The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an… - Terence McKenna

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The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.

Terence McKenna

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Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was an American writer, philosopher, and ethnobotanist, who advocated paths of shamanism, and the use of hallucinogenic substances (primarily plant-based psychedelics) as a means of increasing many forms of human awareness. His ideas often revolve around his novelty theory of the universe.

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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.

You need an ego. If you didn't have an ego, you wouldn't know whose mouth to put food in when eating in a restaurant.

Where is it writ in adamantine, "The troops of monkeys should comprehend the architectonics of the cosmos"?

The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams. - Terence McKenna

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