c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…of impermanence, if you can open up to it, and again, this key word, open, the open system survives. Then you discover what William Blake said, you know, infinity in a grain of sand. That's the way to cheat the grim reaper. Strangely enough, the way you…
…an actual moment of transition. But in any case, this is vision. Now you're playing in the major leagues. This is what William Blake was talking about. This is not where you see geometric shapes and shifting fields of color, but you see stygian lakes and…
…are, seem to demand mathematical metaphors. And people with no previous association with mathematics are driven to mathematical metaphors. William Blake, the english poet, talked about the spiral of necessity. And if you remember, in the 10th book of Plato's…
…vehicle that can move through space and time. That is the collectivity of all human souls, free at last in what William Blake called the divine imagination. And you don't have to wait for the general dispensation. You can join up anytime by…
…at prophets, essentially. And of course, somebody that we didn't go into because he rates his own slot, if not course, was William Blake, who saw all of this, who saw what science meant, who wrote about the dark satanic mill, who wrote about the prophecy…
…electronic media. As long as we can be allowed to meet like this and talk, we can win. Because, you know, it was William Blake who said a wonderful thing. He said, the truth cannot be told so as to be understood without being believed. Do you…
…dotted and the t's crossed. All we have to understand is that this is where we're headed and it's been on paper since William Blake. He said, you know, the divine imagination is the course of futurity. Well, here we are in futurity. Folks, and I am not…
…don't make an appeal through argument or metaphor. They compel belief because they are able to present themselves as imagery. You know, William Blake said, if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. And so these things have.…
…world that psilocybin and DMT and a few other not well known or widely distributed plant hallucinogens induce. I think it was William Blake who said, the truth cannot be told so as to be understood without being believed. And this is the kind of…
…separation. It's like birth. The metaphor is trivial but perfect. It is. There is a possibility of damage, incorrect activity. Again, William Blake, who said that as you start into the spiral, there is the possibility of falling from the golden track into…
…of being visual information. To answer your question, Arthur, that seems to make this logos believable in the way that I quoted William Blake when he said, the truth cannot be told. And you do believe it. You do believe visual. No. Well, it isn't.…
…only with the words and the tools and the understanding that may be most easily obtained through the area of psychedelic experiences. William Blake said in the marriage of heaven and hell, man has no body distinct from his soul, for that called body is a…
…world that psilocybin and DMT and a few other not well known or widely distributed plant hallucinogens induce. I think it was William Blake who said the truth cannot be told so as to be understood without being believed. And this is the kind of…
…like birth it's the metaphor is trivial but perfect it is. There is a possibility of damage, of incorrect activity. It again William Blake who said that as you start into the spiral there is the possibility of falling from the golden track into eternal…
…quality of being visual information, to answer your question, Arthur that seems to make this logos believable in the way that I quoted William Blake when he said: the truth cannot be told. And you do believe it you do believe it I was going to say that…
…they are, seem to demand mathematical metaphors. People with no previous association with mathematics are driven to mathematical metaphors. William Blake the English poet talked about the spiral of necessity. If you remember in the 10th book of Plato's…
…so fond of meister Eckhart and San Juan De La Cruz and so forth were actually describing the same reality that he was and William Blake that he was getting into. So I wanted to pursue this and this was like 1962 or something and I was about 14 years…
…an anticipation of the future. What's happening is there truly is an anticipation of the future, and visionaries like William Blake or the author of revelations are actually people who, by virtue of some fortuitous Confluence of circumstance, space, time…
…that I've been calling hyperspace or the divine imagination. Is that your definition of hyperspace the divine imagination yeah from William Blake. Okey dokey, okay. Let's see what's happening. Yes all right. So you see what lies ahead we are deeper into…
…the journey into death and that if this is not done, real death is a possibility, they're saying. Not everyone gets through. William Blake says it is possible to fall from the golden spiral of necessity, and if you fall from the spiral of necessity you…
…I think it's probably true what you're saying. I mean that seems reasonable, it seems fair. I don't know what was wrong with William Blake that he thought that I think probably what he was trying to do was do what therapists call raising the level of…
