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Marijuana and Sex: A Classic Combination
by Terry Necco (01 Sept, 1998)
Ancient tantrists and modern researchers
agree: pot and sex are two great things that go together.
Marijuana and sex are gifts of nature. We enjoy
them because biology and evolution have equipped us to do so.
Just as our bodies contain pleasure systems which reward us for
sex; our brains contain neurocellular circuitry which can only
be activated by substances with THC's molecular structure. This
makes the marijuana high a unique constellation of feelings, and
there are only two sources for the substances which activate THC's
very own neuroreceptor. Our brain is one source: it generates
a neurochemical very similar to THC, called anandamide.
Translated, the word means bliss. The only other
source for this bliss-producing substance is the cannabis plant.
Being stoned or sexually aroused both produce
similar physiological responses, such as increased heart rate,
heightened sensitivity, changes in blood flow and respiration,
relaxation – an acutely altered state of consciousness.
Neurochemistry, hormonal systems, and brain regions such as the
temporal lobe are affected by both marijuana and sexual arousal.
Sex and pot provide us with euphoric peak experiences,
unity of body and mind, a healing escape from routine existence.
If other people are involved with us in sexual activity or marijuana
use, such experiences can be especially intimate and revelatory,
facilitating trusting, loving relationships.
Pot the aphrodesiac
Marijuana has been used as an aphrodisiac for
thousands of years, yet ironically it has also been used to decrease
sexual desire. Ancient sacred texts reveal how to use marijuana
to increase sexual pleasure, but modern research teaches an equally
important lesson: marijuana's effects are determined by the personality,
physiology, intention, environment, and culture of the user.
Ancient India
The culture of ancient India is closely associated
with sexual marijuana use. Cannabis has been used in India for
at least 3,000 years, probably much longer. The Indian Ayurvedic
and Unani Tibbi medicine systems used cannabis to increase libido,
conquer impotence, and cure various diseases. These systems also
utilized opium, sometimes in combination with cannabis.
Dozens of formulations containing cannabis were
prescribed as aphrodisiacs. Their names are delicious: shrimadananda
modaka, uttama vajikarana, majun falaskari, roghan bhang, among
others. These formulations were reputed to produce long-lasting
erections, delay ejaculation, facilitate lubrication and loosen
inhibitions.
Tantra
Sexual cannabis use which transcended hedonism
and medicine rose up in an esoteric Hindu-Buddhist tradition known
as Tantra, a mystical religion which prescribes physical and mental
exercises like meditation and yoga. These practices are intended
to help the practicioner escape suffering and achieve enlightenment
and perfection, known as Nirvana.
Advanced Tantra marijuana rituals were intense,
complex and difficult. Researchers have uncovered sacred texts
describing cannabis rituals, but doubt that modern Tantra practitioners
still engage in such activities.
Modern Tantra has, like many other indigenous
spiritual practices, been co-opted by people with little connection
to the cultures, communities and environments from which the religions
arose. Modern Tantra, though an important source of sexual and
spiritual enlightenment, scarcely resembles the hard-core Tantra
described in sacred writings like the Mahanirvana Tantra, which
was composed in the 11th century AD.
Tantra practitioners believe that human bodies
contain energy systems consisting of nerves, heart and spiritual
elements that are linked to cosmic and nature-based energies.
Males and females have differing degrees and types of energy;
and yogic sexual practices unite these energies, creating "circuits"
which allow participants to find new heights of intimacy and to
transcend egocentric consciousness, helping them realize their
timeless place in the universe. Tantric union of male and female
energies is thought to facilitate universal balance and to atone
for human sins against nature and the cosmos.
Tantra cannabis rituals date back at least to
700 AD, and involved groups of "purified" male and female
worshippers who engaged in fasting, chanting, prayer, ceremonial
purifications, Kundalini yoga, and sexual union, subjecting body
and spirit to excruciating and ecstatic ordeals. Concentration,
consecration and transformation were the goals of such rituals,
which were conducted in temples festooned with thousands of flowers,
clouds of incense smoke, and flickering temple lamps.
Bhang
Tantra practitioners didn't smoke pot –
they made an orally ingested cannabis preparation called bhang.
Sometimes the bhang was nothing more than a green ball of cannabis
mixed with milk, but it could also be a delicious marijuana milkshake
made from prime resin-laden cannabis flowers and leaves, mixed
with milk, sugar, pepper, almonds, cardamom, poppy seeds, ginger
and other herbs. These preparations were heated before serving
to allow fat-soluble THC the opportunity to catalyze into a pyschoactive
form effective on humans.
Bhang made from such recipes is similar to chai,
but sweeter and thicker, seasoned by the unmistakable taste of
cannabis. Even in modern India, bhang is considered a sacred medicinal
drink which cures illness, brings good luck, wards off evil spirits
and cleanses people of sins.
