True Hallucinations, Terence McKenna
True Hallucinations, Terence McKenna
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True Hallucinations
Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise

Author: Terence McKenna

Narrator: Al Kessel

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2019

Synopsis

This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters—including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter—and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.

About Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was a philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution of civilizations, the origin and end of the universe, alchemy, and extraterrestrial beings. He authored or coauthored several books, including The Invisible Landscape, The Archaic Revival, True Hallucinations, and Sacred Mushroom Seeker.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lee

Acquired this after reading the first parts of Tao Lin's Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change about McKenna and knowing a bit about him from "The Spirit Molecule," a Netflix documentary about DMT. The day I finished Tao's book, this arrived, as well as a 1100-page ARC I've been looking forward......more

Goodreads review by John

Terence McKenna is an odd duck. He's one of the most wonderfully verbose non-fiction writers I've ever read. His ramblings are a strange and beautiful combination of extraordinary scientific and metaphysical esoterica with rich and compelling metaphors and genuine, unadorned soul-baring. True Halluc......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Besides being a brilliant orator, philosopher, mathematician, and social analyst, Terence shows he can write non-fiction in a manner that captures the reader's imagination and takes one on a journey to the edge of known civilization. I listened to the book on tape and Terence did the reading - which......more

Goodreads review by Erik

This is, more than anything, an autobiographical account focusing on the genesis and development of the author's ideas regarding time. I've long liked McKenna, primarily as an inspired speaker, recordings of him being a delight to listen to. Also, as someone more experienced with altered states indu......more

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