Terence McKenna - Personal Stories

[@joeseph3199]

No one ever listened to too much Terence McKenna

[@chasetuttle2780]

i’ve listened to every single one of his lectures over 300 times.

[@strengththroughjoy6699]

​@@chasetuttle2780my man 🤙

[@MiceHendrickson]

"If one tenth of what this guy is saying is true.. this is the most amazing thing in the world." Funny how perfect these words are to describe McKenna himself.

[@weemps.]

They actually have been! I’m fairly certain either Dennis McKenna or Paul Stamets said exactly that on JRE when the topic of Terence came up

[@weemps.]

I had the same thought

[@gongusdeedeetow1510]

@@weemps. I think it was Paul Stamets

[@thomasonplants2724]

It was Dennis who said this about his beloved brother, to paul on a podcast about mushrooms

[@jacobchristopher5502]

I know I am kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good website to stream new movies online ?

[@wpahp]

0:18 Growing Up 8:32 Why Culture Is Not Your Friend 12:00 A Sort Of Introduction 13:31 Entertainment - The Dalai Lama Comes To Los Angeles 16:34 Meeting Carl Sagan 18:34 Terence In Thailand 22:52 High Water Weirdness Event 28:08 "When I Was Schizophrenic" 31:58 Tripping With Other People 36:06 Oysters Packed In Ice 39:57 Mushroom Tea At A London Party 42:17 Strange Things At La Chorrera - Dennis Performs A Miracle 47:18 "One Of The Hardest Evenings I Ever Spent" 50:43 Ayahuasca Stories 55:50 A Weird Experience 1:00:28 Ending Story: Terence Tells A Joke 1:02:04 Curiosity

[@musicisbrilliant]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[@DJSbros]

Lords work.

[@triple_gem_shining]

wow and time stamps! nice nice nice!!!

[@vaughnmorrison1069]

THANK you.

[@lemuriamaya]

Θ∏Σ LΘΘƲΣ ❤

[@thirdeyedull5410]

2020 we’re still bringing McKenna with us!

[@grimble4564]

And here's to another 30 years

[@Ace-gs7fv]

He transcends time and space.

[@greatlakeblake]

or is he bringing us here...

[@ShaunC-s.c.]

And now 2021

[@deanbutler3264]

He still lives because he still has lessons to teach the future of 2021

[@animeadept]

"Begone! I am in conversation with an elder" Chills....

[@lorchid23]

I wish I could keep McKenna on 24/7, playing passively in the background as I went about my life.

[@Personalapocalypse77.]

Uh, you can do just that. There is a ton of tech dedicated to just such an endeavor.

[@arnyarny77]

I discovered terrence for myself in mid 90 s I was into occult literature and at Barnes and noble the new age section was side by side my eyes wondered and I saw his book archaic revival but also I was turned on to Castaneda in those days I love eating mushrooms and listening to terrence more than anything but I can't do that anymore mushrooms affect my blood pressure too much unfortunately

[@Islamic777resistor]

2021 we’re still bringing McKenna with us!

[@triple_gem_shining]

this recording has got to be one of my absolute favorites. The pictures of him as a child and his musings of personal feelings about childhood and culture are near and dear to my heart. Thank for all these awesome videos WPAHP

[@Soberania_energetica369]

You're doing God's work, thank for uplounding this! Greetings for Colombia

[@wpahp]

Hope you guys enjoy this! My subscribers may be familiar with most of these stories but I included a few which weren't on my channel before. It's my birthday so please give it a like, perhaps watch (again) my McKenna movies ;) - Peter

[@ericbryant6097]

Happy B-Day Pete

[@brandonbegley5806]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER!! Thank you for sharing all that you do. We truly appreciate it :)

[@have2behere477]

On your birthday, surprise! Guess where I have to be? You know where don't you? I can't hide it. Happy birthday!

[@ajlopez4988]

Happybirthday

[@forbesfoofighters]

Happy birthday thanks for sharing the wealth

[@musicisbrilliant]

Its such an honor and privilege to be here and watch this video while it still has only a thousand views. Exciting times! Thanks deeeeeearly for the uploads!!

