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The good news about psychedelics is that they are incredibly democratic. Even the clueless can be swept along if the dose is sufficient.

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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for it. I mean I really feel dread. It is one of the emotions I always feel as I approach it, because I have no faith that my sails won't be ripped this time.
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Because this is the world that science built, with the henchmen of capitalism and Christianity.
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We don't have to look far for miracles because they're all around us. Everything is astonishing. The universe on it's surface is alive with mystery.
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Belief is a form of infantilism. There is no ground for believing anything.
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