Come join me as we explore the use of herbs among various fandoms of movies, tv shows, and books! What did the characters use the herbs for? Were the therapeutic uses accurate? Come and learn about a different fandom herb with each episode and we will go over what we find out about them! - Natalie…
Athenis (also called Kingsfoil) was a healing herb of Middle-Earth. Was it real? Or a made up plant? Did Gandalf smoke cannabis? Was “pipe weed” really cannabis? Did cannabis inspire Tolkien? https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Athelas http://middleearthnews.com/2014/02/18/is-athelas-based-on-real-life-plant/ https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/is-hobbit-pipe-weed-cannabis-in-tolkiens-books https://www.quora.com/In-the-Hobbit-movie-Saruman-says-to-Gandalf-your-love-of-the-halflings%E2%80%99-leaf-has-slowed-your-mind-Was-Gandalf-getting-high --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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