The Sisters of the Valley,who say they do not follow any traditional religion, hope they can make marijuana ‘a healing industry instead of a stoner industry’The Sisters of the Valley’s “abbey” is a modest three-bedroom house on the outskirts of Merced, and in a cul-de-sac next to the railroad tracks. (Sister Kate calls the frequent noise from passing trains “share of our penance”.) When visitors come to the door,Sister Kate asks them to wait external until she can “sage” them with the smoke from a piece of wood from a Russian tree given to her by a shaman.
Sister Kate lives here with her “moment sister”, Sister Darcy, or her youngest son. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com