After fasting and purging for at least 24 hours,
Tantric celebrants ingested bhang, accompanied by deep abdominal
breathing and visual imaging exercises. These exercises free blocked
energy, tonify muscles and blood flow, and facilitate the power
and onset of cannabis intoxication, which usually occurs within
an hour of swallowing the spicy, potent libation.
Practitioners often experienced initial queasiness from the bhang,
which is medicinally active as a digestive tract purgative. As
the brew's psychoactive effects become pronounced, practitioners
enter a meditative state in which they reaffirm earlier vows which
sanctify and praise Kali, the Tantric-Hindu goddess embodying
feminine creative forces.
Ritual worship of beauty
Enshrinement of feminine beauty and energy continues:
males ritually bathe and sanctify their female partners, washing
them with holy water, scenting and combing their hair, perfuming
them, and arranging them on a silken bed. Males then perform a
programmed ritual in which they touch the woman's forehead, eyes,
nostrils, mouth, arms and thighs, finally touching the vagina
itself.
The two overtly sexual acts which take place during
cannabis rituals are intercourse and the performance of oral sex
on the female by the male. During sex, the partners focus on religious
symbolism, the mingling of energies and the liberating nature
of sexuality.
Tantric ritual seeks to prolong sexual union as
long as possible. Males and females use yogic breathing, meditation
and neuromuscular control to achieve "endless orgasms"
without ejaculation or other tiring release. Sacred texts describe
cannabis-assisted intercourse lasting for seven or eight hours,
until a glow of fire envelops the lovers in total-body orgasms,
which result in erasure of mental ideations and ego – the
timeless freedom from self which equals Nirvana.
Other cultures' pot-sex
The Indian uses of Tantra and marijuana are probably
the most beautiful and moving interactions between sexuality and
cannabis, but other cultures also have sexual cannabis lore.
Folk medicines in 19th century Serbia relied on
cannabis preparations, which they called nasha. Female virgins
were given mixtures of lamb's fat and cannabis on their wedding
nights, to decrease the pain of their first intercourse. Such
use echoes modern practices in India, where newlyweds drink bhang
beverages and eat bhang candy. Indian prostitutes are reported
to eat lots of bhang sherbet, which helps them feel sexually aroused
even when their customers are fat, ugly and stupid.
Serbian women mixed cannabis with egg whites,
saffron and sugar to make guc-kand, a tonic which created a sexy
mood or (ironically) was given to young boys to lessen the pain
of circumcision! Cannabis tonics were also given to crying and
pouty children, and it was reported to perk them right up into
the smile zone.
Serbian men valued a mixture made from potent
hashish, almond butter, dried rose leaves, carnation petals, crocus,
muscut nut, cardamom, honey, sugar, and Anacylius pyrethrum root.
They considered this "happy porridge" a super aphrodisiac.
Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern
and Northern African cultures utilized cannabis for sexual purposes
as recently as the early 20th century. There, cannabis was usually
encountered in a particularly potent form called kif. Wives and
concubinese procured kif from servants and used it when men were
not around, often engaging in erotic fantasies and play. Cannabis
had the reputation of allowing women to become sexually uninhibited,
which was an especially important benefit in cultures where they
were routinely oppressed.
Contemporary Cannabis Sexuality
In countries such as Canada and the United States,
interactions between cannabis and sexuality is complicated by
gender politics, Puritanism, laws and the stresses of industrial
living.
A few research articles and books provide useful
information about cannabis and sex. These researchers concluded
that people who enjoy marijuana tend to enjoy sex, and (surprise!)
that marijuana and sex can be a powerful combination.
A majority of users reported that they got hornier
when they were stoned, but explained that increased lust occurred
in situations where a person would normally have felt sexy. Users
said that not only was desire increased, their ability to appreciate
sexual pleasure was enhanced when they were high.
Less is more
Intoxication levels influence marijuana's effects
on sex. At low to moderate levels of intoxication, users reported
heightened ability to communicate sexually with their partners,
and increased body awareness. Some users reported that being "very
stoned" tended to make them introspective and withdrawn;
the marijuana high overwhelmed the user and displaced sexual activity.
Others said that when they were extremely high they lost kinesthetic
connection with their bodies and were unable to perform sexually
because their consciousness was high above the physical realm.
When marijuana dosage was appropriate, however,
users reported that it increased sexual stamina and skill, tactile
sensation, length and power of orgasms, and emotional bonding
between partners. People felt they became more loving, more willing
to pay attention to the technical aspects of lovemaking and foreplay
which women complain is often missing from male sexual repertoire.
Many men reported that their erections were bigger
and harder when they were high; women felt that they became wetter,
and more able and willing to contract vaginal muscles to maximize
sensation for the male. Stoners of both sexes said that being
high sometimes allowed them to acknowledge erotic feelings for
people whom they had formerly considered as "just friends."
