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Originally aired as Salon #704 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna on the intersection of psychedelics, computer culture, and the technological frontier.
Originally aired as Salon #476 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna's overview of habit and novelty, moving into a discussion of time, with poetic language that provides several interesting mental footholds.
Originally aired as Salon #446 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna tells stories about how Gordon Wasson was first led to investigating the mushrooms of Mexico, and discusses possible use of magic mushrooms by the Sufis.
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 #357 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "The culture cannot evolve faster than the language. The language is the flashlight that shows the path." "The psychedelic universe, whatever it is, is the major datum of experience. It's larger than this planet. Nobody knows how large it is."