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245 00 |a Cannabis Use by Yogis in India with Dr Matthew Clark |h [electronic resource].
260        |a London : |b SOAS University of London.
300        |a 1 video (with transcript)
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Clark, Matthew (Matthew James) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/9920149068391065730005
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Clark, Matthew : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/9920149068391065730005
506        |a [cc by-nc] This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms.
520 4    |a This was a live recording of an online lecture via Zoom given by Dr Matthew Clark on the 15th April 2020 for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.
520 3    |a In this online talk, based on research for his book The Tawny One: Soma, Haoma and Ayahuasca (London/New York: Muswell Hill Press, 2017), Matthew Clark will survey the history of cannabis use by yogis in India. Although there are a few occasional references in the Vedas (the oldest religious texts of South Asia) to what may be cannabis, the plant does not appear in medical texts until around 1,000 years ago.
520 2    |a The use of cannabis for recreational purposes was mainly introduced into India by radical Sufis (known variously as Qalandar, Heydari or Malang) in the 13th century. Some South Asian yogis use cannabis heavily as a form of tapas. The use of cannabis was made illegal in India in 1986, since when recreational use has declined. However, in some areas cannabis is still legal, and bhāṅg (a form of the plant prepared for oral consumption) is still widely available in north India. In this talk we will also look briefly at different kinds of cannabis preparations in South Asia.
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c SOAS, University of London, |d 2021. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a SOAS, University of London.
545        |a Dr Matthew Clark (MA, PhD) has since 2004 been a Research Associate at SOAS, where he taught Hinduism between 1999 and 2003. Since 2002 he has been lecturing on yoga philosophy and history at yoga centres in the UK, Europe, Israel, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the USA. To date, he has presented lectures at yoga retreats, workshops and teacher-training courses for twenty-five different yoga teachers and organizations. He has published articles and books on yoga, soma, and sādhus (yogis). His PhD, on a sect of sādhus (saṃnyāsīs), was published in 2006. His recent book, entitled The Tawny One: Soma. Haoma and Ayahuasca was published in June 2017. Matthew has been visiting India since 1977; he has visited several hundred pilgrimage sites and trekked about 2,000 miles in the Himalayas. He first engaged with yoga in the mid-1970s, and since 1990 has been regularly practising a form of Ashtanga Yoga. Matthew also plays guitar and writes songs (as Mahabongo).
650    0 |a Yoga.
650    0 |a Cannabis.
650    0 |a Cannabis -- Therapeutic use.
650        |a SOAS University of London. Centre of Yoga Studies.
650    0 |a University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Centre of Yoga Studies.
650        |a Clark, Matthew (Matthew James). Tawny one.
720 1    |a Clark, Matthew (Matthew James).
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a Yoga Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c Yoga Collection
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997        |a Yoga Collection


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