Although little known cannabis and other psychoactive plants held a prominent and important role in the Occult arts of Alchemy and Magic as well as being used in ritual initiations of certain secret societies. Find out about the important role cannabis played in helping to develop modern medicines through alchemical works. Cannabis played a pivotal role in spagyric alchemy and appears in the works of alchemists such as Zosimos Avicenna Llull Paracelsus Cardano and Rabelais. Cannabis also played