'Pneuma' refers to the
ancient air that has always blown over the land and the mountains
and rivers, as invisible and immaterial as the spirits of the
earth and the ancient gods who blew life into the beings of the
humus and the earth. Pneuma is the spirit of the world, the
dynamic agent of the sun and the earth. (Click on picture
for a larger view.)
Pneuma, with stem and
stem tray, and 'reclamation unit' for spent tobacco. All of
mahogany. Twelve-volt AC/DC operation. The stem holds four
times as much as stems of the ancestral vaporizers. Pneumas can
be made in high-temperature versions, with a temperature
controller. NOTE: Brass stem tips are no longer used;
new photos will be displayed soon.
The unique light of
Pneuma. A mixture of two colors, changing in appearance when
viewed from different directions.
This is Pneuma #5, shown
with an ancestral Flash Evaporator to its left, and an electric
pill dispenser behind it (the black box with the green light on
it). Click on the picture of another view of it and of its
Pneuma light, reflected in the brass base of the Flash
Evaporator.
The air heater portion of
Pneuma has a rounded top which the stem tip engages during
use.
Spent tobacco is blown
from the stem into the reclamation unit, from which it can later
be removed. (A screen in the vent hole keeps residue from
blowing out of the reclamation unit.)
