Terence McKenna
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The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…he was implicated in the rosicrucian enlightenment and so forth and so on. And there were a group of people around Frederick the elector Palatine of Bohemia, who wanted to establish a protestant alchemical kingdom in Europe in the early 17th century, around…
…Europe in the early 17th century, around 1619. And Meyer was part of this group. Well, they contrived to get this guy, Frederick the elector Palatine of Bohemia, named emperor because at that time, the princes of the Hanseatic League chose the emperor, and…
…electors of the northern league, and at his death they chose from among themselves a new emperor in this case Frederick prince palatine of Heidelberg, who had recently married Elizabeth, the daughter of James of England. Frederick the elector assumed that…
…in this case Frederick prince palatine of Heidelberg, who had recently married Elizabeth, the daughter of James of England. Frederick the elector assumed that the King of England giving his daughter's hand hand in in marriage signaled marriage, signaled…
…Victory visionary plan for an alchemical kingdom in Central Europe to be ruled by himself from Prague. And to this end, Frederick transferred his court from Heidelberg to Prague in the fall of 1619 this is a historical episode that has become known…
…had been raised to go to Prague to put down a political situation that we call the winter King. It was when Frederick the elector became emperor of the holy roman empire and actually dreamed of an alchemical reformation of European Society. But when the…
…is a great hero of mine and should be a great hero to all freaks in Germany and everywhere and I'm talking about Frederick the fifth elector palatine prince of Heidelberg King of bohemia. Are you all familiar with this guy who know oh well this this…
…Stewart the daughter of James the first of England. This was an arranged wedding they were both 16 years old at the time. Frederick went to England the wedding was held in England and then he returned with his very English Bride to Heidelberg and they…
…entire Medieval Worldview. It was folded in to this pair of 16 year olds who were ruling the palatinate of Heidelberg and and Frederick was an elector meaning he was one of the seven princes who could choose the emperor of the of what remained of the…
…got an army together and sent it to Prague and laid siege to Prague and Elizabeth fled to the Netherlands with her children. Frederick was defeated at the battle of the white mountain and the alchemical dream died and this was really in some sense the…
…epistemic naivete, this inability to distinguish between subjective and objective world through the intercession of newton and Descartes that Frederick the elector and the alchemists around him and the alchemists that preceded them through the centuries had. In…
…electors of the northern league and at his death they chose from among themselves a new emperor, in this case Frederick prince palatine of Heidelberg, who had recently married Elizabeth, the daughter of James of England. Frederick the elector assumed that…
…in this case Frederick prince palatine of Heidelberg, who had recently married Elizabeth, the daughter of James of England. Frederick the elector assumed that the King of England giving his daughter's hand in marriage signaled approval for Frederick's Visionary…
…for Frederick's Visionary plan for an alchemical kingdom in Central Europe to be ruled by himself from Prague and to this end, Frederick transferred his court from Heidelberg to Prague in the fall of 1619 this is a historical episode that has become known…
…of nihilism, that this strangest of all guests is now at the door. Well I go to even weirder dinner parties than Frederick Nietzsche. Nihilism hardly shakes us up at all. There are yet weirder guests seeking admission to the dinner party of the evolving…
…just the thing that would heal, but we did it so that the church could have power over. Well I think it was Frederick Nietzsche who said there was only one Christian and they crucified him. It's such a good line. It comes now. Have you been…
…The target then of the attention of Michael Meyer and Johann Andrei and a number of these alchemists became the young Frederick He's called Frederick the elector palatine. He was a prince of the northern league in Germany. He ruled in Heidelberg, and…
…the gold makers, the philosophers the charlatans they all converged on Heidelberg and Andrei and Meyer were advisors of the young Frederick and they steered him, by a series of political manipulations too complex to tell, toward a marriage with the daughter…
…complex to tell, toward a marriage with the daughter of James I of England who was named Elizabeth, Interestingly enough. So Frederick the elector made Elizabeth the son of James of England his wife. Now Frederick here made a serious miscalculation because…
…who was named Elizabeth, Interestingly enough. So Frederick the elector made Elizabeth the son of James of England his wife. Now Frederick here made a serious miscalculation because he thought that if James would give the hand of his daughter in marriage,…
…It was not by right of primogeniture but by election by what was called the northern league this group of princes, Frederick and his alchemical cohorts had done their political groundwork very, very skillfully and they were able to engineer the election of…
