#evolution
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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.
A long-form Terence McKenna talk on matter, magic and the alchemical imagination, running just over four hours.
Metamorphosis [ft. Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham]
Trialogue between Terence McKenna, biologist Rupert Sheldrake and mathematician Ralph Abraham on chaos and the world soul. A Hither Hills production, also issued by Sound Photosynthesis as catalog #V377-95.
The Tao And The Timewave (Complete Esalen Workshop)
Complete twelve-tape participant recording of Terence McKenna's multi-day Esalen workshop on the I Ching, the Tao and the Timewave -- roughly fifteen hours of unedited sessions. Circulated as a participant tape set; the source upload dates it to November 1988 while the Terence McKenna Archives bibliography lists a 1991 Esalen workshop under the title "The Time Wave, the Tao, and Novelty".