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The Archaic Revival
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The Archaic Revival (1992) (edit title/settings)

Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolution, Shamanism, the Rebirth of the Goddess, and the End of History

by Terence McKenna (Author), Satty (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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Cited by the L.A. Weekly as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures,... read more

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  • Botanical Dimensions: A botanical garden in Hawaii that seeks to preserve the plants utilized in Amazonian shamanism.

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Once upon a time, while on one of my rare excursions into hyperconsciousness (on this occasion via mescaline), someone played for me a Terence McKenna tape.

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Foreword by Tom Robbins
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Archaic Revival
1. In Praise of Psychedelics (with Jay Levin)
2. High Frontiers Interview (with Will Noffke)
3. Tryptamine Hallucinogens and Consciousness
4. Remarks to ARUPA, 1984
5. A Conversation Over Saucers ( with Will Noffke)
6. Alien Love
7. New Maps of Hyperspace
8. Temporal Resonance
9. Among Ayahuasqueros
10. Mushrooms and Evolution
11. "New Dimensions" Interview (with Michael Toms)
12. The Voynich Manuscript
13. Wasson's Literary Precursors
14. Critique Interview ( with David Jay Brown and Rebecca McClen)
15. Plan/Plant/Planet
16. Virtual Reality and Electronic Highs
17. Sacred Plants & Mystic Realitities ( with Nevill Drury)
Bibliography
Index

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  1. Terence McKenna (Author)
  2. Satty (Illustrator)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0062506137
Page Count: 288

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