--- title: "31 Mean Quotes By Terence McKenna" description: "31 Mean quotes by Terence McKenna. Plus more from Terence McKenna and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/terence-mckenna-287_mean_psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i_401507.png" --- > [Psychedelic telepathy is you 'see' what I mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i-mean/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/terence-mckenna-287_mean_psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i_401507.png) > [Language betrays, in order to mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/language-betrays-in-order-to-mean/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/terence-mckenna-287_betray_language-betrays-in-order-to-mean-132452_1324524.png) > [I'm fascinated by hallucinations. I mean, to me that is the sina qua non that you're getting somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-m-fascinated-by-hallucinations-i-mean-to-me-that-is-the-sina-qua/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/terence-mckenna-287_execution_i-m-fascinated-by-hallucinations-i-mean_921963.png) > [Eschaton comes from the Greek word 'echatos', which just means the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/eschaton-comes-from-the-greek-word-echatos-which-just-means-the-end/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/terence-mckenna-287_ends_eschaton-comes-from-the-greek-word-echat_1206275.png) > [So part of what being psychedelic means, I think, is relentlessly living with unanswered questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/so-part-of-what-being-psychedelic-means-i-think-is-relentlessly/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/terence-mckenna-287_answer_so-part-of-what-being-psychedelic-means_2794002.png) > [In a way, this is a definition of shamanism. A shaman is a person who by some means has gotten out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/in-a-way-this-is-a-definition-of-shamanism-a-shaman-is-a-person-who/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/terence-mckenna-287_culture_in-a-way-this-is-a-definition-of-shamani_289676.png) > [The movement of a single atom from one known position to another known position changes an experience from nothing to overwhelming. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-movement-of-a-single-atom-from-one-known-position-to-another/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/terence-mckenna-287_atoms_the-movement-of-a-single-atom-from-one-k_478517.png) > [When your time is turned into money, the felt presence of immediate experience is analogous to being enslaved. I mean, let's be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/when-your-time-is-turned-into-money-the-felt-presence-of-immediate/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/terence-mckenna-287_enslaved_when-your-time-is-turned-into-money-the_2730539.png) > [The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-world-could-be-anything-you-know-it-could-be-a-solid-state-matrix/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/terence-mckenna-287_dream_the-world-could-be-anything-you-know-it_2395722.png) > [The way out then is personal responsibility, new operating systems downloaded from outside of culture, which means from the deeper wisdom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-way-out-then-is-personal-responsibility-new-operating-systems/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/terence-mckenna-287_commitment_the-way-out-then-is-personal-responsibil_1673434.png) > [Psilocybin, tryptamine, is in my opinion the means to eliminating the future by becoming cognizant of the architecture of eternity, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/psilocybin-tryptamine-is-in-my-opinion-the-means-to-eliminating-the/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/terence-mckenna-287_architecture_psilocybin-tryptamine-is-in-my-opinion-t_2436271.png) > [Just because you have a nut theory it doesn't mean that you agree with other nut theories. In fact, it often makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/just-because-you-have-a-nut-theory-it-doesn-t-mean-that-you-agree/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/terence-mckenna-287_agree_just-because-you-have-a-nut-theory-it-do_1811349.png) > [I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-mean-everybody-knows-there-s-something-wrong-with-the-world-and-if/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/terence-mckenna-287_critique_i-mean-everybody-knows-there-s-something_2539051.jpg) > [The party impulse is a very subversive impulse. I mean, you know, a lot of artists have too much integrity to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-party-impulse-is-a-very-subversive-impulse-i-mean-you-know-a-lot/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/terence-mckenna-287_art_the-party-impulse-is-a-very-subversive-i_1974415.png) > [A long long time ago I took an oath to tell all secrets that came my way. Don't tell me a secret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/a-long-long-time-ago-i-took-an-oath-to-tell-all-secrets-that-came-my/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/terence-mckenna-287_abhorrent_a-long-long-time-ago-i-took-an-oath-to-t_1581349.png) > [...the mind is more powerful than any imaginable particle accelerator, more sensitive than any radio receiver or the largest optical telescope, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-mind-is-more-powerful-than-any-imaginable-particle-accelerator/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/terence-mckenna-287_body_the-mind-is-more-powerful-than-any-imagi_1672144.png) > [There is this persistent theme in all of these notions that death is made more easy, whatever that means, if you've learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/there-is-this-persistent-theme-in-all-of-these-notions-that-death-is/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/terence-mckenna-287_baskets_there-is-this-persistent-theme-in-all-of_292511.png) > [What blinds us, or makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness that our beliefs have grown obsolete and should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/what-blinds-us-or-makes-historical-progress-very-difficult-is-our/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/terence-mckenna-287_all-kinds_what-blinds-us-or-makes-historical-progr_1431005.png) > [So you know what we have to do is stop looking for leadership from the top, because the least among us make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/so-you-know-what-we-have-to-do-is-stop-looking-for-leadership-from/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/terence-mckenna-287_citizens_so-you-know-what-we-have-to-do-is-stop-l_1056111.png) > [Where psychedelics comes together with that is that it's going to require a transformation of human language and understanding to stop the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/where-psychedelics-comes-together-with-that-is-that-it-s-going-to/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/terence-mckenna-287_19th-century_where-psychedelics-comes-together-with-t_1607141.jpg) > [The 20th century mind is nostalgic for the paradise that once existed on the mushroom dotted plains of Africa where the plant-human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-20th-century-mind-is-nostalgic-for-the-paradise-that-once-existed/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/terence-mckenna-287_20th-century_the-20th-century-mind-is-nostalgic-for-t_1190708.jpg) > [The idea of psychedelic societies is something new. And it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone takes the drug. It merely means that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-idea-of-psychedelic-societies-is-something-new-and-it-doesn-t/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/terence-mckenna-287_civilization_the-idea-of-psychedelic-societies-is-som_2221336.png) > [The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-war-on-drugs-was-never-meant-to-be-won-instead-it-will-be/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/terence-mckenna-287_cases_the-war-on-drugs-was-never-meant-to-be-w_823498.jpg) > [This is in fact what shamanism is all about, what the end of history is all about, what psychedelic drugs are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/this-is-in-fact-what-shamanism-is-all-about-what-the-end-of-history/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/terence-mckenna-287_change_this-is-in-fact-what-shamanism-is-all-ab_2266738.jpg) > [If you actually look at the etymology of the word 'hallucination', what it's come to mean in English is a delusion. