c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…they depress you. DMT does none of this. You go to that place with all your groceries. You're there and you're there thinking, Jesus H. Fucking Christ, what is this? What is it? And you're thinking, I must be dead. I've done it this time. The…
…I was a jerk and I came down from it and I said, I can't believe it. That was all I could say for about 20 minutes. I was like in shock. I said, I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Jesus, I can't believe it. You're listening to the psychedelic
…to denigrate ourselves, to see the world in terms of the great ones, not here, whoever they are. Aristotle, Madonna, Jesus, whatever. Your particular bent is the overcoming of neurosis, of unhappiness, of toxic lifestyles, is the felt presence of immediate…
…so forth and so on. In the Middle Ages, the concept barely existed at all because it was just everybody assumed that Jesus was coming and soon, you know, the historical course would be terminated. It's interesting, you know, the only, like, example we…
…attention, you're having a whole experience of Buddhism and different symbologies, but also just basically your vision of the surrounding Jesus jungle expands and your sense of self diminishes because you. See the larger world. Yeah. From the center of the…
…John was the gospel of John then reluctantly accepted and in the letters of John the author makes great effort to overcome this gnosticism. Jesus came not only in the spirit but in the blood, in the water and the blood and so this is very much hammered…
…of life and regeneration, but it became a symbol of brutal death. And of course then comes the early Christianity: Jesus preaching a partnership spirituality associating freely with women, violating even in the official gospels. You find this of course his…
…because of the practical nature of what you are talking about. That's right. Also, in the slide I just mentioned, in the Bible, Jesus said things would be speeded up in time and again. What did he say exactly? I can't remember the exact quote, but he…