299. Psychedelic Science | Dr. Dennis McKenna
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Intro
This chapter features Dr. Dennis McKenna, a key figure in ethnopharmacology and the psychedelic movement, discussing his background and contributions. The speakers reflect on their past meeting and the development of their professional journeys in this intriguing field.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Dennis McKenna discuss the science behind psychedelics, the entities found through the looking glass, the current pharmaceutical approach to long life, and why it needs to change.
Dr. Dennis McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, lecturer and author. He is a founding board member and the director of ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute, a non-profit exploring the therapeutic uses of psychedelic medicines. McKenna received his masters in botany at the University of Hawaii in 1979, followed by his doctorate in the same field at the University of British Columbia in 1984. Dennis is the brother of Terrence McKenna, a cultural figure and proponent for the exploration of psychedelics. Together they co-authored The Invisible Landscape. Much later Dennis would write a memoir, Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, detailing he and his brothers exploits in the field. Today, Dennis tours and lectures, while also running the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy, which seeks to uncover the mysteries of consciousness held within the realm of botany and pharmacology.
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The Experiment at La Chorrera https://mckenna.academy/events?id=32
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(0:00) Coming up
(0:40) intro
(2:33) Dr. Dennis McKenna now
(6:47) What is ethnopharmacology?
(12:45) Ayahuasca
(26:02) Hierarchy of concepts
(30:00) The Reality Hallucination
(43:50) Breaking down hyper reality
(49:30) Commonalities of entities
(55:50) The intrinsic form of personality
(1:00:15) Ritual, bad shamans
(1:02:58) Carl Rogers, voluntary exposure
(1:09:15) Roland Griffiths, the flaw in how medicine is practiced
(1:12:05) Impending mortality
(1:24:45) Dr. McKenna’s future plans
(1:26:19) Looking back at a life long career
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