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.

This item is from the Leary Audio Collection compiled by M Horowitz Leary Audio #10 Lecture at UC Berkeley January 11, 1977

Originally aired as Salon #365 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "The psychedelic viewpoint is becoming more and more legitimate, but psychedelic drugs are not. That's the odd paradox of it." "We are living in a state of constant scientific revolution."

Originally aired as Salon #231 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. A recording of one of the last conversations Bruce Damer and Terence McKenna had at Terence's house, exploring virtual worlds and the future of consciousness.