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True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis

by Terence Mckenna

ISBN13: 9780062506528
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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.

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Terrence McKenna has spent twenty-five years exploring "the ethnopharmacology of spiritual transformation" and is a specialist in the ethnomedicine of the Amazon basin. He is coauthor, with his brother Dennis, of The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching, and the author of Food of the Gods.

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: Suzanne Vilmain, August 4, 2012 (view all comments by Suzanne Vilmain)
This is the best anti-serum to Carl Jung's Red Book! McKenna takes you on the adventure of mind-altering plants that deliver you to the same consciousness that Jung so desperately tried to draw down in his Red Book! Sad really, to realize how steeped in his own beliefs Jung actually was..... so much unrequited searching!
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: Roger Sarao, August 23, 2006 (view all comments by Roger Sarao)
Some day the future race of humans (should we survive) will hopefully have access to the writings of Terence McKenna's. So few have gone so far into that 'other world' discovered (in part) through the use of psychotomimetic and psychedelic chemical compounds. Building upon and expanding immensely the "doors of perception" concept that originated with Blake and was popularized by Huxley, McKenna examines the tryptophans in particular and the true glimpses into the unknown that they can offer. If you have ever wondered about the existence of a separate plane of reality, and/or are curious about recent scientific experimentation with psychoactive hallucinogens, do not miss this amazing individual and his valuable contributions to an obscure yet vital field of knowledge. This review applies to both "True Hallucinations" and "The Archaic Revival." There exists an out-of-print edition that contains both of these seminal works in one volume.
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ISBN:: 9780062506528
Author:: McKenna, Terence
Publisher:: HarperOne
Author:: McKenna, Terence
Author:: by Terence Mckenna
Subject:: General
Subject:: Biography
Subject:: United states
Subject:: Shamanism
Subject:: Unidentified flying objects
Subject:: Parapsychology - General
Subject:: General Body, Mind and Spirit
Subject:: Science Reference-General
Edition Description:: Trade PB
Publication Date:: 19940431
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 256
Dimensions:: 9.10x5.68x.62 in. .58 lbs.

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