[@Hugatree1]

I just love him so much!

[@sadsatan5413]

HP Lovecraft i almost cried one time thinking how he’s dead in my reality and i won’t be able to be his friend in this world that for some reason i keep coming back to when i wake up everyday and with pretty much everything that i remember happening to me being from this world but he hasn’t been the whole time i never even got the chance to talk to him 😭💔💔

[@Marie-br2ug]

This is the best thing the Information Age has brought us🙏🏻 love you Terrence and you guys have done a wonderful job cutting all this together

[@TheMuppyOtter]

57:51 is the best pterodactyl wing noise I’ve ever heard come out of a mouth, and he produced it on demand, you gotta admit the man is a dexterous sculptor of sound

[@beachcomberboz2902]

Peter, I really love your music, and the way you select Terence's words. The combination is your wonderful creation, truly unique & inspiring.

[@hazelmandala2926]

That was an incredible selection. Thank you

[@ee003]

1:02:48 brings me to tears. I miss Terence and I never met him.

[@erawanpencil]

I love the story at 50:00 when he was stuck in a mind loop on a bad trip. 'I'm not going to scream, I'm not going to call for help, I'm just going to sit here and wait' until it passes. This actually has application to life beyond tripping... I often wonder about things like depression, where people are encouraged to get immediate help, go into therapy, get on meds, etc., and no one is ever told 'hey, maybe there's a purpose and reason behind the depression, maybe waiting would be better.' I'm not saying people shouldn't try to get out of depression, but maybe your mind needs to go into the darkness for a little bit rather than just immediately getting assistance and artificially making a life you shouldn't be ok with tolerable.

[@FoggyTimes98]

I couldn't agree more! I used to be addicted to oxycodone and valium for 4 years. I was using for many reasons, but they all led back to me running from reality. It wasn't until my mind went into the darkness completely that I then realised what was happening and how I was affecting the people and environment around me. I'm so grateful for them times, however, obviously, while going through them, it was the worst days of my life, but they led to now the best days of my life.

[@TheA13000]

It depends on the source of the problem and on the intensity of it tho, maybe without help you get to a psychotic break, or simply, you live bad. And as an experienced traveler of my own abysses, you don't always got the right answers.

[@crustycobs2669]

Fifty years ago I did Owlsley on a sugar cube, direct from Cali. And I never came back. lol

[@stevenbenson5241]

Bear's Choice

[@Illumignati]

CIA OWLsley bohemian grove MolloKcult Ultra911 nuclear event *shhhhhk* (phases out into crackling)

[@Illumignati]

Also, crusty cobs, excellent name

[@loganlabbe9767]

Whats owlsley

[@spookybeach]

@@loganlabbe9767 Owsley Stanley manufactured LSD back in the 60s. Owsley LSD was known to be particularly pure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley

[@lillychristiansen5617]

2021 baby! I needed to hear these

[@claybomb1064]

Great video! I haven’t heard these stories before, thanks for making this. Terrence is so amazing, Happy listening everybody 🙂

[@RobJD]

'Well, look who thinks he's nothing'

[@wpahp]

36:06 my favourite story ;D

[@LucasArtCommunity]

We Plants Are Happy Plants oh yeah, the coincidence stories are awesome.

[@LucasArtCommunity]

I've been hit with some mad coincidences! One time me and my Dad were at the park, and we'd walked off in opposite directions, eventually we both made our way back toward each other and we both had out hands clasped together, which was strange, them we both opened our hands to reveal that we'd both caught the same kind of butterfly and came to show the other, they both flew off together It was amazing

[@musicisbrilliant]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!

[@musicisbrilliant]

Wait a minute... I have to call BS on that! No way he imagined that before it happened. There's no way thats true. Ive always trusted Terence, but that just isnt believable.

[@musicisbrilliant]

Honeysqueeze, I dont know. I wont believe it until I see it for myself I guess. Peace.

