c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…little earlier, 1135, I would say. Looks to me it's probably Crusade time, something like that. Well, that was the time of Moses Maimonides, a Jewish philosopher, King Henry I of England. Also that... Is that too early? Well, let's go forward then. There's…
…language which is visible, which is. It's pure magic, it's pure linguistic intent which you behold with your eyes and you feel like Moses before the burning bush or something. You say, my God, I didn't know humans were wired for this kind of a thing.…
…and a jerk. And you say to them, well, you know, have you read Plato or have you studied Nagarjuna? Do you know what Moses mammonides has to say about this? And why do you follow this guy? He probably hasn't even read these people. Do you know that…