Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:
At the end of this talk Terence takes off on an interesting riff wherein he speculates that our life here on Earth may have something to do with us learning how to interact with matter as a preparation for some future existence in dimensions yet unknown. If, he postulates, we are the only intelligent species in the universe, then, he asks, don't we have an obligation to announce ourselves to destinations that exist beyond the limits of our solar system.
[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
“Being itself is some kind of opportunity.”
“Outlandish things are going on inside the psychedelic experience. It seems to imply the thing we had hardly dared hope, which is that the world is whatever you say it is, if you know how to say it right.”
“We have never taken the self-management of culture seriously.”
“I'm amazed at what thin soup is dished out as spiritual food.”
“It's hard to take psychedelics. It's not hard to sweep up around the ashram, but it's hard to take psychedelics.”
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