Terence McKenna on Entheogens

Terence McKenna talks about philosophy, ideas, and the proper use of entheogens.

"Science has not been helpful in the matter of elusive human contacts with other intelligences. It prefers to direct its attention elsewhere, with the comment that subjective experiences, however peculiar, are not its province. What a pity, since subjective experience is all that any of us ever has. Anyhow, the largely subjective nature of the so-called objective universe has now been secured by that most objective of the sciences, physics. The new physics has the subjective observer inextricably tangled with the phenomena observed. Ironically, this is a return to the shamanic point of view. The real intellectual legacy of quantum physics may be the new respectability and primacy that it gives to subjectivity. Recentering ourselves in our subjectivity means a tremendous new reempowering of language, for language is the stuff of which the subjective world is made."
-Terence McKenna

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• Sagan
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[Santisantiago]

In my experience, and I grew up close to a shamanic environment, the best is to do any psychedelic with respect towards the experience. One does not need crazy amounts of anything to achieve total clarity, total peace, total surrendering, understanding, etc. This "drugs" are really medicine for the spirit, they are guides. If you have used them and truly understand the basis of life, why do more? live simple, the greatness of God's treasures are hidden there.

[maddoxnetwork]

The names used are just haphazard examples that represent cultural patterning. Dont think too hard about the lecture, just enjoy.. I am quite convinced some of you are missing over 75% of the point getting hung up on dumb shit. 

[gyurko]

Yeah, I got once to 'god i've done too much'. NOT pleasant. I guess it was what i needed, i hope

[Julespsych]

wow, I always imagined his voice as being a lot deeper somehow.

[kratom4sale]

I wonder if Terence ever grew Kratom

[ManifestPanda]

well, Carl Sagan was badass, he eventually tuned into art because of cannabis use. But he was still a very pessimistic "go ask a scientist" type of person when it came to the universe. Terence has been studying higher subjective states for 30 years so, I never considered what he had to say "pseudo-science" like carl sagan would classify it. Mckenna was a visionary philosopher that knew a hell of a lot about chemical structures and brain activity. A very sad loss for this material dimension.

[restlesspride666]

@nickyjam305 you don't but your body does :)

[GotZest]

:55 seconds = Willem McKenna

[jerryskid2011]

Sagan was definitely mainstream; he had an acclaimed show on PBS (Cosmos), and he had a summer blockbuster made from one of his movies... holy shit, that makes PKD mainstream...lol