Terence McKenna - Fractile Perspectives (Full Talk from 1985)

Terence McKenna's talk from a long conference held among colleagues and friends in 1985.
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Art by Peter Bergmann
Music: We Plants Are Happy Plants - Feathers

[@FrostRare]

I lost my mind when I was 18. This man’s voice I listened to through the internet was the only thing that restored my sanity to the point where I can function. Once the window protecting me from madness was blown open by the storm wind of insanity, it can never be fully repaired and shut. But knowledge can keep me warm at least.

[@invisioner8472]

Your restoration is in your heart bro. Activate your heart center and listen. 🙏

[@FrostRare]

@@invisioner8472 thank you man. I hope that positive support you’ve sent me is returned to you by the universe 🙏

[@andrew6226]

What caused you to lose your mind? I often feel like I’m teetering on the edge, going back and forth between total control and total loss of my mind. It’s strange. McKennas words can definitely be comforting, and I think it has to do with the support of a strong community

[@FrostRare]

@@andrew6226 hey! Multiple factors. Was addicted to drugs. Have mental illness. But it really got fully fledged after I took a high dose of some still unknown research chemical. Doctors didn’t know what I took and I was in a psychotic episode for a month or so until I was medicated to a manageable point. This issue hasn’t fully subsided unfortunately. But I’m okay now. I feel for you man. For us with open minds who are willing to explore more uncharted crevices of consciousness, we are often not navigating with a compass or life jacket. Loved ones are a life saver. I hope you are well ❤️

[@chrisprendez2276]

@@FrostRare hey man sounds like you've had some rough experiences and I'm sure you've come to this conclusion already but this is just a friendly reminder that you should never take a RC without reading and learning all about it. Read about other people's experiences, it's LD 50 or atleast a summation of that information if you can't find it. Sorry to hear about your experience, I hope things get better for ya!

[@ItGiveAll]

The lectures you've uploaded over the years have kept me sane. You may not get a ton of views every time you upload but that's not all it's about. You are having tremendous impact on people's minds and the world, thank you so much for giving us access to these priceless recordings.

[@daniaboustany9499]

💯

[@edvinberggren7467]

[@thefamilydog3278]

Pretty incredible hearing him talk about the birth of the modern internet in 1985. Starts around 24:00 if you want to skip to it, but I try not to skip ahead with Terrance as you never know what you might miss.

[@SwedishChef1977]

Agree, skipping ahead in a talk by Terence is blasphemy! He was such an amazing visionary! Every sentence, every word, every syllable is worth listening to.

[@goldjozi1276]

​@@SwedishChef1977couldn't agree more

[@milesteg8627]

People sending E-letters 😂😂 Terence was so brilliant, he's describing the first widely available intranets. Early internet was such a campy, curious and fun space. The internet "as organism" - T. K. in this speech Brilliant historical artifact, this lecture

[@swainchampagne]

I grew up in San Rafael. I remember the Dead Heads talking about "the web."

[@lordwhite0]

Let there be peace, love and joy among all beings of the universe. Aum shanti shanti shanti ❤😊

[@sextwister]

Lol good luck

[@turbomunch]

🤡

[@dragon6414]

Beautiful picture of Terence!

[@ozmoses2274]

Such a brilliant mind. Ahead of the times

[@abahgus]

Last of the Polymaths of Antiquity. We won't have another mind like this ever with the coming degradation of intellectualism

[@cecilrice493]

I usually hate these AI versions of Terence but FANTASTIC! Well done for not making him look like some kind of ghoul and actually representing him beautifully

[@marcus8710]

Do you detect a hint of The Doctor as well?

[@cecilrice493]

@@marcus8710 I detect more than a hint of Claud Lorraine 🙂

[@gibidygubidy]

I love them. And this one too.. look at the detail.

[@FrostRare]

LMFAOOOO HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[@arnyarny77]

it is a nice pic

[@triple_gem_shining]

Love the full talks

[@xChewiix]

You deserve more views, your videos especially the AI generated artwork are always astounding to watch.

[@turbomunch]

Simp 🤡

[@xChewiix]

@@turbomunch simp 🤓

[@scoon2117]

37 years ago wow... Time flies dude.

[@autismo4029]

We are basically God playing with sock puppets, pretending we are the sock puppets

[@millenniallychallenged5641]

Did you hear it through the grapevine or do you know it?

