Approach Quote by Terence McKenna

“I think institutions will inevitably substitute a rite or a ritual for the authentic, for the real McCoy, because then priests can control the pipeline to god, and the parishioner can approach with offerings. But if everybody can have a pipeline to deity, why then the whole priest scam is put out of business.”

Terence McKenna

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Approach Deities Ifs Institutions Offering Pipeline Priests Real Rite Ritual Scams Substitutes Thinking Whole

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