c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…taken care of in some way. But it was the miss. The missing link was a machine which the second Adam would come and build. Cat had this experience of the structure of the flying saucer. When we were in the Amazon in 71, it was all about how do you…
…is consciousness made of particles? He said, well, maybe it is. Well, then, what shall we name the smallest unit of consciousness? And Cat said, how about calling it the ego? And I think that's a good place to begin. Let's get it in its proper…
Chapter 19, the Hawaiian Connection. The fall of 1975 was a time of personal change and consolidation. Cat, my old friend, met years before in Jerusalem during my opium and kabbalah phase, became at last my lover, tidepool traveler. The mushroom had made…
…in all directions for miles. Our life was leisurely. I wrote and did some experiments with further aspects of mushroom cultivation. Cat was immersed in doing the line drawings for the book on Stropharia cubensis growing. We were isolated as we both loved…
…return from the Peruvian Amazon. It was the 23rd of December, a day before Dennis would arrive to spend the Christmas Holidays with us. Cat and I each again took five grams and settled down before the wave of images. Soon we were deep out into it. The…
…I'm not sure what I could say. At the bridge conference at Stanford a few weeks ago there was a woman's panel. Cat was on it Carolyn Garcia, Cindy Palmer Horowitz, Nina Gravoy some of the great psychedelic women. This is very important to discuss.…
…the beast. Oh this is an interesting this is more a statement than a question. Quantum mechanics, especially the Schrodinger's Cat experiment, show that we are simultaneously dead and alive, rather like a cuckooly. Resonant structure of the two DMT creatures…
…meditation? You know, all the pieces were in place for the kind of civilization that I've outlined. It was just uh a coincidence. Cat does not endorse this idea or even encourage it. He only told it to me a couple of days ago in Apache Junction…