the park. In the evening happening there were lots of bands but only some 300 people because of another happening for younger audience w. similar themes. Because there were demonstrations in 4 cities (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Oulu) in Finland, news coverage was good.TV 1 showed Helsinki demonstration in the main news cast 8.30 PM.

 

Houston: Dean Farrell www.houstonnorml.org  or info@... (281)752-9198.

http://www.cultural-baggage.com  c/o Dean Becker, 11215 Oak Spring, Houston, TX 77043 Total attendance was about 5 hundred in '02. Narc infiltrators mar event.

Kansas City: <mohemp@...> http://www.mohemp.org David 816-678-7447, 'its a

beautiful day' 3918 broadway, kansas city mo. 64111... 816 931

6169.

Lansing: Kathy Kennedy 517-628-3915 or e-mail: "kathy kennedy"

<prohibitionx@...> http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/lansing.htm  Certified ASL interpreters

Las Vegas: Stoner Club  c/o Kimberly B. greatquests@...  http://www.stonerclub.com  Please contact me for ideas and more information.  We are in the planning stages at this time

Levin: Kimberly Reserve. levin@...

Mexico City: +5300 5774 email: helmcke@... or volgn@... or"Tato"  foigras2002@... "Camello"  cosmocamello@...  "Asoc. Mexicana de Estudios Sobre el Cannabis" <amecamexico@...> Leopoldo Rivera

Rivera/AsociaciÛn Mexicana de Estudios sobre el Cannabis,

Amapola # 35, col. Jardines del Molinito, Naucalpan, Estado de

MÈxico. CP. 53530 MEXICO or Adolfo Prieto 1003, Col. del Valle,

C.P. 03100, Mexico, D.F. or Samuel Martínez Ramírez

Av. Azcapotzalco #193-4 Col. Clavería Mexico D.F.

 www.vivecondrogas.com , www.amecamexico.org , www.hemp.com.mx Almost 300 people in '02.

Minneapolis: Grassroots Party or Chris Wright <TCW@...> 612-522-5374. 400 folks, no arrests in '02.

Montpelier: Rama Schneider <vtmmm@...> (802) 433-5441

address: 1614 Gilbert Road, Williamstown, VT 05679

http://www.ramabahama.net  Several people handed out literature in '02.

Napier: Marine Parade. hawkesbay@...

Nashville: "Howie & Marivuana Leinoff" <torml@...> or marivuana@... (615)ACT-HIGH. http://www.marivuana.com  http://www.punkenstein.com   150 marchers, no arrests; first tv coverage in '02.

Newark: "Richard J. Schimelfenig" <rschimel@...> Delaware Cannabis Society, 63 Lawson Ave.

Claymont, DE 19703 (302) 793-0716

New Orleans : Daisy 504-957-HERB hemp.rox.com    email:<NewOrleansMarch@...> [Daisy Berbert, 6223 Warrington St. New Orleans, LA 70122]

New York City: Dana 212-677-7180 <dana@...> 7,000 participants in '02. 148 arrests.

Nimbin: Max Stone of the Australian Cannabis Law Reform

Movement" aclrm@... ph: 61 0266 891842

http://www.nimbinaustralia.com  http://www.bigbongburgerbar.com/webshow/  24,000 participants in '02. No arrests.

Ogden: Happy Gorder happy04202003@... 801-603-4720 1065 Wall Ave (85A), Ogden, UT 84404

 

Orlando: Kacie Grange Hiphiplady32@... (407)895-3492 or  Anthony Lorenzo 1-888-210-0425 toll free pager

Paducah:  Cher Ford-McCullough

http://community-2.webtv.net/KYMMM2003/KentuckyMillion/  Postal: 65 Cabin Lane, Gilbertsvile, Ky. 42044 or Brian kymmm2003@...  (270) 362-8186 50 marchers, 90 at rally, one undercover in '02.

Parkersburg: "Cindy Wimer" <indianbud@...> "Mountaineers for Medical Marijuana" 304-428-1726

Prague: Michael "xChaos" Polak <mmmteam@...> Tel: +420 603 872631 / +420 2 33358050  http://www.legalizace.cz  MMM 2003 was the smoothest,most "mainstream" legalization event.... 2000 people, almost zero interest from police... MMM looks more and more like regular festival, rather than political rally. However media coverage was good/neutral, and as usual, it seems politicians are more likely to talk about legalization after MMM attracts media. We publicly announced the list of 8 people imprisoned for cannabis only out of 10 million. But Vaclav Havel is no longer president; Havel used right to give amnesty to prisoners to virtually veto some laws, including cannabis possession.

