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For me, what all these years of psychedelic taking came to was a new model of how reality works, a new model of what the world is.

Terence McKenna

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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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As a society we cannot seem to make peace with nature. As individuals, it's hard for us to be at peace with ourselves.
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The shaman has access to a superhuman dimension and a superhuman condition, and by being able to do that he affirms the potential for transcendence in all people. He is an exemplar, if you will.
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I don't believe that shamanism without hallucinogens is authentic shamanism or comfortable shamanism.
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What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom.
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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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Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community.
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