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And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools.

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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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The drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience.
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The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.
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