Portland: 2004 MMM Organizing Committee, c/o Oregon NORML, PO Box 16057, Portland, Or 97292    503.239.6110

Madeline Martinez: yerbanena@...  Steven M. Cooper: OrNorml.Secretary@...

Raleigh-Durham: Bryan T. Moore <btm42@...> 124 S. Applewood Ct., Rocky Mount NC 27803  phone (919) 247-2644 or Chris Harris (919)368-5913 or "Jeff Badalucco"

<nc_ca@...> 919-247-2644 238 124 S. Applewood Ct., Rocky Mount NC 27803

Raleigh NC MMM will be held at the Capitol Building from 4-9pm on Saturday May 3rd.

Rapid City: Bob Newland <newland@...> 605-255-4032 website: http://www.sodaknorml.org/   300 marchers in '02.

Richmond: "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer@...> (804)355-7612 or S.L. Barker (RCHO) onelovedesignz@... Monroe Park

 

Rosario: +54 - 341-4201291 or +54 - 341- 4642699 E-mail: raddud@... Corrientes 1307, 2000 - Rosario- ARGENTINA Nearly 400 participants in '02.

 

Salt Lake City: Dr. Ken Larsen (801) 533-8658 < kencan@... > 856 E. 100 South (#2), Salt Lake City, UT 84102 or Ben Valdez 801-304-0303 hempower@...  http://www.utahmmj.org 300 noisy marchers, no arrests.

San Francisco: Hemp Evolution/Clark Sullivan http://hempevolution.org  (415) 724-5081 "freeman sullivan" webmaster@... 4,000 participants in '02, no arrests.

San Juan: Alejandro "Zen" Otero hempwierdzenie@... postal: 425 carr. 693 PMB 130 Dorado PR 00646-4802 Tel# 787-345-9036  Also: www.Earthdance.org    earthdancepuertorico@...

 

San Marcos: Joe Ptak: 512.754.0264 Email:

kindradio@... Postal: 505 Patricia, San

Marcos, TX; 78666

Spokane: Darren McCrea 509-998-3405  www.rcannabisclub.org  4807 N. Adams, Spokane, WA 99205

St. Louis: 314-567-8522 gstlnorml@... or St. Louis Area NORML , PO Box 220243,

St. Louis, MO 63122.   http://www.gstlnorml.org  600 marched to the Arch for cannabis reform.

Tampa: revolutionary_stoner@... or Kelly 813-389-8941 Over 100 participants in '02.

Toronto: Larry Duprey (416)540-7829 fax(416)242-2635 or Toronto Area Association / Marijuana Party of Canada, 132 Dundas St. East, Toronto, On M5B 1E2 (416)367-3459 3-6,000 participants in '02. http://www.canadiancannabisawards.ca  http://www.cannabisclub.ca

Traverse City: Melody Karr <fiddlefoot420@...>

(231)885-2993 PO Box 524 Mesick, MI 49668. or 10954 Birch Road

Mesick MI 49668. 70 marchers, hundreds of spectators in '02.

http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/traversecity.htm

Tucson: mary mackenzie <mmackenzie2@...> (520)323-2947  or 3400 east speedway, #118, tucson, arizona 85716 Over 200 participants in '02.

Tupelo: Contact: Anita T. Mayfield Phone # 662-963-0775, E-mail:  nita@...

Vancouver: David Malmo-Levine, <dagreenmachine@...> BC

Marijuana Party Bookstore and Internet Broadcasting Center, 307

West Hastings Tel. 604 682-1172 http://www.cannabisculture.com  2,000 marchers in '02.

Wellington: Frank Kitts Park. wellington@...

Wichita: Debby Moore, CEOHemp Industries of Kansas 2742 E. 2nd Wichita, Kansas, 67214  (316) 681 1743 debby@...; or c.a. riley, Kansas NORML  316.685.7869  ksnorml@... http://www.ksnorml.org  Last year about thrity people met and marched through downtown Wichita. I will plan a cookout with speakers, but will certainly discourage any smoking of the herb cannabis.

Wilmington: "Richard J. Schimelfenig" <rschimel@...> Delaware Cannabis Society, 63 Lawson Ave.

Claymont, DE 19703 (302) 793-0716

The following 2003 List consists of 231 cities [If you want to upload ANY  of the following to the web, remember that [bracketed material] is private, and intended for internal information of this network only--so that Dana Larsen can send you a check and a box of CANNABIS CULTURE magazines, in other words. DON'T--DO NOT--PUT IT ON A WEBSITE] or may be accessed at  http://www.cures-not-wars.org/cities.htm   Another, no-longer active list follows the 2003 list below for regional organizers who want to follow-up and reactivate those cities for next year. An alternative, MMM Million Marijuana March, 236+ cities globally can be accessed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction :

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