"History is, in fact, the quenching and the withdrawal of this relationship of symbiosis to the rest of nature." "Hedonists are people who don't take hallucinogens, to my mind, because it largely is very hard work. I mean it isn't always hard..."

Today we continue with a workshop that Terence McKenna led at the Esalen Institute in June of 1989. Although he begins with an exploration of ideas surrounding the use of sound during psychedelic experiences, he also tells…

"In hyperspace nothing is hidden." "Culture is a narrowing." "We're about to have the chance to create a global culture, to essentially clean our basement and decide what we're going to save and what we're going to keep." "It's the monotheistic religions…

"The most politically potent thing you can do for somebody is to educate them, to give them the facts. The facts are now so horrifying, and the means of delivering the facts so effective that there is no excuse for everyone not…