The obligation on us is to communicate the truth so that it is understood. The belief will take care of itself.
Terence McKennaBuddhism is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.
Terence McKennaThe world is not an unsolved problem for scientists or sociologists. The world is a living mystery.
Terence McKennaPsychedelics are actually a kind of miraculous reality that can stand the test of objective examination.
Terence McKennaI think there's a shamanic temperament, which is a person who craves knowledge, knowledge in the Greek sense of gnosis. In other words, knowledge not of the sort where you subscribe to Scientific American, and it validates what you believe, but cosmologies constructed out of immediate experiences that are found to be always applicable.
Terence McKenna