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The Stoned Ape Hypothesis
McKenna lays out the Stoned Ape hypothesis -- that psilocybin ingestion shaped early human evolution by suppressing dominance hierarchies, strengthening communal bonds and sharpening hunting -- and describes Food of the Gods as a Trojan horse left on the doorstep of anthropology. Released from Esalen's archive as an EXCERPT of a longer August 1992 Esalen talk.
Teaching the Mind and Body to Work Together
From the "Health and Healing" collection. Recorded at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
Mental Attitudes Affect Physical Helath
From the "Health and Healing" collection. Recorded at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
Animals Place in the Universal Plan
From the "Esoteric, Metaphysical" collection. Recorded at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
Ahimsa, a Sect Devoted to Harmlessness
From the "Eastern Philosophy" collection. Recorded at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.