Some women said that they were sexually blocked
when unstoned but easily became sexually aroused while high. Some
women reported that only when high were they able to achieve orgasm,
other women said being stoned helped them achieve multiple orgasms.
For both sexes, orgasms were likely to be felt in the entire body,
rather than confined to the genital area. Stoned sexers became
more aware of cues leading to orgasm and felt freer to engage
in body movements which increased pleasure.
Modern users reported spiritual, emotional and
psychological effects that mirrored ancient Tantric effects. While
high, they felt that intercourse was an exchange of energies which
united their bodies in a cosmic circuit. They felt that this exchange
was replenishing and balancing, and that orgasm was an energizing
climax to sex, instead of a draining finale.
Some respondents said that sex while high lifted
them past ego into spiritual realms, where the sex act took on
symbolic and universal importance. Many also noted that marijuana
seemed to help them feel more love for their partners, and more
gratitude for sexual function as a means of communicating "far
more powerful than words or other actions could ever be."
Marijuana users experienced in yoga and meditation felt that marijuana
increased their awareness of inner organs and subtle internal
processes.
Love Mechanisms
Although nobody has identified the mechanisms
which account for marijuana's apparent usefulness as an aphrodisiac,
the drug's reputation as a sensory enhancer and emotional revealer
probably account for much of the effect. Marijuana users report
that being high usually increases temperature perception, taste,
touch, visual stimulation, body awareness, musical-auditory enjoyment,
fantasy production, and mood. Other common effects include changes
in time perception which often lead to a feeling that time has
slowed down so more information is being processed and felt.
Ironically, these same effects have been cited
by people who feel that marijuana interferes with enjoyment of
sex. Indeed, ascetics, monks and others have used marijuana to
free themselves of sexual desire. For them, the drug produces
introspection and detachment. Instead of connecting them to their
bodies, sexual desires, or other people, it helps them dwell meditatively
on abstract mental concepts, on religious goals, or even on nothing
at all.
Some couples reported that being high made them
more aware of flaws in their relationships, which did little to
put them in the mood for lovemaking! Others said being stoned
increased non-sexual ideas which distracted them from their bodies
and their partners, and made sex more difficult. One couple said
that while making love stoned their minds wandered – they
found it more interesting to discuss the meaning of life than
to continue lovemaking.
Solo & Homo
You've probably noticed that the marijuana-sex
research reported here focusses on heterosexuality and fails to
mention masturbation or homosexuality. Specific research into
cannabis and homosexual sex is virtually non-existent. The few
studies that mention marijuana and masturbation indicate that
being high tends to increase masturbatory pleasure because it
enhances tactile inputs and fantasy creation. People who like
to use cannabis alone also tend to like to have sex alone, with
themselves!
Some studies reveal stereotypical gender differences:
women tend to be more conservative than men in their use of marijuana
to enhance sexual pleasure and in ability to give up control and
enjoy a drug-induced state of intensely heightened sexual arousal.
One woman complained to researchers that being high had caused
her to "have sex with a man I didn't love." Another
said she was afraid of cannabis because it made her "have
sex just for the sake of the pleasure instead of in a monogamous
relationship."
The "typical" male attitude toward sex
can be seen in the statements from a man who said "There's
that joke about women needing a reason to have sex but men just
need an opportunity. I have sex because I love the sensation,
I love the woman's body, I love to see her orgasm.
It's the same reason I get high – I'm a
hungry hedonist. But I think women have sex for a whole bunch
of other reasons. It's very hard for them to have sex just because
it feels good, and I think that being high can upset them because
they get looser than they want to be. They realize that a skilled
lover, even somebody they've just met, can get them off if they
let themselves be open to it. They've been told that they have
to be in love in a committed relationship for sex to be honorable
and great, but cannabis turns them on to the fact that no they
don't, they just have to be open to good feelings."
Contrary to the reefer madness myth that marijuana
automatically causes uncontrollable sexual desire, we see that
although cannabis and sexuality have been closely related for
thousands of years, each of us has a unique set of psychosexual
parameters which determine whether marijuana will magnify or decrease
sexual desire and enjoyment.
A smoking relationship
An anthropologist notes that cannabis religions
recognize the metaphysical potential of the female cannabis plant.
"Cultures with sacred cannabis use tend to
be cultures which recognize the 'goddess'. That could mean mother
earth, yin, or female beauty and virtues. People who bring marijuana
inside themselves are engaging in a type of sexual union with
the plant. It is a very sexual act to have a molecule of THC implant
itself into your brain.
"Since cannabis is associated with female
dieties like Kali, we could say that when you use marijuana sexually,
you are bringing a very special 'woman' into your bed. Make sure
you're ready for that relationship."
