dennis mckenna's 2008 talk at the fourth annual amazonian shamanism conference. speaking without prepared remarks, he explores ayahuasca as a planetary teacher, the scientific stud

dennis mckenna's 2005 talk from the international amazonian shamanism conference in iquitos, peru, the conclusion of a two-part discourse on consciousness, neuroscience and psyched

terence mckenna on coast to coast am april 1 1999, discussing consciousness, technology and novelty theory as a pahrump valley blackout unfolds amid y2k tensions

terence mckenna's 1999 lecture on linear societies and non-linear drugs. an exploration of psychedelics as philosophical tools and the role of consciousness in cosmic evolution.

terence mckenna answering audience questions about artificial intelligence, machine consciousness, and the future of human-machine coevolution

terence mckenna in 1998 on imagination and cosmic intelligence. brief spoken fragment exploring consciousness and the universe.

terence mckenna on art bell's coast to coast am, march 1998. they discuss artificial intelligence, consciousness, psychedelic experience, and the acceleration of technological chan

a 1998 trialogue between terence mckenna, rupert sheldrake, and ralph abraham. three perspectives on the evolution of consciousness and the evolutionary mind.

terence mckenna, ralph abraham, and rupert sheldrake recorded in santa cruz in june 1998, discussing skepticism, epistemology, and the crisis of statistical methodology in modern s

terence mckenna on coast to coast am in may 1997, discussing time as a fundamental force, the acceleration of novelty, and altered states as gateways to consciousness.

terence mckenna, rupert sheldrake, and ralph abraham's 1994 private conversation on hawaii's big island, exploring evolution through island ecosystems and the deep patterns of life

a 1992 trialogue from the psychedelic salon, with terence mckenna and ralph abraham exploring psychedelics and mathematical vision.

terence mckenna's 1991 mannheim lecture on radical freedom, psychedelics and direct experience. argues that psychedelic consciousness dissolves ego and empowers individuals to resi

september 2, 1991 trialogue. rupert sheldrake, ralph abraham, and terence mckenna examine the institutional foundations of modern science and what grassroots alternatives might loo

terence mckenna examines history as a psychedelic experience, tracing the collapse of centralized structures toward bioregional and planetary consciousness.

the first of a series of conversations between terence mckenna, ralph abraham, and rupert sheldrake, recorded at esalen in september 1989. sheldrake begins by questioning whether t

terence mckenna on psychedelics and mortality. a brief reflection on how decades of consciousness exploration reshape one's approach to death.

terence mckenna recounts his first DMT experience, describing his encounter with self-transforming machine elves and the hyperdimensional realm they inhabited

terence mckenna's lecture on plant alkaloids, secondary metabolites, and the evolutionary relationship between plants and humans through biochemical innovation.

terence mckenna on the UFO phenomenon, examining contact experiences, jung's depth psychology, and the notion that UFOs may be an assertion of the feminine into the male-dominated

terence mckenna's talk on imagination as the uniquely human faculty, exploring its evolutionary origins, its relationship to consciousness and perception, and its expression throug

terence mckenna on shamanism, psychedelia, and the archaic revival. he argues the psychedelic experience is a doorway out of dominator culture and back to the paleolithic conscious

terence mckenna on ayahuasca preparation and shamanic phenomenology. drawing from ethnographic research in the Amazon, a discussion of brewing techniques, sound-driven visions, and

bruce damer's buddha field festival talk on ego dissolution, the machine elves of dmt, and avatars as entities that shape consciousness.

bruce damer and terence mckenna in conversation about virtual worlds in the late 1990s. they discuss the medium's potential for consciousness exploration and reaching audiences.

terence mckenna on the neurological and anthropological foundations of human consciousness, arguing for psilocybin's role in our transition from animal to self-aware beings.

terence mckenna's firsthand account of the march 1971 la chorrera expedition with his brother dennis, exploring psilocybin and ayahuasca for consciousness research. the narrative t

terence mckenna on twenty-five years of psychedelic research. he presents three models for understanding consciousness - psychological, shamanic, and mathematical - arguing that hu

terence mckenna on sleep, wakefulness, and the dream-like nature of reality. he explores how contact with transcendent consciousness may require a certain unconsciousness and recep

terence mckenna at an earth trust speakers program event on consciousness, evolution, and the botany of psychedelic compounds

terence mckenna on eros and the eschaton. exploring the philosophical and scientific foundations for intelligent hope, centered on cosmic interconnectedness and nature's persistent

erik davis's expanding mind podcast with ethnobotanist dennis mckenna on ayahuasca, dmt, shamanism and the bridge between scientific and spiritual approaches to visionary plants.

