The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.
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About Terence McKenna
Terence McKenna was a 20th-century American ethnobotanist, lecturer, and writer. Terence Kemp McKenna was an American philosopher, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and mushrooms. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, ethnomycology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Dreams — Aspirations, visions, and the world of the subconscious
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
- Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking