The Ideas Remain
Terence McKenna
Jonathan
May 10, 2026
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Originally aired as Salon #485 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna speculates that the human break with nature came about due to a change in the climate, and explores the implications of this rupture for the modern condition.
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The purging effect of ayahuasca. In South America, ayahuasca is called la Purga. And for every person who hallucinates, there are probably five or six who just get sick and throw up. And this is cultu
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