terence mckenna's november 1982 lecture exploring shamanism, hallucinogens, and the psychological, biological, historical, and cosmic abysses confronting human existence

terence mckenna on hermeticism, cosmic cycles, and the timewave - his model of novelty derived from the I Ching and Mayan calendar converging on December 22nd, 2012.

erik davis's final interview with terence mckenna at his hawaiian home in november 1999, exploring psychedelics, consciousness, shamanism, and the future of technology.

terence mckenna on james joyce's finnegan's wake as a work of psychedelic linguistic alchemy, where all narrative boundaries dissolve and language mirrors the mechanisms of conscio

terence mckenna's live lecture at the phoenix bookstore presenting his argument that psychedelic plants shaped human evolution and consciousness

a brief fragment from terence mckenna on the mushroom experience as a feminine informational matrix

july 1998 gender talk radio show on psychedelics and consciousness, featuring terence mckenna in conversation with boston listeners

terence mckenna on civilizational crisis, the psychedelic dissolution of ego boundaries, and why consciousness transformation is essential for human survival

jan ervin interviews dr. dennis mckenna on ethnopharmacology, plant intelligence, ayahuasca, and novelty theory

terence mckenna's archive talk on the psychedelic experience as the defining phenomenon of the 20th century, positioning it alongside dreams and film as a catalyst for cultural tra

terence mckenna's opening address at the inaugural albert hofmann foundation event in los angeles, celebrating fifty years of lsd research

terence mckenna on kut public radio during the whole life expo. addressing the end of history through psychedelics, technology, and ancient systems.

terence mckenna on the earth's strategy for transcendence through machines and consciousness expansion as humanity interfaces with advancing technology

terence mckenna's lecture at earth trust foundation on psychedelics, shamanism, consciousness and the future of human culture.

terence mckenna workshop from summer 1998, recorded for the psychedelic salon podcast. the discussion spans consciousness and memory, schizophrenia and psychedelics, evolution, and

john steele's kpfk radio talk on memory, the kali yuga, and how temporal density shapes consciousness through the lens of eastern philosophy and buddhist concepts of vasana

terence mckenna at a benefit for botanical dimensions and kpfk radio, exploring dmt experiences, shamanism, and the theory that psychedelic plants drive human consciousness and cul

terence mckenna's philosophical research society lecture. understanding consciousness, psychedelics, and shamanism as keys to human and planetary transformation beyond scientific m

terence mckenna returns to austin for a wide ranging discussion of psychedelics, technology, novelty theory and the balance between past stability and future freedom

terence mckenna's 1997 chicago lecture on consciousness, culture, psychedelics, and human evolutionary transformation.

terence mckenna on psychedelics as a philosophical tool, threading together astrophysical discovery, artificial intelligence, and the future of human consciousness expansion

a brief philosophical meditation on cosmic transformation and the impermanence of all things, recorded from terence mckenna's archive.

terence mckenna and rian eisler's ojai foundation seminar. examines gender relationships and the historical shift from domination to partnership models, and how this shapes human c

the first cassette from terence mckenna's six-part 'history ends in green' series, exploring psychedelics' role in twentieth-century consciousness, the archaic revival, and the pla

terence mckenna on psilocybin's central role in human evolution, ego formation, and consciousness. the second installment of his six-cassette 'history ends in green' series.

tape six of a six-cassette mystic fire series featuring terence mckenna exploring shamanic healing, psychedelics, consciousness, language and humanity's evolutionary prospects.

read by kathleen harrison mckenna and terence mckenna, produced by sound photosynthesis. four victorian-era literary accounts of hashish intoxication by bayard taylor, fitzhugh lud

terence mckenna and ralph metzner discussing shamanism, alchemy, and yoga as traditional technologies for consciousness transformation and expanded perception

terence mckenna and ethnographer nicole maxwell in conversation at an ojai foundation workshop. four talks on amazon medicine, shamanism, and indigenous consciousness systems.

terence mckenna discusses shamanism, psilocybin, and the emergence of consciousness-expanding substances as a response to civilizational crisis.

terence mckenna describing the phenomenology of DMT, its appearance, the method of ingestion, the rapid onset, and the linguistic quality of the hallucinogenic state.

terence mckenna delivers a recorded lecture on marshall mcluhan, the media theorist who briefly dominated 1960s culture. He examines mcluhan's roots as a joyce scholar, his difficu

terence mckenna explores marshall mcluhan's media theory. a lecture on how print culture, television, and electronic media reshape consciousness and sensory ratios

terence mckenna's 1982 radio interview recorded at esalen for KPFK Los Angeles exploring psilocybin, consciousness, and humanity's evolutionary future.

terence mckenna, rupert sheldrake and ralph abraham in conversation about morphic resonance, chaos theory, creativity, and the imagination as nature's primary evolutionary force

michael toms interviews terence mckenna on new dimensions radio. mckenna discusses the archaic revival, shamanism, consciousness expansion, and the role of psychedelics in human ev

a brief spoken fragment by terence mckenna on auditory sensation and perception during an altered state.

