Terence Mckenna

Terence Mckenna

Ethnobotanist and mystic.

A 20th-century ethnobotanist and philosopher who explored the frontiers of human consciousness through plant-based psychedelics. He discussed shamanism, altered states of mind, and the role of visionary experiences in shaping culture. His lectures and writings encourage embracing mystery, creativity, and expanded perception to navigate modern life’s complexities and reconnect with nature.

Terence Mckenna Quotes about Reality

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  • Astonishment is the proper response to reality.
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  • What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.
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  • The world is not made of anti-mu mesons, quarks, and photons, and electromagnetic fields. Reality is made of words.
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  • There’s light at the end of the tunnel. The problem is that tunnel is in the back of your mind. And if you don’t go to the back side of your mind you will never see the light at the end of the tunnel. And once you see it, then the task becomes to empower it in yourself and other people. Spread it as a reality. God did not retire to the seventh heaven, God is some kind of lost continent IN the human mind.
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