…archaic societies. So we really I mean the notion of the future barely even existed 300 years ago. I mean if you read William Blake the only way he can, he talks occasionally about what he calls futurity. Futurity he means time not yet come but nobody…
…don't make an appeal through argument or metaphor. They compel belief because they are able to present themselves as imagery. You know William Blake said: if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. And so these things have. And…
…and that's a way for mother nature to then enter into human history. I mean I'm fairly mystical about democracy, sort of like William Blake. Well, I think it was very coercive and I think it shows that it's silly to preach it to poor women in rural…
…what's real and everything else becomes progressively more hypothetical, more abstract. Anticipating Wittgenstein talking about our reach, William Blake said: attend the minute particulars. This was his advice for life. Attend the minute particulars. Well that's…
…allow us to show each other the inside of our own heads. We have never been able to do this. I mean maybe a William Blake for a moment, but as an ordinary cultural enterprise the most mysterious dimension is other people. You never get at it you know…
…will create Paradise Upon Paradise Upon Paradise. It's the final conquest of the imagination by free will. This is what William Blake was talking about what he called the divine imagination. Yeah, on language you spoke about language as being a strong…
…so fond of, meister Eckhart and San Juan De La Cruz and so forth, were actually describing the same reality that he was and William Blake that he was getting into. So I wanted to pursue this and this was like 1962 or something and I was about 14…
…isn't what's allowing an anticipation of the future, what's truly is an anticipation of the future. And visionaries like William Blake or the author of revelations are actually people who, by virtue of some fortuitous Confluence of circumstance, space, time…
…I've learned from psychedelics or something like that that the purpose of life is to become conscious and to strengthen consciousness William Blake has. He says that he says after death there is a golden spiral into eternity, but not all can traverse the…
…I mean it's terrifying but at the same time you go through that enough and it's almost like a rehearsal for resurrection. Yeah William Blake said nothing is lost. Nothing is lost and I really believe that I think we only move on. But William Blake, you…
…Yeah William Blake said nothing is lost. Nothing is lost and I really believe that I think we only move on. But William Blake, you know this isn't the opposite thought but it's an adumbration of it. He said: what is the price of experience? Is…
…living in that heartful dimension where you know that you too will move from the scene and make way for something else. William Blake said: nothing is lost. Nothing is lost and I really believe that. I think we only move on. But William Blake, you…
…else. William Blake said: nothing is lost. Nothing is lost and I really believe that. I think we only move on. But William Blake, you know this isn't the opposite thought, but it's an adumbration of it. He said: what is the price of experience? Is…
…imagination into the human scale. It's like a god that we wish to call down and draw to earth. I mean this is why William Blake called it the divine imagination, because it is the forgated city, it is the flying saucer. We are on a journey to meet…
…them can at least be metaphorically captured. So then when you tune into that station and you can hang on, you get to be William Blake or Dante or max Ernst or a downloader of a major coherent dollop of weird data that then the REST of us, like ants…
…allow us to show each other the inside of our own heads. We have never been able to do this. I mean maybe a William Blake for a moment, but as an ordinary cultural enterprise the most mysterious dimension is other people. You never get at it you know…
…infinite. That says to me, then, that the depth of understanding cannot be known. It cannot be known everything is imminent. William Blake makes this point you know that you can see infinity in a grain of sand. So understanding, then, is the precondition…
…then you know what to do. If on the other hand you fear to be lost in the abyss you fear what William Blake called falling into eternal death falling from the spiral of being which connects one reincarnation to another and falling into the realm…
…it was this. So that was my scene but in terms of the relationship to knowledge, I just I love it's what William Blake said you know he said attend the minute particulars, and that's what's interesting I think, is the details of the distinctions among…
…and that he would be representing the creative evolutionary impulse. I will represent the divine imagination, the imagination a La William Blake, in other words this domain, this legacy of the human mind in which culture and dream and personal and historical…
