Originally aired as Salon #391 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "I have been underwhelmed by the accomplishments of Indian spirituality, personally; overwhelmed by the accomplishments of Amazonian spirituality." "I'm also very suspicious of secrets. I mean, if you tell me one it's finished."

Guest speakers: Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, Rupert Sheldrake Terence McKenna: “In the absence of cannabis the dream life seems to become much richer. This causes me to sort of form a theory, just for my own edification, that cannabis must in some sense thin the boundary between the conscious and unconscious mind. … […]

Guest speaker: Ken Adams “I’m almost sixty years old, and I can guaranty you that I’m fucking tired of having to whisper about psychedelics.” – Ken Adams Watch a video of this talk Today we feature the fifth Palenque Norte Lecture of 2012, which was given at the Burning Man Festival. This talk […]

Burroughs, Abbie Hoffman, Gregory Corso, and Diane Di Prima(?) “There are no bad drugs. There are simply people who don’t know how to use them. Intelligent people use drugs intelligently, and stupid people are going to abuse drugs the way they abuse everything […]

"[The wide variety of psychedelic plants] are the way in which the Earth itself is stepping in to aid in the agenda of cultural transformation. There are too many doorways in nature that lead to heaven, there are too many paths to"