I don't believe that shamanism without hallucinogens is authentic shamanism or comfortable shamanism.
Terence McKennaOne thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.
Terence McKennaThere is no mundane dimension really, if you have the eyes to see it, it is all transcendental.
Terence McKennaI think that what these psychedelics do, is they actually do connect you to the whole circle. You stand outside of the moment from which you embarked on your psychedelic experience, and you see eternity like a vast landscape deployed in front of you. So what I think psychedelics are is they're about time, and they somehow make all time co-present.
Terence McKenna