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.
…the conquest of nature is to be achieved through measure and number. And that revelation laid the basis for modern science. René Descartes is the founder of the distinction between the res virens and the res extensa, the founder of modern science, the…
…and shaky mystical ways. The classic example that I always give, because it has so much fun, basically, is that, you know, René Descartes' invention of scientific materialism was at the behest of an angel. An angel appeared to him in a dream. He records…