c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…elfin potential. And then it condenses. And those of you who are veterans of these things know that I like to quote Philo Judeus on the logos. The logos was this informing voice that was the sine qua non of hellenistic spirituality. Everybody was trying…
…one point he's discussing the etymology of the word Israel. Interestingly, the word Israel means he who sees, sees, goddess. And so Philo Judeus is rapping about this and he says, what would be the more perfect logos? And then he answers his own question.…
…hinted at before it was all closed down is the idea of some kind of visualized synesthesia. This isn't a new idea. Philo Judeus, who was a second century alexandrian jew, wrote about what he called the more perfect logos. The logos was an informing voice…
…an informing voice that hellenistic spiritualism took very seriously. And Plato had a demon, and it was an informing voice. But Philo Judeus said, what would be the more perfect logos? And then he answered his own question and said, a more perfect logos…
…ordered than the visual experience I'm having at this moment of this No, no. I think I talked about this last time that Philo Judeus talks about what he calls a more perfect logos. He says a more perfect logos would be beheld rather than heard. In…
…be told. And you do believe it. You do believe visual. No. Well, it isn't. Because. Exactly visual. I mean, again, to quote Philo Judeus on the logos, he says that the logos goes from a thing heard to a thing seen without ever crossing through a…
…of a lot of data, that is no sense I mean could you well no, no. I think I talked about this last time that Philo Judeus talks about what he calls a more perfect logos. He says a more perfect logos would be beheld rather than heard. In other words…
…it's seeing but seeing is a good word but it isn't, I wouldn't say it isn't exactly visual. I mean again to quote Philo Judeus on the logos. He says that the logos goes from a thing heard to a thing seen without ever crossing through a quantized…
…going on and then it all goes away and you're in this place that your mama never told you and neither did Plato and Philo Judeus and deodorus Siculus. None of the gang prepared you for this. It is the secret. It is the secret as far as I can…
…component that spoke to people and stabilized them. Socrates had his demon. This is like a spin off from the logos but Philo Judeus, the 2nd century alexandrine polymath who wrote about all of the religions of his day he talks about the more perfect…
…among shaman in the Amazon is that there is the possibility of something which I call the more perfect logos harking back to Philo Judeus who was a kind of polyglot first century jew who really had his fingers on what was going on in the first century…
…this is the actual etymological basis of the word Israel. So then did I say that we're talking now about the writings of Philo Judeus? Yes, Philo Judeus in discussing the etymology of the word Israel, says it means he who sees god and then he says:…
…actual etymological basis of the word Israel. So then did I say that we're talking now about the writings of Philo Judeus? Yes, Philo Judeus in discussing the etymology of the word Israel, says it means he who sees god and then he says: what does this…
…internal voice that tells you the right way to live it's like a spirit ally that speaks to you and informs you. So Philo Judeus said what would be the more perfect logos? And then he goes on to answer his own question. He said the more perfect…
…the shifting of these sensory ratios is causing language to become more visual and at this point I always have to quote Philo Judeus, who was a first century alexandrian jew, who talked about the logos, and I have made analogies between the phenomenon I'm…
…we unconsciously believe that truth will be beheld and some of you who are students of the ancient literature may know Philo Judeus, hellenistic alexandrine jew absolute contemporary of Christ born before, died after and in one of his treatises on the logos…
…contemporary of Christ born before, died after and in one of his treatises on the logos which he was always talking about, Philo Judeus presents an etymology of the word Israel, talking about the word Israel and he says Israel means he who sees god. This…
…a voice in the head, which was the sine qua non of alexandrian spirituality. Socrates had it Plato had it the logos. So Philo Judeus asks what would be the more perfect logos and then he answers his own question he says the more perfect logos would go…
…among shaman in the Amazon is that there is the possibility of something which I call the more perfect logos, harking back to Philo Judeus who was a kind of polyglot first century jew who really had his fingers on what was going on in the first century…
…things like an ontological transformation of the basis of language, for instance. Language seems to become something visible. You know Philo Judeus writing about the logos, said he was concerned with what he called the more perfect logos. As you all know,…
