No one yet understands the mysterious intelligence within plants or the implications of the idea that nature communicates in a basic chemical language that is unconscious but profound. We do not yet understand how hallucinogens transform the message in the unconscious into revelations beheld by the conscious mind.
Terence McKennaClearly, what is happening, I think, is there is a kind of global emergence of a new mental order.
Terence McKennaTo me, the psychedelic experience is the experience of trying to make sense of reality.
Terence McKennaIt is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us.
Terence McKennaThe imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.
Terence McKenna