c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…having its psychoactive principle under the ground in its roots. It is arguably some kind of orphic trope of some sort. I mean, Orpheus, you recall, made a journey into the underworld, was a player of a magical flute, so forth and so on. There's a lot…
…shafts of the arundodonax plant. Well the roots of this plant contain large amounts of DMT. Well think about the symbolism here. Orpheus was a god of music, orpheus was a flutist and orpheus made a descent into the underworld in search of his beloved.…