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The numinous depth of the mystery that seems to have called us out of the animal mind is completely impenetrable to modern analysis.
Terence McKenna
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Terence McKenna
Age: 53 †
Born: 1946
Born: November 16
Died: 2000
Died: April 3
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Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together.
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I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'.
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Because the planetary culture is becoming ever more closely knitted together all its parts are becoming co-dependent.
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The way you understand and investigate time is by moving inward, into metabolism. The human body is a knot in time.
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By manipulating queuing, by manipulating expectation, you can lead people to a fundamental confrontation, not only with themselves, but with the Other.
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