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Terence McKenna quotes: What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds. What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds.
Terence McKenna quotes: The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind. The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.
Terence McKenna quotes: Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end. Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end.
Terence McKenna quotes: Every click of the cosmic clock brings us closer to the process for which the planet called us into existence. Every click of the cosmic clock
brings us closer to the process
for which the planet called us into existence.
Terence McKenna quotes: Nobody should be allowed more than fifty years to get their act together. Nobody should be allowed more than fifty years to get their act together.
Terence McKenna quotes: The world which we perceive is a tiny fraction of the world which we can perceive, which is a tiny fraction of the perceivable world ... The world which we perceive is a tiny fraction of the world which we can perceive, which is a tiny fraction of the perceivable world ...
Terence McKenna quotes: So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face. So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face.
Terence McKenna quotes: Part of what being involved in the psychedelic experience is about is reclaiming your own experience. Part of what being involved in the psychedelic experience is about is reclaiming your own experience.
Terence McKenna quotes: Our task is to create memes ... Launch your meme boldly and see if it will replicate. Our task is to create memes ... Launch your meme boldly and see if it will replicate.
Terence McKenna quotes: The real justification for psychedelics is that they feed new data into your model. The real justification for psychedelics is that they feed new data into your model.
Terence McKenna quotes: A lot of people pass through the thinking I'm a guru and take enough trips to understand that no, I was just a witness. I was just a witness. A lot of people pass through the thinking I'm a guru and take enough trips to understand that no, I was just a witness. I was just a witness.
Terence McKenna quotes: History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it. History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it.
Terence McKenna quotes: The surface of things is not where attention should rest. The surface of things is not where attention should rest.
Terence McKenna quotes: The terror of drugs is a terror of giving up control. This is what people are most alarmed about by psychedelics, is the giving up control. The terror of drugs is a terror of giving up control. This is what people are most alarmed about by psychedelics, is the giving up control.
Terence McKenna quotes: It's meanings that we need to coax into our lives. It's meanings that we need to coax into our lives.
Terence McKenna quotes: What people notice about [when they are on] LSD is either what's right or wrong with themselves or how freaky the world is. What people notice about [when they are on] LSD is either what's right or wrong with themselves or how freaky the world is.
Terence McKenna quotes: Nature has an economy, an elegance, a style, that if we could but emulate it we could rise out of the rubble we are making out of the planet Nature has an economy, an elegance, a style, that if we could but emulate it we could rise out of the rubble we are making out of the planet
Terence McKenna quotes: We can't sell short the spiritual power of cannabis, especially when eaten. We can't sell short the spiritual power of cannabis, especially when eaten.
Terence McKenna quotes: Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter. Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter.
Terence McKenna quotes: The tryptamine molecule has this unique property of releasing the structured self into the over-self. The tryptamine molecule has this unique property of releasing the structured self into the over-self.
Terence McKenna quotes: We're not dropping out here, we're infiltrating and taking over. We're not dropping out here, we're infiltrating and taking over.
Terence McKenna quotes: The main thing going on in the 20th century is a dissolving of boundaries, all the boundaries that historical civilization put in place. The main thing going on in the 20th century is a dissolving of boundaries, all the boundaries that historical civilization put in place.
Terence McKenna quotes: The mind is the cutting edge of the evolving event system. The mind is the cutting edge of the evolving event system.
Terence McKenna quotes: Nothing is as boundary dissolving, except for psychedelic compounds, as travel. Travel is up there. Nothing is as boundary dissolving, except for psychedelic compounds, as travel. Travel is up there.
Terence McKenna quotes: What we drug people have, that you don't, is repeatability. What we drug people have, that you don't, is repeatability.
Terence McKenna quotes: We are the damaged heirs of a damaged cultural style which has been practiced now for about seven thousand years. We are the damaged heirs of a damaged cultural style which has been practiced now for about seven thousand years.
Terence McKenna quotes: All time is is how much change you can pack into a second. All time is is how much change you can pack into a second.
Terence McKenna quotes: It's as though a certain level of intoxication with the mushroom is the precondition for being able to communicate, but is not itself enough. It's as though a certain level of intoxication with the mushroom is the precondition for being able to communicate, but is not itself enough.
Terence McKenna quotes: Experientially there is only one religion, and it is shamanism and shamanic ecstasy. Experientially there is only one religion, and it is shamanism and shamanic ecstasy.
Terence McKenna quotes: The possibility seems to be that what we call styles, or what we call motifs, are actually categories in the unconscious. The possibility seems to be that what we call styles, or what we call motifs, are actually categories in the unconscious.
Terence McKenna quotes: Eros is an ego-overwhelming, boundary dissolving, breakthrough creating force scripted into human life that is pretty intrinsically psychedelic. Eros is an ego-overwhelming, boundary dissolving, breakthrough creating force scripted into human life that is pretty intrinsically psychedelic.
