In the way that the 15th Century discovered the New World, the 20th Century discovered the parallel continuum.
Terence McKennaI have never felt that the primary use of these things was to cure what is called in modern parlance neurosis, what I call unhappiness. It isn't for that.
Terence McKennaIt seems to me that it is psyche in a way that has become occluded by the perverse development of language.
Terence McKennaYou could almost describe psychedelics as enzymes for the activity of the imagination.
Terence McKennaSkywalker is a direct translation of the word shaman out of the Tungusic, which is where Siberian shamanism comes from. So these heroes that are being instilled in the heart of the culture are shamanic heroes. They control a force which is bigger than everybody and holds the galaxy together.
Terence McKenna