Have you checked out Rastafari at all? I know somebody already mentioned Jah, which is the Rasta name for God - smoking the Ganjah gets you in touch with him and with your deeper self.
Soma, as an entity by itself, or Shiva, who is associated with Soma in some myths, are also good thoughts.
For the record:
"Soma, as a plant, is said to grow on Mujavat Mountain; and it was prepared as an inebriating drink. This is presumably Ephædra intermedia, which grows in the western Himalayas, western Tibet, and across Afghanistan, where the plant is known as Huma. Its distribution extends into Iran (cf. Arya), and it is recognized by Zoroastrians as the Haoma plant of their Zend Avesta. Ephædra intermedia is restricted to alpine habitats (2,500 - 4,800m); and a decoction from its lax branchlets (containing chiefly pseudo-ephedrine) has strong tonic and stimulant properties. Other Ephædra species may have been used: e.g. the more widely distributed E. gerardiana, which contains principally ephedrine."
According to the site containing the above info, modern devotees of the Soma cult do generally use cannabis sativa, but prepared as a drink rather than smoking it. (Ugh, I bet that tastes awful. Bong water, anyone?) |
