‘The single most influential spokesperson for organic psychedelics’ The IndependentWhat can altered states of consciousness reveal about our origins and our place in nature?In this landmark piece of psychedelic literature renowned ethnobotanist and psychonaut Terence McKenna explores our ancient relationship with organic psychedelics and opens a doorway to a higher state of being for us all.An odyssey of mind, body and spir...

Terrance McKenna's captivating lecture, he delves into his theory of the universe as an engine geared towards generating and preserving novelty, with an escalation in novelty corresponding to an increase in complexity. Drawing from the Chinese divination text, the I-Ching, which he views as a tool rather than the focal point, McKenna elaborates on the concept of the time wave. Time, he proposes, manifests as a colossal wave, gathering density and intensity until its culmination, fueled by ...

As pesquisas do etnobotânico Terence McKenna, relatadas em O Pão dos Deuses, versando a relação ancestral dos seres humanos com as substâncias químicas, abrem uma porta para o divino e sugerem uma solução para salvar o nosso mundo perturbado. McKenna procede a uma revisão do papel histórico das drogas nas culturas Oriental e Ocidental, desde os antigos comércios de especiarias, açúcar e rum até à marijuana, cocaína, drogas sintéticas e, até mesmo, a televisão - ilustrando o desejo humano d...

This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters—including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter—and discover the mis...

Terence McKenna erinnert uns mit diesem Kultwerk der psychedelischen Literatur daran, dass der Mythos unserer Kultur mit dem Verspeisen der Frucht vom Baum der Erkenntnis im Garten Eden beginnt. Schon vor langer Zeit entdeckten unsere Vorfahren, dass bestimmte Pflanzen Schmerzen lindern, Energieschübe bewirken, immun gegen Krankheitserreger machen und Kreativität katalysieren. Priester und Priesterinnen verwendeten Zauberpilze, Tränke und Kräuter, um mit dem Mysterium der Natur und mit Got...

Feeding back to the psychedelic community of Los Angeles, Terence McKenna delivers an hour of colorful and astounding visual transformations. He weaves a galactic tapestry of art-tickled articulations of the history and future of psychedelic alchemy, the government/ culture clash, and the surging general ordering of chaos from UFO's to archaic shamanism. This recording will amuse anyone interested in subjects ranging from eco-tourism to techno-junkies.

Im Jahre 1971 macht sich eine Gruppe junger amerikanischer Anthropologen und Botaniker auf ins Amazonasgebiet, um die Wirkung von halluzinogenen Pflanzen auf das Weltbild der eingeborenen Schamanen zu erforschen. Die Einnahme dort wachsender Psilocybin-Pilze versetzt zwei von ihnen, Terence McKenna und seinen Bruder Dennis, selbst in den Zustand, den sie an visionssuchenden Schamanen untersuchen wollten. Dieses Erlebnis überzeugte McKenna, dass die Welt der ekstatischen Trance des Schamane...

Author of The Invisible Landscape: Holographic Theory of the Mind and Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Growers Guide McKenna about new ways of looking at the world around us. A fascinating inner view of the dimensions of personal change that are possible.

The late Terence McKenna boldly retells early human history, describing the role of “psychedelic shamanism” in early partnership societies, in the development of language and imagination, and in the past and future evolution of humanity.

A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching.

Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna , psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham , chaos mathematician. Their passion is to break out of paradigms that retard our evolution and to explore new possibilities. Through challenge and synergy they venture where few have gone before, leading their readers on an exciting journey of discovery. Their discussions focus on the evolutio...

Mettete attorno a un tavolo un biologo controverso, un esploratore della psichedelia e un matematico del caos. Fate silenzio e registrate quello che dicono. Quello che verrà fuori sarà "La mente evolutiva", il resoconto fedele dei "trialoghi" di tre grandi amici che condividono la passione per il superamento dei paradigmi e per la scoperta delle possibilità dell'evoluzione umana. In questo libro Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna e Ralph Abraham toccano in profondità temi quali i poteri psi...