And the whole schtick of the psychedelic experience, I think, is reclaim immediate experience, realize that you out vote all parliaments, police forces, and major newspapers on the planet because, who knows, they may be illusions. Terence McKenna More Quotes by Terence McKenna More Quotes From Terence McKenna Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. Terence McKenna selflifelying In the silence, in the darkness, swept away by these alien alkaloids and the plant-mind behind them, you find out a truth that can barely be told. And most of it can't be told. Terence McKenna silencedarknessmind Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening Terence McKenna mind-blowinglisteningthinking Cultures are virtual realities made of language. Terence McKenna languageculturereality Well, certainly the Voynich Manuscript is the 'limit text' of Western occultism. No one can read it. It is truly an occult book. Terence McKenna occultlimitsbook ...the mind is more powerful than any imaginable particle accelerator, more sensitive than any radio receiver or the largest optical telescope, more complete in its grasp of information than any computer: the human body- its organs, its voice, its powers of locomotion, and its imagination- is a more-than-sufficient means for the exploration of any place, time or energy level in the universe. Terence McKenna voicepowerfulmean I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture you build, what kind of art, what kind of technologies... What's lacking in the Western mind is the sense of connectivity and relatedness to the rest of life, the atmosphere, the ecosystem, the past, our children's future. If we were feeling those things we would not be practicing culture as we are. Terence McKenna lifechildrenart We do not birth our children into the world of nature. We birth our children into the world of culture. Terence McKenna culturechildrenworld What the churches are peddling is high abstraction, and you really have to work yourself up into a lather to be able to accept that as worthy of that kind of attention. The psychedelic subset of society is into an experience, and it's accessible. Terence McKenna ablechurchattention I believe that the totemic image for the future is the octopus. This is because the squids and octopi have perfected a form of communication that is both psychedelic and telepathic; a model for the human communications of the future. In the not-too-distant future men and women may shed the monkey body to become virtual octopi swimming in a silicon sea. Terence McKenna swimmingcommunicationbelieve Only responsible human beings can exist in an anarchistic society. Terence McKenna responsiblehuman-beingshumans Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types today don't understand that it's not important to maintain control if you are not in control in the first place. Terence McKenna losing-controlimportantviews We are the inheritors of a million years of striving for the unspeakable. Terence McKenna unspeakablestriveyears Astonishment is the proper response to reality. Terence McKenna astonishmentresponsereality We are like caterpillars contemplating pupation. Terence McKenna caterpillarscontemplating We live in condensations of our imagination Terence McKenna condensationimagination Drugs induce paranoia and psychosis in people who have never taken any. Terence McKenna psychosismarijuanataken Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced. Terence McKenna dmtanimalmoving When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation. Terence McKenna voiddimensionsart Language betrays, Terence McKenna languageordermean