terence mckenna's lecture on nature as the mirror of consciousness, the limits of scientific materialism, and why psychedelics matter to human evolution

a thirty-two-part workshop series of dialogues between terence mckenna and an interviewer on shamanism, technology, psychedelics, consciousness, and the sacred possibilities of ani

terence mckenna on the descending phase of a dmt experience - the entity retracting and pulling away

terence mckenna on the technique of DMT breakthrough, teaching the practice of courage and commitment required to penetrate through the perceptual threshold

terence mckenna on dmt's four-minute duration and its appeal as a psychedelic compared to longer experiences.

terence mckenna on the importance of encouraging widespread dmt use to gather comparative data and understand how such profound experiences are possible

radio orbit broadcast from april 3, 2006 marking the sixth anniversary of terence mckenna's passing with recorded interviews featuring his brother dr. dennis mckenna and herbalist

dr. dennis mckenna and attorney richard boyer discuss cognitive liberty, psychedelic plants, and freedom of consciousness on radio orbit

radio orbit episode from october 2007. host mike hagan interviews dr. dennis mckenna on ethnobotany, natural health products research, psychedelic pharmacology, and the relationshi

terence mckenna describing the dmt experience from ingestion through breakthrough and encounter with entities.

terence mckenna on creativity, shamanism, and psychedelic vision. the artist as shaman opening human consciousness to transcendental experience and cultural transformation

terence mckenna on art, consciousness, and psychedelics as a gateway to transcendent creativity and the moral imperative of vision

sounds true weekend workshop with terence mckenna recorded live in boulder, colorado. exploration of psilocybin's role in human evolution, the nature of language, and shamanic tech

a 29-second dub-remix outro with terence mckenna voiceover

terence mckenna on recent astrophysical discoveries, the cosmological constant, and what they reveal about novelty theory, consciousness, and the role of psychedelics in human evol

terence mckenna's 1988 talk on botanical conservation, travel as spiritual practice, and the role of psychedelics in recovering direct experience

terence mckenna's workshop on plants and consciousness. a two-day lecture series exploring the psychological and mental interpenetration of plants and human beings.

nick rankin's radio program on the chemistry of mind-altering plants. an exploration of how drugs interact with neurotransmitters and the fundamental workings of consciousness.

terence mckenna on earth's path toward self-transcendence through technological development and the consciousness required to navigate machine-human symbiosis.

terence mckenna's 1982 esalen workshop on psilocybin as a path to altered consciousness and human evolution. explores how tryptamine experience anticipates the future development o

terence mckenna in a radio interview on psychedelics, consciousness, and the political challenge they pose to any cultural system

terence mckenna explores the nature of psychedelic experience, particularly dmt, describing decades of shamanic exploration and the entities encountered in altered states

terence mckenna on the plants of power, psychedelic consciousness, and humanity's evolutionary jump into transcendental dimensions.

terence mckenna examines marshall mcluhan's radical media theory, tracing how print and communication technologies reshaped human consciousness and built the foundations of western

terence mckenna addressing the jung society on ethnobotany, shamanism, and psychoactive plants as doorways to transpersonal consciousness

terence mckenna's 1984 mill valley workshop on shamanism and plant psychedelics. drawing from his 1982 amazon fieldwork, he traces ayahuasca's chemistry, ethnobotany, and role in a

terence mckenna explores planetary intelligence and the idea that all reality operates as code, from DNA to language to cosmic consciousness. the talk moves through hallucinations,

terence mckenna on novelty theory, the acceleration of complexity through cosmic history, and psychedelics as catalysts for the next phase of human evolution

terence mckenna at starwood on dmt and the machine elves, exploring this powerful psychedelic as a gateway to another dimension and what it reveals about consciousness and death

terence mckenna's 1995 state of the stone address. a san francisco lecture on the failures of science, fractals, novelty theory, and psychedelics as a tool for human consciousness.

strange universe radio special with sean david morton featuring researchers discussing time travel, consciousness, and classified military projects from project montauk to project

terence mckenna on james joyce's finnegan's wake, exploring its psychedelic and apocalyptic dimensions as a hermetic text where all boundaries dissolve.

terence mckenna explores consciousness and time through psychedelic phenomenology, novelty theory, and the mystery of autonomous intelligences encountered in tryptamine states.

terence mckenna and mark pesce's esalen institute workshop on the intersection of virtual reality, psychedelics, consciousness, and the future of techno-spiritual culture.

a terence mckenna lecture on virtual reality, shamanism, magic, and navigating a world where the boundary between simulation and reality has become fluid.

terence mckenna interview from the psychedelic salon, undated, on consciousness, shamanism, extraterrestrial contact, and the angel within the monkey.

