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.

Originally aired as Salon #469 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "We don't produce enough serotonin for living above 20 degrees latitude." "I'm not a big advocate of mixing drugs. If you really want to get out into unknown territory, where there is the potential for danger, then start pouring these things…"

Originally aired as Salon #189 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "Think about this for a moment, we grow so inured to these religious forms, think about the notion of instituting at the center of your religion a rite where you eat your god. This is probably a memory of a relationship to…"

"We don't produce enough seritonin for living above 20 degrees latitude." "I'm not a big advocate of mixing drugs, anyway. If you really want to get out into unknown territory, where there is the potential for danger, then start pouring these things…