…who is a great hero of mine and should be a great hero to all freaks in Germany and everywhere. I'm talking about Frederick V, elector palatine, prince of Heidelberg, King of bohemia. Are you all familiar with this guy? No, oh well this is your guy…
…Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I of England. This was an arranged wedding they were both 16 years old at the time. Frederick went to England, the wedding was held in England and then he returned with his very English Bride to Heidelberg and they…
…the entire Medieval Worldview. It was folded in to this pair of 16 year olds who were ruling the palatinate of Heidelberg, and Frederick was an elector, meaning he was one of the seven princes who could choose the emperor of what remained of the holy…
…got an army together and sent it to Prague and laid siege to Prague and Elizabeth fled to the Netherlands with her children Frederick was defeated at the battle of the white mountain and the alchemical dream died. And this was really in some sense the…
…epistemic naivete, this inability to distinguish between subjective and objective world through the intercession of newton and Descartes, that Frederick the elector and the alchemists around him and the alchemists that preceded them through the centuries had. In…
…Rudolf Ii of Bavaria, who was one of the most eccentric European Monarchs of that or any other period. This is the same Frederick who collected dwarfs, who had a regiment of giants in his army he was surrounded by astrologers. He was fascinated by games…
…in Central Europe. Actually, James, being the conservative that he was, had a far more machiavellian purpose in wedding his daughter to Frederick the elector because he also had it in his mind to wed one of his sons to a Spanish Catholic Habsburg princess…
…wed one of his sons to a Spanish Catholic Habsburg princess and was trying to steer a neutral course. When he realized that Frederick and Elizabeth had gone off to bohemia to their court, to be with Michael Meyer and Gerhard Dohrn and Johann André and…
…and all this stuff he was much alarmed. But by that time it was too late to call it back and he realized that Frederick the elector was a wild card. When Rudolph Finally did die, the princes of the northern league gathered and chose his successor by…
…a wild card. When Rudolph Finally did die, the princes of the northern league gathered and chose his successor by secret ballot. Frederick won and so in the winter, in the late fall of 1619, he and Elizabeth transferred their court to Prague and ruled…
…in the Nixon Cabinet, I mean and so it's hardly to speak of who was Suleiman the magnificent and just exactly what was Frederick Barbarossa's Role in European History and so forth and so on. But recovering this is like waking up gaining control and you…
…the 20s and then why bohemia? What does bohemia have to do with Paris? Why are freaks called bohemians? It's because of Frederick the elector and the alchemical Renaissance that he plotted with his wife. Since that time to now, bohemian has meant a…
…never confront evil directly and never name it directly, because it finds weapons to defend itself. We are not an army. This is what Frederick Didn't understand. He was a King but he was not an army when it came to the white mountain. We are not an…
…can't reach them. It is, in a way, the perfection of the magical ideal that was developed and unfortunately prematurely launched by Frederick the elector and his wife here nearby at Heidelberg and so I'm involved as I said in a process of bringing this…
…and his alchemical cohorts had done their political groundwork very, very skillfully and they were able to engineer the election of Frederick to emperor of the empire and he became Frederick the elector palatine of bohemia. And this set the stage for an…
…like the prime minister of this scene, was murdered in an alley of Prague and the entire alchemical dream went down the drain. Frederick was killed in the siege of the city and Elizabeth escaped to the Hague where she lived in exile for many years. Well…
…point of view is revealed to be not inert at all but alive and pregnant with purpose for mankind, the alchemical Kingdom of Frederick the elector. Then there were a series of adumbrations of this kind of thinking I mean many of you may know about the…
…for 14 000 gold ducats this thing changed hands and Kelly and Dee and Ann were able to pay their bills. And Frederick had I'm sorry, Rudolph had immense resources because of his position as emperor and he brought his cryptographers and decipherers in to…
…in the 20s. But why bohemia? What does bohemia have to do with Paris? Why are freaks called bohemians? It's because of Frederick the elector and the alchemical Renaissance that he plotted with his wife. Since that time to now, bohemian has meant a…
…never confront evil directly and never name it directly because it finds weapons to defend itself. We are not an army. This is what Frederick Didn't understand. He was a King but he was not an army when it came to the white mountain. We are not an…
…can't reach them. It is, in a way, the perfection of the magical ideal that was developed and unfortunately prematurely launched by Frederick the elector and his wife here nearby at Heidelberg, and so I'm involved, as I said in a process of bringing this…
…Materialism. Michael Meyer, One of the last great synthesizers of the Medieval Alchemical vision, died in the siege of the city, and Frederick was killed and Elizabeth fled. She lived in the Hague for many years and so see in that confusion the botanist…