"I think the entire message of the psychedelic……" — Terence McKenna
"I think the entire message of the psychedelic experience, which is basically the sine qua non of the rebirth of alchemical understanding, the very basis of that understanding is that nature seeks to communicate."
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202 Quotes by Terence McKenna
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We've painted ourselves into a corner where the only choice is real nightmare - triage, epidemic disease, famine, fascism, the…
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Death is the black hole of biology. It's an event horizon, and once you go over that event horizon, no…
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Drugs induce paranoia and psychosis in people who have never taken any.
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There is an area of the mind that could be called unsane, beyond sanity, and yet not insane. Think of…
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We're not dropping out here, we're infiltrating and taking over.
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Psychedelics are probably responsible for every aspect of human evolution apart from the decline in bodyhair.
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I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind…
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LSD burst over the dreary domain of the constipated bourgeoisie like the angelic herald of a new psychedelic millennium. We…
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Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.
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We are part of a symbiotic relationship with something which disguises itself as an extra-terrestrial invasion so as not to…
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History is rooted in the future
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What blinds us, or makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness that our beliefs have grown obsolete…
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At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.
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Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold.
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I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.
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Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of…
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We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The…
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