c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…very concentrated. You know there was a 40 year period in the 5th century BC when Lao Tzu, Mencius, Confucius, Parmenides, Ezekiel and several other luminaries all if they had air tickets could have had a dinner party together. Well that's phenomenal. It…
…Plato and this is not let me say, indo European Specific at the very same moment that Plato was teaching in Athens, Ezekiel was active in Israel, Mencius and Lao Tzu were active in china. This was a moment of tremendous creativity. Well then notice…
…cycle? Well it turns out it's about 460 b c. Well when you look into that date, you discover Mencius, Lao Tzu, Buddha, Ezekiel, Pythagoras all of these people were alive at a single moment in time, that moment, the moment which it indicates as this…
…all the other stuff around. Now it's scrolling up more. Ok, Pythagoras, Persian Conquest of Egypt Birth of Aeschylus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Ezekiel will scroll up next and so forth. So it is or is it confirming that this deep trough is in fact reflective…
…four wings, yes, oh I see I was thinking of the four angels facing in the four directions and their wings are hitched, and Ezekiel, no that may actually be the real meaning of the tetramorph I think so. So, yes we do have yes, generally six dimensions.…
…of that trough, there was a moment when you could have had a dinner party when Lao Tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Pythagoras and Ezekiel could have all gotten drunk together had they been able to find each other right back there in the immediately preceding the…
…ninth I have no idea what that means. Let's answer first umm 526 b c. Oh it's the Greek Renaissance, It's Plato, Pythagoras, Ezekiel Confucius, Lao Tzu. Hey I think it's time to knock off. You should quit when you're ahead you know, yes most of my…
…very concentrated. You know, there was a 40 year period in the 5th century b c when Lao Tzu, Mencius, Confucius, Parmenides, Ezekiel and several other luminaries all if they had air tickets could have had a dinner party together. Well that's phenomenal. It…