Terence McKenna

Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer

Terence McKenna was an ethnobotanist and philosopher known for his exploration of consciousness and the use of psychedelics in understanding reality.

Born
November 16, 1946
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#563

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"We [psychonauts] are all going to go into the books as pioneers, because it's too early for us to be anything else. There's no map, no finished database, just anecdotes of the crazy, crazy stuff that goes on. That's why it's so important to try and share [our stories]."

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"There is no mundane dimension really, if you have the eyes to see it, it is all transcendental."

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"The Gaian mind is what were calling the psychedelic experience. Its an experience of the living fact of the entelechy of the planet - and without that experience we wander in a desert of bogus ideologies. But with that experience the compass of the self can be set."

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"The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been."

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"What was created by the era of the proper gentleman was excellent table manners and genocide over most of the surface of the planet."

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