[@autismo4029]

@@millenniallychallenged5641 Not sure what you mean by grapevine, but I know it

[@robertbendik1364]

@@autismo4029 good.

[@gypsylee73]

That's pretty stupid really lol. Why do that? Lulz?

[@Sunny-qd4jq]

Well then we’re a pretty dumb god.

[@carltonparfitt8177]

Thank you Happy Plants

[@kristiank1276]

now that we are a bit closer to what he describes, there is an obvious fly in the ointment. the metaverse and social media are early versions of what he descibes, but obvious to most people that these are systems of control by corporate/gov interest. maybe open source systems can fix this, but for now it looks like a serious dead end. political polarization and mental dis-ease disconnection and loneliness has been the result. reconnection with community and nature seems to be what a lot of peope seeking

[@marcus8710]

Indeed. Owners and controllers will tend to oppose the presence of their detractors, and thereby form an echo chamber. Humanity's 'digital space' existence must not be constrained to that field of ideas agreeable to investors, insurance agents, emforcers, and shareholders.

[@kristiank1276]

​@@marcus8710 theres other problems too besides what we just talked about, check out after skools vid on audience capture. its some sinister sht. 'the social network' hints at the ai behind it not be benevolent. maybe there's room for optimism there, but social media tends to make people more dysfunctional and less happy, and less connected - both to themselves and others. the whole space existence, i struggle coprehending what that means...i guess i would.. i just cant see it not being something fkkn lame like the metaverse. the idea that anything digital can mimick reality - nevermind a psychedelic experience is just so far out IMO. know what i mean? but then again, not being able to imagine future tech is hardly unheard of.

[@CarlTelama]

I recommend you look into Jaron Lanier's ideas on "how to fix the internet" if you haven't already, he touches on this topic quite a lot

[@hazelmandala2926]

That one exquisite statement, really took me on a journey. Bravo old friend . Thank you

[@greatlakeblake]

awesome sound quality, amazing talk!

[@tripdrippy]

that thumbnail, though. Cheers to Peter Bergmann! That is an engaging portrait

[@tripdrippy]

or - good job, AI! - would be more appropriate, i think

[@elizabeth2621]

Thank you so much for posting these lectures.

[@innertube4933]

First time in his lectures I’ve heard the audience go off in conversation on their own for a while. Bad ass!

[@sandrag8656]

Don't agree with everything he assumes, but this is a very beautiful picture (or painting?) of Terrence. 💖

[@TTV_UNIFIED_8]

🌀🐒♾🍄🌀 “Make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick.” ― Terence McKenna 🌀🐒♾🍄🌀

[@The_Wave]

Such a great lecture, and wonderful artwork as well, thanks.

[@kailerbritton]

Be here now

[@spookytwink420]

jesus hes talking about the real shit

[@F_Du_Sea]

omh devaya

[@777cygnus]

We live inside a Torus on a Flat plane of enertia an electro magnetic machine .

[@NoahBenNun]

Brilliant!

[@robertbendik1364]

:O

[@briancoveney3080]

All but those that don't.

[@ezraboyle2236]

an inverted multidimensional hyperbolic fractal manifold

[@danielpotter9629]

Haven’t heard this one yet, thanks for uploading! Terrence mentions that Ralph Abraham spoke the previous day, I wonder if there is a recording of that also?

[@spacey_jones]

love how he connects internet to shamanism

[@cacophonic7]

Fractile? Did you mean Fractal, or was this an odd naming that Terence gave the talk?

[@wpahp]

yep this was the name given to the talk in 1985

[@minusstage3]

Fractile, the tiniest part of the mosaic that forms the great fractal.

[@cacophonic7]

@@minusstage3 Today I learned! Thank you!

[@e.g.no25andrew62]

BIG UPS! FROM CHICAGO

[@bigtime4794]

The entropy of the universe has become self aware

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

What a talk. He explains his relationship with his DMT (and other) visions HERE. How these very fundamental structures of being, when thought of, take parts of McKenna's space, appear outside and inside (while he's thinking these out) AS REAL (at least this is how it looks; but there's, which ain't obvious for the unexperienced, an axiomatic and ground-setting mathematical notion to grays and entities that is inherent to the very first structures appearing in the time of our universe). What a joy to simply unpuzzle this wonderful man's complicated world of magnificent articulations!

