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Hashish [[Cocaine]]

Hashish, the resinous exudate of the female Cannabis sativa plant, and Cocaine, the crystalline alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylum coca, are here conjoined as a single entry on the Vegetable Drugs scale of Liber 777. The pairing is not a blend but a symbolic fusion of two distinct substances that share a common attribution to the Sephirah Chokmah, the sphere of Wisdom and the second emanation on the Tree of Life. Hashish, from the Arabic hashīsh ("grass"), has been used for millennia in the Middle East and India, both as an inebriant and as a sacrament in certain Sufi and Hindu traditions. Cocaine, isolated in the 19th century, was originally employed as a local anesthetic and stimulant, and was famously championed by Sigmund Freud as a panacea before its addictive properties were fully understood. In the context of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley's later system, the attribution to Chokmah reflects the volatile, expansive, and visionary nature of both substances—each capable of inducing a state of heightened perception and ecstatic union, albeit through different mechanisms. The entry appears at step 2 of the Vegetable Drugs column, aligning with the Sephirah of the Father, the first outpour of creative energy, and the realm of pure potentiality. This placement underscores the role of these drugs as agents of transcendence, breaking the boundaries of ordinary consciousness and granting access to the supernal realms, a function that Crowley himself explored and documented in his Diary of a Drug Fiend and other writings. The historical context of both substances is rich with ritual, medical, and recreational use, from the ancient Scythian cannabis rituals described by Herodotus to the coca chewing of Andean shamans, and later to the European fascination with cocaine as a cure-all. In Liber 777, this dual entry serves as a potent reminder of the alchemical and magical properties attributed to plant allies, each keyed to a specific sephirotic current, and the dangers inherent in their misuse—a cautionary note that echoes through the entire system.

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