Culture and Ideology are not your friends
Psychedelic Salon
Jonathan
May 3, 2026April 1999Denver
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"This is a struggle between novelty and habit." … "[Your culture] is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency." … Cultures are…
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Terrence McKenna argues that psychedelics, shamanism, and nature reveal a universe driven by accelerating novelty rather than static order. He criticizes culture, ideology, religion, and Western values as limiting virtual realities, while framing psychedelics as tools for higher consciousness, moral awakening, and future technological and ecological transformation.
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