…and when you got right with the world this voice opened in your head and informed you and guided your actions. So Philo Judeus is talking about the more perfect logos and he says the more perfect logos would go from being heard to being beheld…
…that, as usual, the greeks got there first or at least in this case the Jewish Greeks or the Greek Jews because in Philo Judeus, who was a contemporary of Christ, There's a discussion of what he calls the more perfect logos. And he says the more…
…that, as usual, the greeks got there first or at least in this case the Jewish Greeks or the Greek Jews because in Philo Judeus, who was a contemporary of Christ There's a discussion of what he calls the more perfect logos. And he says the more perfect…
…live and Plato and all of these heavies cultivated and achieved connection with the logos. Well there was an alexandrine jew named Philo Judeus who was a great commentator on the religions of his period and he wrote about what he called the more perfect…
…transforming grammatical complexes. You are speaking some kind of translinguistic language which is beheld rather than heard. And you know Philo Judeus talked about the more perfect logos and he said: the more perfect logos will be beheld rather than heard,…
…I have actually both beheld the intent of other people and also been able to cause them to behold my intent. It's what Philo Judeus called the more perfect logos. He said the more perfect logos is a logos which goes from being heard by the ear to…
…totally beyond any language that we use in any ordinary sense yes well they are beyond ordinary language. I always think of Philo Judeus writing on the logos. He posed to himself the question: what would be a more perfect logos and then he answered…
…yoga or slight genetic engineering or something like that and it is something that was anticipated by the alexandrine philosopher Philo Judeus. He talked about the logos, which is this teaching voice, this informing thing which is heard, and he was…
…the shifting of these sensory ratios is causing language to become more visual. And at this point I always have to quote Philo Judeus who was a first century alexandrian jew who talked about the logos, and I have made analogies between the phenomenon I'm…
…totally beyond any language that we use in any ordinary sense. Yes well they are beyond ordinary language. I always think of Philo Judeus writing on the logos. He posed to himself the question: what would be a more perfect logos and then he answered…
…overlapping of silence and visual language gives you audio language the more perfect logos would be beheld. This is what Philo Judeus taught. And considering that many of these psychedelic compounds involved in the language phenomena like DMT and harmine and…
…think these linguistic phenomena are very suggestive of special abilities. I've said many times before and we all heard me say it Philo Judeus, who was an exact contemporary of Christ, born before, died after, was on a bug about what he called the more…
…and look at what we're doing. And what they're doing is emitting sounds like music, like language, and these sounds pass, as Philo Judeus said that the logos would when it became perfect pass from being heard without ever going over a quantized moment of…
…be seen rather than beheld. Well I saw this years ago in DMT flashes and lo and behold, a thorough inspection of Philo Judeus, who lived contemporary with jesus Christ and was an alexandrine jew who wrote volumes of commentary on the religions of his…
…lived contemporary with jesus Christ and was an alexandrine jew who wrote volumes of commentary on the religions of his era. Philo Judeus talks about what he calls the logos. The logos was an interiorized teaching voice which a Greek Ecstatic sought to…
…You certainly must mean something more important than a flood of data. No no, I think I talked about this last time that Philo Judeus talks about what he calls a more perfect logos. He says a more perfect logos would be beheld rather than heard. In…
…seeing is a good word but it isn't. I wouldn't call it visual no well it isn't exactly visual. I mean again to quote Philo Judeus on the logos. He says that the logos goes from a thing heard to a thing seen without ever crossing through a quantized…
…unconsciously believe that truth will be beheld. And some of you who are students of the ancient literature may know Philo Judeus, hellenistic alexandrine jew, absolute contemporary of Christ born before, died after, and in one of his treatises on the logos…
…contemporary of Christ born before, died after, and in one of his treatises on the logos which he was always talking about, Philo Judeus presents an etymology of the word Israel talking about the word Israel, and he says: Israel means he who sees god…
…a voice in the head, which was the sine qua non of alexandrian spirituality. Socrates had it Plato had it: the logos. So Philo Judeus asks what would be the more perfect logos? And then he answers his own question he says the more perfect logos would…