Shamanism is essentially a living tradition of alchemy that is not seeking the stone but has found the stone.
Terence McKennaAs the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.
Terence McKennaThe social consequence of the psychedelic experience is clear thinking -which trickles down as clear speech. Empowered speech.
Terence McKennaI think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture you build, what kind of art, what kind of technologies... What's lacking in the Western mind is the sense of connectivity and relatedness to the rest of life, the atmosphere, the ecosystem, the past, our children's future. If we were feeling those things we would not be practicing culture as we are.
Terence McKenna