To me, the psychedelic experience is the experience of trying to make sense of reality.
Terence McKennaPeople without plants are in a state of perpetual neurosis, a state of existential wanting.
Terence McKennaWhat happens with DMT is you leap over all the barriers in the first few seconds. Unlike mushrooms where over hours and hours on a high dose you might navigate yourself to the center of the mandala, DMT is like being struck by metaphysical lightening.
Terence McKennaHistory is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.
Terence McKenna