Psychedelic
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Psychedelic
This model holds that archaic peoples have deputized special people to probe hidden information fields using psychedelic drugs, and that the information extracted from these information fields is then used to guide and direct the society
The Psychedelic Society
Reminds me of the part in The Dawn of Everything where they talk about eccentrics
The British enzymologist J. B. S. Haldane, in the 1920s, in an essay, said, “The universe may not only be stranger than we suppose, it may be stranger than we can suppose.” And I suggest to you that, as we look back over human history, every pinnacle of civilization—whether it be Mayan or Greco-Roman or Song dynasty—has believed that it was in poss... See more
The Psychedelic Society
Terence McKenna
What I think a psychedelic society—what that notion means or implies to me in terms of ideology—is the idea of creating a society which always lives in the light of the mystery of being. In other words, that solutions should be displaced from the central role that they have had in social organization, and mysteries—irreducible mysteries—should be p... See more
The Psychedelic Society
This is the big picture. Yes, it’s coming; the monkeys are going to the stars, better smoothly or not so smoothly. It’s not clear, but the monkeys are going to the stars and they’re going to take everyone with them. It can be a relatively smooth birth with no tearing and no bleeding, and everything just moving right along, or it can be wholly disru
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Conspiracy theory is a kind of epistemological cartoon about reality. I mean, isn’t it so simple to believe that things are run by the Greys, and that all we have to do is trade sufficient fetal tissue to them and we can solve our technological problems. Or, isn’t it comforting to believe that the Jews are behind everything, or the Communist Party,... See more
Dreaming Awake at the End of Time
Terence McKenna
Common Side Effects Season 1 Trailer
youtube.comCommon Side Effects, Adult Swim - an interesting, nuanced take on the Huxley vs. Leary debate
Hamilton Morris interviews Michael Pollan
youtube.comMorris questions the premise of legalising psychedelics based on its medicinal/therapeutic properties. His whole thing is COGNITIVE LIBERTY. Hmm. Why does that sound familiar?
Surprised the Terence McKenna admitted that Food of the Gods (which introduced the “Stoned Ape Theory”) was consciously a work of propaganda. This doesn’t mean he didn’t believe the theory, it just confirms that the main intention of the work was to change public opinion on drugs:
“Since I feel pretty much around friends and fringies here, it doesn’
Are there actually fake references in Food of the Gods?