Terence Mckenna Quotes

“What civilization is, is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other's shoulders and kicking each other's teeth in. It's not a pleasant situation.”
― Terence McKenna

“I think of going to the Grave without having a Psychedelic Experience is like going to the Grave without ever having Sex. It means that you never Figured out what it is all about. The Mystery is in the Body and the way the Body Works itself into Nature.”
― Terence McKenna

“The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.

(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

“I raved
we will find soul
in 5g of dry mushrooms,
humbled by the world
not put into words

sit in nature,
just listen

tears after
lengthy laughter”
― Bremer Acosta, Internet Erasure

“Human beings addict to a startling spectrum, not only of substances, but of behaviors, we addict to each other. Heroin withdrawal and a broken heart look and feel exactly the same way. Abandonment, bursting into tears, insomnia, inability to eat, does this person have a broken heart or are they getting off junk? You can't tell. We tend to addict.”
― Terence McKenna