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Certainly the central Platonic idea, which is the idea of the ideas, these archetypal forms which stand outside of time is one which is confirmed by the psychedelic experience.
Terence McKenna
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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with.
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The problem is we have to transcend cultural languages and fall into a phase with the communication systems that nature has placed all around us.
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