Terence McKenna quotes: There is no question that a society that sets out to control its citizens' use of drugs sets out on the slippery path to totalitarianism. There is no question that a society that sets out to control its citizens' use of drugs sets out on the slippery path to totalitarianism.
Terence McKenna quotes: We are consciousness. We may not always be monkeys. We are consciousness. We may not always be monkeys.
Terence McKenna quotes: The monkey body has carried us to this moment of release, but we are coming more and more to exist in a world made by the human imagination. The monkey body has carried us to this moment of release, but we are coming more and more to exist in a world made by the human imagination.
Terence McKenna quotes: It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us. It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us.
Terence McKenna quotes: There is a transcendental dimension beyond language ... It's just hard as hell to talk about! There is a transcendental dimension beyond language ... It's just hard as hell to talk about!
Terence McKenna quotes: Culture is your operating system. Culture is your operating system.
Terence McKenna quotes: Nowhere is it writ that anthropoid apes should understand reality. Nowhere is it writ that anthropoid apes should understand reality.
Terence McKenna quotes: The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed. The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.
Terence McKenna quotes: The traditional manner of taking psilocybin is to take a very healthy dose, in the vicinity of 15 mg. on an empty stomach in total darkness. The traditional manner of taking psilocybin is to take a very healthy dose, in the vicinity of 15 mg. on an empty stomach in total darkness.
Terence McKenna quotes: LSD is different. LSD is like psychoanalytical Drano. It's not a personality. LSD is different. LSD is like psychoanalytical Drano. It's not a personality.
Terence McKenna quotes: The real truth is splintered and spread throughout time. The real truth is splintered and spread throughout time.
Terence McKenna quotes: When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation. When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.
Terence McKenna quotes: We are the inheritors of a million years of striving for the unspeakable. We are the inheritors of a million years of striving for the unspeakable.
Terence McKenna quotes: Only responsible human beings can exist in an anarchistic society. Only responsible human beings can exist in an anarchistic society.
Terence McKenna quotes: The way I think of the psychedelics is, they are catalysts to the imagination. The way I think of the psychedelics is, they are catalysts to the imagination.
Terence McKenna quotes: One has attained a very fortunate incarnation, I think, to be in a culture, in a place, in a time when psychedelic knowledge is available. One has attained a very fortunate incarnation, I think, to be in a culture, in a place, in a time when psychedelic knowledge is available.
Terence McKenna quotes: Our ability to destroy ourselves is the mirror image of our ability to save ourselves, Our ability to destroy ourselves is the mirror image of our ability to save ourselves,
Terence McKenna quotes: I'm not an advocate of drugs. I'm an advocate of psychedelics. I'm not an advocate of drugs. I'm an advocate of psychedelics.
Terence McKenna quotes: Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together. Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together.
Terence McKenna quotes: In cyberspace things are built out of light. In cyberspace things are built out of light.
Terence McKenna quotes: The 'person' is not an interchangeable part. The 'citizen' is ... The person is harking back to a pre-print model. It's what the hippies were. The 'person' is not an interchangeable part. The 'citizen' is ... The person is harking back to a pre-print model. It's what the hippies were.
Terence McKenna quotes: The way you understand and investigate time is by moving inward, into metabolism. The human body is a knot in time. The way you understand and investigate time is by moving inward, into metabolism. The human body is a knot in time.
Terence McKenna quotes: What the psychedelic thing can be seen as, when it's done with plants, as a return to Gaia, an immersion in the feminine. What the psychedelic thing can be seen as, when it's done with plants, as a return to Gaia, an immersion in the feminine.
Terence McKenna quotes: One of the things that's so striking about shamanism in the native context is the absence of mental illness. One of the things that's so striking about shamanism in the native context is the absence of mental illness.
Terence McKenna quotes: There's only the integrity of doing and having done. There's only the integrity of doing and having done.
Terence McKenna quotes: My technique is don't believe anything. If you believe in something, you are automatically precluded from believing its opposite. My technique is don't believe anything. If you believe in something, you are automatically precluded from believing its opposite.
Terence McKenna quotes: Shamanism is essentially a living tradition of alchemy that is not seeking the stone but has found the stone. Shamanism is essentially a living tradition of alchemy that is not seeking the stone but has found the stone.
Terence McKenna quotes: Ultimate novelty must be a situation where all boundaries are dissolved. Ultimate novelty must be a situation where all boundaries are dissolved.
Terence McKenna quotes: What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what's real. You couldn't imagine it if it weren't real somewhere, sometime. What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what's real. You couldn't imagine it if it weren't real somewhere, sometime.
Terence McKenna quotes: Life, carefully examined, is actually a form of allegorical literature with a very tight constructural grid laid over it. Life, carefully examined, is actually a form of allegorical literature with a very tight constructural grid laid over it.
