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True Hallucinations
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A mind-bending exploration of psychedelics, shamanism, and the nature of reality.

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Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.

Terence McKenna

natureappreciation

The syntactical nature of reality, the real secret of magic, is that the world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish.

Terence McKenna

realitymagic

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation.

Terence McKenna

societysanity

The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche.

Terence McKenna

lifeafterlife

The world is not made of atoms, it is made of stories.

Terence McKenna

realityperception

If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on.

Terence McKenna

freedomconsciousness

You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.

Terence McKenna

spiritualityself-worth

Culture is not your friend. Culture is for other people's convenience and the convenience of various institutions, churches, companies, tax collection schemes, what have you.

Terence McKenna

cultureindividuality

The world is made of language. The only reality that we have is the reality we invent for ourselves.

Terence McKenna

realityperception

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it is to grow the soul.

Terence McKenna

lifepurpose