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Food of the Gods indeed
Terence McKenna
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guerillabedlam
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Regarding the stoned ape theory,
Incorporating mushrooms into our diet that promotes different sexual practices and perhaps helped our hunting skills doesnt seem to be particularly far fetched to me. jaguars consume dmt containing plants and there has been hypothsized by scientists that it helps with their hunting abilities, its not something I accept as fact but to me I can see us having a significant relationship with mushrooms in archaic society.
Incorporating mushrooms into our diet that promotes different sexual practices and perhaps helped our hunting skills doesnt seem to be particularly far fetched to me. jaguars consume dmt containing plants and there has been hypothsized by scientists that it helps with their hunting abilities, its not something I accept as fact but to me I can see us having a significant relationship with mushrooms in archaic society.
webbykevin
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True hallucinations
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I thought the stoned ape theory really hinged on the visual acuity gain effect. I don't think McKenna ever really argued that the presence of shrooms in the diet conferred the capacity for abstract thought... I may be wrong though. One mainstream theory is that the neocortex evolved to compute the trajectories of thrown projectiles and abstract thought is a side effect. I think the guy who invented this theory is a big baseball fan. So, McKenna was a mushroom fan. What is more far fetched?
eagertolearn
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I really enjoy Mckenna's spoken word lectures and interviews on youtube, but I have yet to read any of his published writings. I really respect his ideas though; even the really "out-there" ones.
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if you wanna hear terrence read true hallucinations himself the audio book is available here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/McKennaArchive#g/c/51D219D630DD3339
http://www.youtube.com/user/McKennaArchive#g/c/51D219D630DD3339
eagertolearn
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Wow! Thanks for that link, it should keep me busy for a while...
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I'm into his mathematical theories in the Invisble Landscape, theres really only 3-4 books by him but the HIGHEST reccomended media by Terence is his actually first hand account of his adventures "True Hallucinations".
The audio book with him telling his first hand account of his theories and alien encounters is a piece of history, good for most psychonauts to get lost in for 10-15-20+ hours (forget how long it is but it's a heavy listen) I've only ever heard it on audio but I think he has a very similar representation by book.
He describes hallucinations in an unRIVALED fashion and has the most beautiful pretentious ideas about tryptamines that I love believing and studying and even practicing.
he's the reason that i'm not ashamed to say that psychedelic experiences mean something.
The audio book with him telling his first hand account of his theories and alien encounters is a piece of history, good for most psychonauts to get lost in for 10-15-20+ hours (forget how long it is but it's a heavy listen) I've only ever heard it on audio but I think he has a very similar representation by book.
He describes hallucinations in an unRIVALED fashion and has the most beautiful pretentious ideas about tryptamines that I love believing and studying and even practicing.
he's the reason that i'm not ashamed to say that psychedelic experiences mean something.