The Secret History of Weeds
Zach Bell

Eric Beltz was driving through LA when he spotted, on the side of the freeway, a sacred plant he was researching for its role in Shamanic cultures. From there, Beltz has delved into the secret history of weeds in drawings that take a plants-eye view of human history, particularly the role psychedelics have played in the development of human religions and even early America. One drawing takes its inspiration from a colonial regiment that accidentally ate Jimsonweed while on the march in 1676, succumbed to its psychedelic effects, and failed to quell Bacon’s Rebellion.