Countdown Into Complexity – Part 3
Psychedelic Salon
Jonathan
May 3, 2026March 1996
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Follow Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Terence McKenna Date this lecture was recorded: March 1996 [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.] “The way to get off on DMT is after you feel completely peculiar you have to do one more enormous hit. This is where courage comes in.” “A meme has gotten…
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A podcast host introduces a Terrence McKenna workshop recording and reflects on its historical context, then the transcript explores DMT, novelty theory, and altered states as frameworks for understanding life, death, and consciousness. It expands into critiques of capitalism and mass media while arguing that the Internet and psychedelics both accelerate information flow, decentralize power, and reshape society.
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