The reason I am so passionately committed to the psychedelic thing is because I see it as radical, and if this is not the moment for radical solutions, what is?

And I want to thank all the women that support me. I have wonderful support systems from women of all types who seem dedicated to the notion that Terence McKenna can always be improved. I'm extremely grateful for that. The frontiers are enormous in that dimension.

What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance.

Tribalism is a social form which can exist at any level of technology. It's a complete illusion to associate it with low levels of technology. It is probably, in fact, a form of social organization second only to the family in its ability to endure.

Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter.

What is happening here is we are living past the age, by the millions, living past the age where cultural values make any sense at all.

Notice that the whole story of Eden is the story of the struggle over a woman's relationship to a psychoactive plant.