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I believe that what makes the psychedelic experience so central is that it is a connection into a larger modality of organization on the planet, which is a fancy way of saying it connects you up to the mind of Nature Herself.
Terence McKenna
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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
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History is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.
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But what I really am interested in is not the end of the world but everything which precedes it.
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