Chalice

This article is about a pipe. For the sculpture, see Chalice (Christchurch) .

The chalice , also known as the wisdom chalice or chillum chalice , is a pipe mostly used by members of the Rastafarian movement to smoke marijuana .

It is a form of the water pipe , usually consisting of a round vessel (sometimes a hollow coconut ) with a kind of pipe bowl and a long flexible tube for inhalation . The water cools and filters the smoke, the hose provides additional air space for cooling.

Smoking marijuana with a chalice has a spiritual meaning to Rastafari; Marijuana is a sacred plant for them.

literature

• Rastafarian . In: Stephen D. Glazier (Ed.): Encyclopedia of African and African-American religions. Routledge, New York NY et al. 2001, ISBN 0-415-92245-3 ( Routledge Encyclopedias of Religion and Society ), ( preview in Google books ).
• Kristin Müller-Wenzel: The Ganja Picassos. Identity and art among the Rastafarians. Diplomica Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8366-7928-2 ( preview in Google books ).