The term "hallucinogen" is a misnomer because these drugs do not cause hallucinations at typical doses. Hallucinations, strictly speaking, are perceptions that have no basis in reality, but that appear entirely realistic. A typical "hallucination" induced by a psychedelic drug is more accurately described as a modification of regular perception, and the subject is usually quite aware of the illusory and personal nature of their perceptions.
Everyone Can Hear - Terence McKenna
We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination, and when you step outside the mass hallucination you see it for what it's worth.- TMK
Pulling Rabbits - Terence McKenna
“You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.”
― Terence McKenna
― Terence McKenna
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Best of TMK
-
Defibrillation is a procedure used to treat life threatening conditions that affect the rhythm of the heart.
-
The ego is the organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive funct...
-
Many traditions based on biblical scripture and other writings in the Jewish and Christian religions, such as Protestantism, Orthodox Christ...
-
Terence McKenna advocated the exploration of altered states of mind via the ingestion of naturally occurring psychedelic substances. Althoug...
-
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each ...
