Terence McKenna

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Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna (born November 16, 1946 , † April 3, 2000 ) was an American linguist , author , biologist , consciousness researcher and pioneer of ethnopharmacology . One of the main focuses of his research work was the study of shamanic techniques . He has published a number of books, mainly on consciousness expansion , various herbal drugs and psychoactive mushrooms, in particular on the mushrooms Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) , Psilocybe cubensis and other psilocybe .

Live and act

As part of his research, he spent a lot of time in the South American rainforest, where he gained experience with many shamanic techniques and mind-changing plants.

The computer program “TimeWaveZero”, which is based on the King Wen sequence of the Chinese I Ching , was co-developed by him and forms the mathematical basis for his novelty theory . According to this theory, this sequence represents the course of the emergence of the new ("novelty") over the centuries.

After several months of medical treatment, McKenna succumbed to a malignant brain tumor on April 3, 2000. He died among his relatives. McKenna was 53 years old and left behind his son Finn and daughter Klea.

Works

  • The Invisible Landscape (with Dennis McKenna, 1975, reissued 1993)
  • Psilocybin - Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide (1976), with Dennis McKenna (under the pseudonyms OT Oss and ON Oeric)
  • Trialogues on the Edge of the West , 1992 (with Ralph Abraham and Rupert Sheldrake )
  • The Archaic Revival (1991)
  • Food of the Gods (1992); German: The dishes of the gods , Grüne Kraft Verlag, Lörbach 1996, ISBN 3-930442-17-5
  • Synesthesia (with Tim Ely, 1992)
  • True Hallucinations (1993); German: Wahre Halluzinationsen , Sphinx Verlag, Basel 1989, ISBN 3-85914-225-9
  • Plan - Plant - Planet ; German: Plan - Plant - Planet , Grüne Kraft Verlag, Lörbach 1997, ISBN 3-925817-35-2

Spoken Word (Here McKenna reproduces his theses with electronic music):

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personal data
SURNAME McKenna, Terence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pioneer of ethnopharmacology
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1946
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2000