About Terence McKenna
He wrote and spoke about topics such as shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, and the origins of human consciousness. He was nicknamed the “Timothy Leary of the ’90s”, a leading authority on shamanism, and an intellectual voice of rave culture. His ideas received mixed reactions, with some critics calling them dangerous and others praising his humor and provocation.
![“I finally realized that this 'place' that I kept bursting into [on a psychedelic experience] was somebody's idea of a playpen.” quote by Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/452/terence-mckenna-287_bursting_i-finally-realized-that-this-place-that_2953731.png)
