Terence McKenna
c/terence-mckenna
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.
…can release this thing once again. I mean the logos can be unleashed once again and the voice that spoke to Plato and Parmenides and Heraclitus, that voice can speak again in the minds of modern people and when it does the alienation will be ended…
…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 that's phenomenal.…
…physics and chaos mathematics, places which are very like early Greek Philosophy I mean Heraclitus speaks for chaos and I suppose Parmenides or Thales speaks for some of these other points of view quantum physics, the discrete nature of the world, these…
…materialism. This has broken down completely the idea that the material world was real, sustained the investigation of nature from Parmenides to the early years of the 20th century, virtually the entire history of human engagement in the abstract intellectual…
…if you want to follow, if you just can't tear yourself away from the concept of following, then how about Plato, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Proclus you know dead guys they're much safer. They're not going to try and climb into your wallet or some…
…physics and chaos mathematics, places which are very like early Greek Philosophy I mean Heraclitus speaks for chaos and I suppose Parmenides or Thales speaks for some of these other points of view quantum physics, the discrete nature of the world, these…
…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 phenomenal.…
…can release this thing once again. I mean the logos can be unleashed once again and the voice that spoke to Plato and Parmenides and Heraclitus, that voice can speak again in the minds of modern people and when it does, the alienation will be ended.…