Ready for a ride
Get in and feel the road
and see earth’s
sweep and slide.
Stay steady and elastic
open trails
beckon and bend
plastic.
May we remain
soulful points of reference
past the thwack of firm raps
on the windowpane.
Be silent while
heaven scents hover over
and we go still motionless
many a more honest mile.
One of the most famous Tongva was Toypurina, a medicine woman who led a revolt against the Spanish in 1785
Hashish as medicine, integral to ritualistic practices that connect one to the Earth and tap into higher realms … the history of hashish intersects with a vast rainbow of humanity and indigenous populations to this day.
The plant’s 7 powers: utility, sexuality, medicine, love, poetry, vision, and spirit.
Sitka hash-masters ply their trade to coax hashishene and cakiness out of the material to honor the plant and 1,000-year-old traditions.