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/if-you-actually-look-at-the-etymology-of-the-word-hallucination-what/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/terence-mckenna-287_delusion_if-you-actually-look-at-the-etymology-of_1374988.png) > [And I don't mean this metaphorically. I want to be taken seriously as proposing that the ennui of modernity is the consequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/and-i-don-t-mean-this-metaphorically-i-want-to-be-taken-seriously-as/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/terence-mckenna-287_consequence_and-i-don-t-mean-this-metaphorically-i-w_530779.png) > [The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-things-i-encounter-that-i-call-elves-or-gnomes-it-s-just-a-gloss/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/terence-mckenna-287_archetype_the-things-i-encounter-that-i-call-elves_1496542.png) > [I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-m-not-an-abuser-it-takes-me-a-long-time-to-assimilate-each/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/terence-mckenna-287_abuser_i-m-not-an-abuser-it-takes-me-a-long-tim_1430939.png) > [Ayahuasca loves to take prideful people and rub their nose in it. I mean it can make you beg for mercy like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/ayahuasca-loves-to-take-prideful-people-and-rub-their-nose-in-it-i/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/terence-mckenna-287_approach_ayahuasca-loves-to-take-prideful-people_2332002.png) > [Information is just simply bootstrapping itself to higher and higher levels of self-reflection and self-coordination using whatever means are necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/information-is-just-simply-bootstrapping-itself-to-higher-and-higher/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/terence-mckenna-287_coordination_information-is-just-simply-bootstrapping_2109709.png) > [Technique to me is a kind of a ... I'm reluctant to talk about it because it seems so obvious to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/technique-to-me-is-a-kind-of-a-i-m-reluctant-to-talk-about-it-because/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/terence-mckenna-287_add_technique-to-me-is-a-kind-of-a-i-m-reluc_985769.png) ## Other authors on Mean ## More by Terence McKenna > [History was an incredibly damaging experience, and now it's over . . . in a sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/history-was-an-incredibly-damaging-experience-and-now-it-s-over-in-a/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-somehow-the-children-of-the-planet-we-are-somehow-its-finest/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [The history of man that you don't know is what your unconscious is made out of. Just as the history of yourself that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-history-of-man-that-you-don-t-know-is-what-your-unconscious-is/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [We are consciousness. We may not always be monkeys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-consciousness-we-may-not-always-be-monkeys/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [What is happening here is we are living past the age, by the millions, living past the age where cultural values make any sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/what-is-happening-here-is-we-are-living-past-the-age-by-the-millions/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/what-history-is-essentially-is-a-careening-out-of-control-effort-to/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [And what is the primary datum? It's the felt presence of immediate experience. In other words, being here now is the primary datum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/and-what-is-the-primary-datum-it-s-the-felt-presence-of-immediate/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/our-culture-difinitely-takes-an-egocentric-dominator-view-the-fear-of/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [Every step into freedom contains within it the potential for greater bondage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/every-step-into-freedom-contains-within-it-the-potential-for-greater/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [This is the message of your life and my life - it’s that nothing lasts. Heraclitus said it: Panta Rhei. All flows, nothing lasts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/this-is-the-message-of-your-life-and-my-life-it-s-that-nothing-lasts/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [I often like to think that our map of the world is wrong, that where we have centered physics, we should actually place literature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-often-like-to-think-that-our-map-of-the-world-is-wrong-that-where/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/knowledge-or-verbal-facility-is-no-proof-that-you-know-what-you-re/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [No culture on earth is as heavily narcotized as the industrial West in terms of being inured to the consequences of maladaptive behavior. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/no-culture-on-earth-is-as-heavily-narcotized-as-the-industrial-west/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [Man was not put on this planet to toil in the mud. Or the god who put us on this planet to toil in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/man-was-not-put-on-this-planet-to-toil-in-the-mud-or-the-god-who-put/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [If you take psychedelics and the Internet and music and put all of that together you have the basis for a new community that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/if-you-take-psychedelics-and-the-internet-and-music-and-put-all-of/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mean/terence-mckenna/#itemlist", "name": "31 Mean Quotes By Terence McKenna", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Psychedelic telepathy is you 'see' what I mean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terence McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i-mean/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/terence-mckenna-287_mean_psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i_401507.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/terence-mckenna-287_mean_psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i_401507.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/terence-mckenna-287_mean_psychedelic-telepathy-is-you-see-what-i_401507.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Psychedelic telepathy is you 'see' what I mean.” — Terence McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Language betrays, in order to mean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terence McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/language-betrays-in-order-to-mean/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/terence-mckenna-287_betray_language-betrays-in-order-to-mean-132452_1324524.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/terence-mckenna-287_betray_language-betrays-in-order-to-mean-132452_1324524.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/terence-mckenna-287_betray_language-betrays-in-order-to-mean-132452_1324524.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Language betrays, in order to mean.” — Terence McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm fascinated by hallucinations. 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