[@mhkwolf]

This is a much better art rendition of TM.

[@johantino]

Like the analogy to the snail.. with the house being cybernetic . We are still "in the house" , but it is turning inside out.. from exoskeleton creatures to indoskeleton

[@roddmatsui3554]

I remember the McKenna brothers doing radio shows on KPFK in the mid-1980s, when that station was also running a lot of Alan Watts and Krishnamurti lectures. And good music as well. The analysis of these “universal archetypes/energies” and the definition of their substance is most interesting. I think the mind is unfettered when we dream, and we access vast amounts of archetypical information that is *mostly* too complex to translate into rational thought sequences upon awakening.

[@sicknado]

"The body is a pre culturally given. And coming with the body, is this amazing thing that everyone wants to either give away, throw away, and get away from. And that is the felt moment of immediate experience. The truth is not information passed by culturally validated coding systems among the primates at high chatter rate. The truth is in the felt space, in the body, in the moment." -Terence McKenna

[@marcus8710]

This image of McKenna has a little David Tennant in there. Appropriate.

[@johantino]

"You compose yourself in a certain state of mind".. and from there you interact with the computer... What does that state of mind look like today?

[@Silentsister]

❤

[@asemic]

yay 🙌

[@161157gor]

A Resonance with The Cyclic Expression of Reality approaches on the 16th...

[@minusstage3]

And then, those last 7 minutes...

[@izzyshafey4615]

is there any way to listen to this without video ? like is the audio alone on any podcasts I can put on my phone for easier access?

[@Kowzorz]

Many yt downloader sites allow you to download the video as audio only.

[@HuLSeY18]

McKenna was a real Jedi

[@Ma-gx1ql]

Do you think Terrence studied what we know call Enochian? He knew plenty about Dee.

[@ethanjohnson3642]

Is this a never before heard lecture?

[@swainchampagne]

So interesting what he predicts for the future. He was such an idealist that he couldn't see how sinister things would become. That passage he finishes around 39 minutes sounds more like his personal death prediction rather than what happens to the collective human experience. Not that what he predicts won't happen to us in the future as well.

[@ashtree3006]

We are the bee seeking the flower with the most delicious nectar. Only we know which flower to choose; the flower calls to us with its sweet perfume and promise of sustenance. The flower is our passion and connection to the vitality of life. The flower is what we wake up for. In exchange for the freedom to choose the flower we bring pollen back to the queen. The pollen is the golden fruit we extract from the sensual encounter with the flower. We are a hive.

[@arawiri]

Those exact rocks on the beach every 300 yards, well its like walking on sand now.

[@dcase20]

The thumbnail looks like what Jim Carey would look like if he did a movie about this guy.

[@random.9238]

Can someone explain to me what is it about being destroyed? And industrialization?

[@thekito4623]

I just realized if they ever made a biopic hugh laurie would be much better than jim carrey ... looks really similar

[@witchcraftandlizardry]

At first glance I thought it said Apr 22 1985 which would have been the day I was born😭Little fractal 4 month old me is listening with my natural elf ears I was born with hehe. (A congenital helical rim deformity called constricted ear)

[@oscarsh2909]

39:00 You can hear the sound of the iPhone keyboard 🤯

[@victoranthony77]

"So..... yeah..." -TM

[@spookytwink420]

I think all drugs are good tho even alch but ik he doesn't prefer that 1

[@carlostorres1844]

Soul stealing spirits.

[@lukestefanik606]

🤝🙏🧘‍♂️

[@samc5794]

53:03. Is that Steve Jobs?

[@anniemac403]

I’m not into the hypermasculinizing McKenna’s body in this art. What’s with the Nazareth backdrops too?

[@jessewhitacre2426]

Life without Drama snd danger sounds nice but do u really want to live like that?

[@karlbjorn1831]

Wtf 23:48 jumpscare fr fr

[@iananderson8288]

18:30

[@beyondpolarity4353]

This sounds like AI. I doubt this is real.

[@ozmoses2274]

Computers being dna and bone tissue in 1983

[@jjames05]

It's "FRACTAL"

[@izzyshafey4615]

Typically TMK is spot on with views on the future but maaan was he overly optimistic about humanity. If only he saw the engineered clash of ideologies over a planned pandemic to escalate world governance via technocratic totalitarianism he would have immediately revised his idealism