Terence McKenna quotes: The only real experience that counts, is your own. The only real experience that counts, is your own.
Terence McKenna quotes: I really think that the psychedelic realm is the realm of ideas, and that ideas which change the world come first from that place. I really think that the psychedelic realm is the realm of ideas, and that ideas which change the world come first from that place.
Terence McKenna quotes: There is no knowledge without risk taking. There is no knowledge without risk taking.
Terence McKenna quotes: Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity. Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.
Terence McKenna quotes: If the world is made of language, then you can hack it in the sense that you can hack code. If the world is made of language, then you can hack it in the sense that you can hack code.
Terence McKenna quotes: Hallucinogenic plants act as enzymes which stimulate imagination. Hallucinogenic plants act as enzymes which stimulate imagination.
Terence McKenna quotes: If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately. If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately.
Terence McKenna quotes: The whole of the Amazonian narcotic complex, as it's called in the old literature, is based on activation of DMT by one strategy or another. The whole of the Amazonian narcotic complex, as it's called in the old literature, is based on activation of DMT by one strategy or another.
Terence McKenna quotes: Culture as we're practicing it is causing a lot of pain. Culture as we're practicing it is causing a lot of pain.
Terence McKenna quotes: It is not easy to measure the ocean, but we can be measured by it, confront it, and be in it. It is not easy to measure the ocean, but we can be measured by it, confront it, and be in it.
Terence McKenna quotes: Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree. Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree.
Terence McKenna quotes: The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself. The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.
Terence McKenna quotes: What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance. What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance.
Terence McKenna quotes: It's a product of the fractal laws that govern the world at an informational level. There is no deeper truth. It's a product of the fractal laws that govern the world at an informational level. There is no deeper truth.
Terence McKenna quotes: What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness of our ignorance. What blinds us, or what makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness of our ignorance.
Terence McKenna quotes: Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug. Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug.
Terence McKenna quotes: We need a metaphor that can contain the daemon of the future that we have conjured into being. We need a metaphor that can contain the daemon of the future that we have conjured into being.
Terence McKenna quotes: I live up at about the 2000 feet level on a five acre piece of forest that I built a small house on. I live up at about the 2000 feet level on a five acre piece of forest that I built a small house on.
Terence McKenna quotes: Don't diddle the dose. Once you have done your homework, go for it. Don't diddle the dose. Once you have done your homework, go for it.
Terence McKenna quotes: A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity. A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.
Terence McKenna quotes: Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste. Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste.
Terence McKenna quotes: Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you? Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?
Terence McKenna quotes: Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf. Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.
Terence McKenna quotes: The real nature of our predicament is completely opaque to us. The real nature of our predicament is completely opaque to us.
Terence McKenna quotes: What is needed, is an awakening. What is needed, is an awakening.
Terence McKenna quotes: I don't know what life is like without cannabis, I hear there is such a thing. I don't know what life is like without cannabis, I hear there is such a thing.
Terence McKenna quotes: Now, through the catalytic interaction with technology, the human species is getting set to redefine itself. Now, through the catalytic interaction with technology, the human species is getting set to redefine itself.
Terence McKenna quotes: Life must be a preparation for the transition to another dimension. Life must be a preparation for the transition to another dimension.
Terence McKenna quotes: The mind is a far bigger domain than we ever imagined. The mind is a far bigger domain than we ever imagined.
Terence McKenna quotes: Language betrays, in order to mean. Language betrays,
in order to mean.
Terence McKenna quotes: It is the people who are 'far out' who are gaining advantage in the evolutionary jostling for efficacious strategies. It is the people who are 'far out' who are gaining advantage in the evolutionary jostling for efficacious strategies.
Terence McKenna quotes: Capitalism is not a human being. Capitalism is a Moloch, a god, a god of bloody sacrifice that sees human beings as ants Capitalism is not a human being. Capitalism is a Moloch, a god, a god of bloody sacrifice that sees human beings as ants
Terence McKenna quotes: I'm as against restricting access to drugs as I am to burning books. It offends me in the same way. I'm as against restricting access to drugs as I am to burning books. It offends me in the same way.
Terence McKenna quotes: It's a relationship like to a crusty Zen master, or something like that. And it is really like another entity because you cannot predict the answers. It's a relationship like to a crusty Zen master, or something like that. And it is really like another entity because you cannot predict the answers.
Terence McKenna quotes: It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable. It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable.
Terence McKenna quotes: 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. 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.
Terence McKenna quotes: We need a pharmacological intervention on anti-social behavior or we are not going to get hold of our dilemma. We need a pharmacological intervention on anti-social behavior or we are not going to get hold of our dilemma.
Terence McKenna quotes: And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools. And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools.
Terence McKenna quotes: Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community. Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community.

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