Esalen In-House Get-Together
Terence McKenna
Jonathan
Dec 9, 20246 August 1998Esalen Institute, California 1, Big Sur, CA, USA
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Jesus Christ. This talk was uploaded to Youtube a number of years ago but then Youtube decided to take them all down.. Can't find it anywhere now except for a single channel that had it broken up in parts - Likely two days worth of recordings.
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Summary
The transcript discusses Salvia divinorum, a potent psychoactive plant from Central Mexico, its chemistry, effects, and cultural context. It explores various psychedelic plants, their ethnobotanical histories, legal status, and pharmacology, including DMT and other hallucinogens. The conversation also touches on ancient rituals, neuropharmacology, language, thought, and the scientific challenges in understanding consciousness and psychedelic experiences.
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