c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…into our midst. And the idea of the Messiah is born, which is an incredibly peculiarly western idea. I mean, Buddha, Lao tzu, Mencius, Confucius. These were guys. A messiah is a horse of a different feather. A messiah is not exactly a human being. A…
…birth of ideas were 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…
…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 that down here, from about…
…into our midst and the idea of the messiah is born, which is an incredibly peculiarly western idea. I mean buddha, Lao Tzu, Mencius, Confucius, these were guys you know, a messiah is a horse of a different feather. A messiah is not exactly a human…
…in that 4 006 year 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…
…into our midst and the idea of the messiah is born, which is an incredibly peculiarly western idea. I mean buddha, Lao Tzu, Mencius Confucius these were guys you know a messiah is a horse of a different feather. A messiah is not exactly a human being…
…look at the bottom 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…
…of ideas were 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…