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Chill vibes, friendly people, and more cannabis knowledge than you ever knew you needed. Plus, free events for people of all ages. What’s not to love?!!! Come stop by CORE Portland this October and get to know us! #free #thingstodoinportlandmaine #portlandmaine #portland

Chill vibes, friendly people, and more cannabis knowledge than you ever knew you needed. Plus, free events for people of all ages. What’s not to love?!!! Come stop by CORE Portland this October and get to know us! #free #thingstodoinportlandmaine #portlandmaine #portland

Chill vibes, friendly people, and more cannabis knowledge than you ever knew you needed. Plus, free events for people of all ages. What’s not to love?!!! Come stop by CORE Portland this October and get to know us! #free #thingstodoinportlandmaine #portlandmaine #portland

We’re all about that hot history gos! Using cannabis to connect spiritually goes back a long way. While “hot boxing” may seem like a recent idea, it’s actually descended from ancient traditions. In fact, Heroditus described the ritual use of cannabis in 440 BCE. Herodotus reports on a post-funeral ritual among the Scythian people which involves a cannabis vapour-bath. He writes: “After the burial the Scythians cleanse themselves as follows: they anoint and wash their heads and, for their bodies, set up three poles leaning together to a point and cover these over with wool mats; then, in the space so enclosed to the best of their ability, they make a pit in the center beneath the poles and the mats and throw red-hot stones into it. They have hemp growing in their country, very like flax, except that the hemp is much thicker and taller […] The Scythians then take the seed of this hemp and, crawling in under the mats, throw it on the red-hot stones, where it smoulders and sends forth such fumes that no Greek vapor-bath could surpass it. The Scythians howl in their joy at the vapor-bath.” Source: Herodotus (1920). The Histories. Book 4, Chapters 73-75. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press. There’s so much more to learn! Come visit one of our museums in Jamaica Plain, MA or Portland, ME! #history #ceremony #themoreyouknow

We’re all about that hot history gos! Using cannabis to connect spiritually goes back a long way. While “hot boxing” may seem like a recent idea, it’s actually descended from ancient traditions. In fact, Heroditus described the ritual use of cannabis in 440 BCE. Herodotus reports on a post-funeral ritual among the Scythian people which involves a cannabis vapour-bath. He writes: “After the burial the Scythians cleanse themselves as follows: they anoint and wash their heads and, for their bodies, set up three poles leaning together to a point and cover these over with wool mats; then, in the space so enclosed to the best of their ability, they make a pit in the center beneath the poles and the mats and throw red-hot stones into it. They have hemp growing in their country, very like flax, except that the hemp is much thicker and taller […] The Scythians then take the seed of this hemp and, crawling in under the mats, throw it on the red-hot stones, where it smoulders and sends forth such fumes that no Greek vapor-bath could surpass it. The Scythians howl in their joy at the vapor-bath.” Source: Herodotus (1920). The Histories. Book 4, Chapters 73-75. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press. There’s so much more to learn! Come visit one of our museums in Jamaica Plain, MA or Portland, ME! #history #ceremony #themoreyouknow

We’re all about that hot history gos!

Using cannabis to connect spiritually goes back a long way. While “hot boxing” may seem like a recent idea, it’s actually descended from ancient traditions. In fact, Heroditus described the ritual use of cannabis in 440 BCE.

Herodotus reports on a post-funeral ritual among the Scythian people which involves a cannabis vapour-bath. He writes: “After the burial the Scythians cleanse themselves as follows: they anoint and wash their heads and, for their bodies, set up three poles leaning together to a point and cover these over with wool mats; then, in the space so enclosed to the best of their ability, they make a pit in the center beneath the poles and the mats and throw red-hot stones into it. They have hemp growing in their country, very like flax, except that the hemp is much thicker and taller […] The Scythians then take the seed of this hemp and, crawling in under the mats, throw it on the red-hot stones, where it smoulders and sends forth such fumes that no Greek vapor-bath could surpass it. The Scythians howl in their joy at the vapor-bath.”

Source: Herodotus (1920). The Histories. Book 4, Chapters 73-75. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press.

There’s so much more to learn! Come visit one of our museums in Jamaica Plain, MA or Portland, ME!

#history #ceremony #themoreyouknow

Are you a smarty pants? Want the chance to prove it? Join us at CORE Portland for a fun night of trivia and prizes featuring Portland’s own @myfriendthecaveman (Joe Ellis), comedian and host with the most!!! September 13th and 27th at 7pm! No cover, all ages, everyone is welcome!

Are you a smarty pants? Want the chance to prove it? Join us at CORE Portland for a fun night of trivia and prizes featuring Portland’s own @myfriendthecaveman (Joe Ellis), comedian and host with the most!!! September 13th and 27th at 7pm! No cover, all ages, everyone is welcome!

Are you a smarty pants? Want the chance to prove it? Join us at CORE Portland for a fun night of trivia and prizes featuring Portland’s own @myfriendthecaveman (Joe Ellis), comedian and host with the most!!! September 13th and 27th at 7pm! No cover, all ages, everyone is welcome!