…I think we all are articulating the inevitability of something and this game we play of prophesying the moment you know William Blake said there is only one moment in all eternity and satan's watch fiends search through all eternity looking for that moment…
…We'll put it in the southern hemisphere to that's where it is now you're right, the key is to actualize this thing. You know, William Blake said to see what eternity in a grain of sand and to put it in there if need be in order for that to…
…imagination into the human scale. It's like a god that we wish to call down and draw to earth. I mean this is why William Blake called it the divine imagination, because it is the forgated city. It is the flying saucer. We are on a journey to meet…
…vehicle that can move through space and time that is the collectivity of all human souls free at last in what William Blake called the divine imagination. And you don't have to wait for the general dispensation. You can join up anytime by hyperspatializing…
…to the notion of clairparlance. This is a psychic ability that we're trying to cultivate. Clairparlance is clear speech. You know William Blake said the truth cannot be told so as to be understood without being believed. That's the greatest weapon the truth…
…all information is holographically and fractally embedded in every iota of space and time. So I would say no I'd go with William Blake who said nothing is lost. Nothing is ever lost. Would you cooperate in an experiment where children are brought up with…
…great insight, your moments of great empowerment, everything is flowing through your hands at the moment that you are aware of it. William Blake, who in a way set this engine going a couple of centuries ago, said: what is the price of experience? Is it…
…No, it is bought with all that a man has: his wife, his home, his children. Now this is not a pessimistic message and William Blake was not a pessimistic guy. He was the same guy who told us that if we could but cleanse the doors of perception, we…
…our environment the future lies in the imagination you know the imagination is going to get louder and louder William Blake saw this we talk about virtual realities designer drugs downloading ourselves into circuitry travel through time disincarnate bodies…
…you need to feel any urgency because that will quite naturally percolate out in the mix. Many of you have heard me quote William Blake It's always worth repeating. He said: if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. In other…
…the language of Milton Chaucer and Shakespeare will be able to do with the psychedelic experience. I mean my god in William Blake you get the feeling that English could do staggering things with the psychedelic experience places in Andrew Marvel. But all…
…has ever known, because we not only have all which preceded but we have then our own dear selves the poetry of William Blake, the mathematical equations of Albert Einstein, the painting of Rembrandt we have all of this to add into the mix. What takes…
…don't make an appeal through argument or metaphor. They compel belief because they are able to present themselves as imagery. You know, William Blake said: if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. And so these things have.…
…and that's a way for mother nature to then enter into human history. I mean I'm fairly mystical about democracy, sort of like William Blake. What about the experiment in china on the one child, one woman? Well I think it was very coercive and I think…
…beginning, a middle and an end and process can probably be broken down to that simpler level. But then of course as William Blake said, attend the minute particulars. It's all in the details. This is what psychedelics teach I think it's all in the…
…a full accounting of mind? Anybody who's studied logic for ten minutes can tell you that that's impossible because it is tautological. William Blake used to say: nothing is lost. Nothing is lost and this seems literally to be true. It seems as though you…
…know elusives was this central focus for the mystical intentionality of the Greek mind. This ties in with this thing that William Blake said about attend the minute particulars remember we talked about that about he said this was the basis of poetry and…
…in relationship to nature? That is different from the path of science. In a way it is only a shift of emphasis. William Blake said: attend the minute particulars, attend the minute particulars. This is very good advice for science and it is very good…
…world that psilocybin and DMT and a few other not well known or widely distributed plant hallucinogens induce. I think it was William Blake who said the truth cannot be told so as to be understood without being believed. And this is the kind of…
…a separation it's like birth the metaphor is trivial but perfect. There is a possibility of damage, of incorrect activity. Again William Blake who said that as you start into the spiral there is the possibility of falling from the golden track into eternal…
…of being visual information to answer your question, Arthur that seems to make this logos believable, in the way that I quoted William Blake when he said the truth cannot be told. It is very powerful, that statement, and you do believe it yes, you do…