recorded in december 1982 and recovered by the psychedelic salon, mckenna explores ufos as psychological phenomena linked to psilocybin experience and the collective oversoul.

a terence mckenna seminar on ethnobotany and shamanism. participants introduce their interests in psychedelics, herbal medicine, and plant-based spiritual transformation.

terence mckenna narrates the experiment at la chorrera, a psychedelic expedition involving psilocybin, ayahuasca, and ritualized vocalization. the account explores altered consciou

terence mckenna at ojai foundation in april 1985. three recorded sessions presenting his research into the i ching's mathematical structure and his theory of accelerating novelty t

terence mckenna teaching on plants and consciousness. exploring how plants function as teachers, plant intelligence, and the botanical foundations of shamanic and psychedelic pract

terence mckenna on shamanism, evolution, and the psychedelic dissolution of consensus consciousness

terence mckenna on frederick the elector palatine, the alchemical renaissance, and how psychedelics and technology promise a reimagining of society at century's end

terence mckenna's talk on reality beyond materialism. boundary dissolution through psychedelics and technology, the evolution of human consciousness, and the acceleration toward tr

timothy leary on dying with dignity, designed as life's most important decision and exercise of conscious will.

terence mckenna on kqed-fm's forum, march 1999. psychedelics, shamanism, plant medicine, consciousness, language, and the nature of reality across a call-in radio discussion.

terence mckenna's sounds true workshop on shamanism and psilocybin's role in human evolution, recorded live in boulder colorado.

a 1991 private trialogue between ralph abraham, rupert sheldrake, and terence mckenna debating crop circles in english fields, their origins, and their implications for science and

a 1991 trialogue between terence mckenna, ralph abraham and rupert sheldrake exploring connections between psychedelic experience and the computer revolution

terence mckenna, ralph abraham, and rupert sheldrake's first public trilogue outside california, recorded over a weekend in 1993 at hazelhurst in england.

mckenna, abraham and sheldrake in santa cruz. trialogue from audience questions on consciousness, morphogenetic fields, novelty theory, and the shape of human evolution.

kpfk radio broadcast from july 1995 featuring terence mckenna live from hawaii and ethnobotanist christian ratsch discussing hemp's ancient history, cultural significance, and psyc

terence mckenna's talk on his ufo encounter in the amazon basin and his argument that tryptamine hallucinogens offer the pathway to genuine contact with alien intelligence

terence mckenna at the ojai foundation recounting his formative years in western colorado, from childhood fossil hunts to the philosophical influences that shaped his vision of dee

terence mckenna's 1991 evening lecture on alchemy, the philosopher's stone, and hermetic philosophy as foundations for personal transformation and the overcoming of fate

terence mckenna at wfmu. a lecture on whether intelligent people can hope, developed through novelty theory, psychedelics, and shamanism as counter to existential materialism.

terence mckenna at the international transpersonal conference. on shamanism, vision plants, and their role in human consciousness, evolution, and the planetary future.

terence mckenna's recorded talk at the wetlands nightclub in manhattan, exploring cultural acceleration, consciousness, and the transformation of meaning as the twentieth century c

coast to coast am radio interview with terence mckenna on novelty theory, timewave zero, and the accelerating pace of change in human civilization.

coast to coast am live broadcast with terence mckenna from hawaii exploring psychedelics, consciousness, and the technological future

terence mckenna on art bell's overnight talk radio, june 1999. recorded two weeks after gamma knife surgery for stage four glioblastoma, he discusses his diagnosis and treatment.

terence mckenna on dmt contact and the consistent appearance of intelligent entities in the psychedelic experience

a lecture by alan watts arguing that the ordinary sense of self as an ego trapped inside a bag of skin is a hallucination, since every organism is inseparable from its environment.

a fourteen hour compilation from the alan watts audio archives spanning the myth of the machine, the web of life, death, vedanta, buddhism, and hindu cosmology.

a five part alan watts radio lecture series on philosophy and society, moving from perception and idealism through the nature of self, cosmology, mysticism and morality, to psychia

a talk in which alan watts contrasts the analytic "scanning" mind that reduces nature's wiggliness into discrete measured things with the nervous system's wider capacity to grasp a

a lecture in which alan watts describes love as a spectrum before turning to the mystical unity revealed by psychedelic experience and the social and legal panic around lsd in the

a talk arguing that the western habit of separating the self from the world is an illusion of narrow attention, illustrated through a candle flame, a whirlpool, and a spinning gyro

a lecture contrasting western psychiatry's quasi religious authority with the suppressed christian claim that a person may be one with god, closing with watts role playing a patien

a lecture in which alan watts argues that the ordinary sense of "i" is a hallucination and that the real self includes its whole environment, so genuine change comes not by effort