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#523: Dennis McKenna — The Depths of Ayahuasca: 500+ Sessions, Fundamentals, Advanced Topics, Science, Churches, Learnings, Warnings, and Beyond

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Journey into Ethnobotany and Psychedelics

This chapter recounts a significant meeting with ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, detailing a pilgrimage filled with personal experiences and academic inspirations. It explores the speaker's journey through ethnopharmacology, the challenges of studying psilocybin mushrooms, and the influential figures encountered along the way. The narrative emphasizes the interplay between traditional knowledge and modern science in understanding the cultural contexts of psychoactive substances.

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