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Originally aired as Salon #700 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. A question-and-answer format that leads Terence McKenna into telling some of the old stories from his early talks — many of which were dropped from his later workshops.
Originally aired as Salon #472 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "An interesting thing about drugs is often, when a new drug is discovered, it takes a long time to figure out how do you do it." "In 1948, television was introduced, and millions and millions of people lead larval, low-awareness, warehoused lives."
Originally aired as Salon #442 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "One of the reasons I'm so fond of psychedelics is because they transcend rhetoric." "Meditation and all these other things I take to be co-options organized by beastly hordes of priests."
Originally aired as Salon #418 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "Every drug problem can usually be traced to a previous drug problem." "I think drugs are much safer than gurus." "I've never been absolutely certain that psychedelics have anything whatsoever to do with the spiritual quest."
Seems like the end of a lecture? Presented at the fifth annual Seeds of Change conference, titled The Bioneers.