History Quote by Terence McKenna

I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture you build,…

— Terence McKenna

I believe that what makes the psychedelic experience so central is that it is a connection into a larger modality of organization on the…

— Terence McKenna

“The renaissance of interest in Eastern spiritual philosophies, various mystical traditions, meditation, ancient and aboriginal wisdom, as well as the widespread psychedelic experimentation during…

— Stanislav Grof

Nature and the imagination seem to be the precursors to involvement in the psychedelic experience.

— Terence McKenna

I really think that the psychedelic realm is the realm of ideas, and that ideas which change the world come first from that place.

— Terence McKenna

I see the psychedelic experience as both the centerpiece of prehistoric life and destined to be the centerpiece of any future that we want…

— Terence McKenna

I think really what unites psychedelic people is the faith in the power of the imagination.

— Terence McKenna

My normal lectures deal with the psychedelic experience as a generalized and historical phenomenon, but this effort at communication is slightly more personal in…

— Terence McKenna

It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people.

— Stanislav Grof

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.

— Stanislav Grof

I think it's obvious that the psychedelics are demonized and illegalized by our society because somewhere in our society are controlling minds that realize…

— Graham Hancock

To me, the psychedelic experience is the experience of trying to make sense of reality.

— Terence McKenna