[@OnwardsUpwards]

Amazing talks. My favourite McKenna video so far. I live on McKenna street in Montreal (not named after him, just a synchronicity)

[@ainsheea]

2020: need Terence more than ever

[@elzbietapaulina9808]

Oh yes!!

[@Flowstatepaint]

Wow! Grateful for this incredible edit

[@Busker9A7X]

More of these! Fantastic!

[@alexjay7183]

Awesome compilation. I enjoyed it very much, thank you.

[@delroybaggins8680]

This is a great compilation! Thank you

[@yankeeskunkee8519]

Thank you!

[@BischoffPodcast]

“It’s not the first time I had stowed away upon a sinking ship” 😂😆

[@3dge--runner]

Kratom at 22:00 very cool.

[@hempwick8203]

Wow cool thank you posting your comment I may not have caught that on my own!! There's some pretty short Vice videos on Kratom in other countries!!

[@bensoros6488]

as a former opiate addict an alcoholic, I can attest to the harm reduction qualities of Kratom.

[@MsJavaWolf]

@@bensoros6488 I'm genuinely happy that it works for you but I also know a guy who slit his wrists during kratom withdrawal, it's not without its risks.

[@chadwickrogers43]

Fantastic production

[@Ty91681]

I'm fairly certain that terence was probably truly "the most interesting man in the world" for most his lifetime. This guy is mind blowing. I've heard ten hours of his stuff in the last two weeks and I keep hearing things that absolutely blow me away. I love this guy. RIP. You are missed. LOL now he's talking about kratom. Go figure.

[@dannywright1317]

10 hours, ah to go back and discover McKenna for the first time again. You’ve go so much to listen to and read.

[@seanmitchell2610]

the great thing is he left us so much to study. McKenna took great pleasure in people answering questions he couldn't but always asked. the definition of enlightened. being enlightened is being taught by all things.

[@nycgweed]

Thank you thank you 🙏🏼

[@bernhardwalter4297]

best compilation ever i love this socalled mckenna dude ^^

[@tehgiestone6031]

Thank you so much terrance has so much knowledge.. I cant wait to finally get a hold of a book!

[@richardray7976]

Great compilation!!

[@stefanijoanneangelinagerma3862]

I just like him so much. I'm in love with his personality, his voice. He seems he was a kind man, a gentle man, a sweet man. If only I could have been alive during his life and spoken with him. Oh, and by the way, that cartoon animated bit was really funny. 👌

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

The best humble intellectual of our age. Grateful to live the internet age. Never knew about him even though he was alive when I was younger. The internet allowed me to meet him even thought we never met.

[@ApunkDaydreamLamunanOi]

You just need 5 grams to have him in your living room/

[@alexolson9317]

I agree 👍 a t least we have these. recordings.....thank god.

[@thelotuspad]

McKenna Gold🙌🏻🙏🙌🏻

[@hircynowca8406]

love u Terence

[@Moto_Medics]

Crazy I’ve never heard him speak about kratom awesome find

[@openureyes]

What an amazing man

[@JonathanLaliberte1]

Awesome thank you!

[@triple_gem_shining]

one of my favs

[@aztecamecha777sol5]

Thank you for this !!

[@tobymc4196]

thank you so much brother! been listening to this on the way to work all week and its put me in a great mood for the day bless you fellow light worker shine on!!!!! ☮☯️🕉😍

[@johnkelly7587]

Young Terence kind of looks like a young Allen Ginsberg that same sort of genius nerd intensity. Both were big change agents. Great human beings for sure. May they RIP.

[@threefiddyone]

This was amazing dude thanks!

[@Celon.]

Anyone knows the music that starts around 46:42 ?

[@jamesdouglasnorman4740]

That bit abut kratom was spot on.

[@malcolmcurran6248]

The certitude of megalomania! Priceless😂😂😂

[@jamesdouglasnorman4740]

thanks this was nice

[@RayoAtra]

Happy Birthday Sir.

[@tryparticpating8774]

I had a professor who was from Berkeley who was so similar. To Terrance , with his cadence, his brilliance sense of humor , and tone of voice, I feel so lucky to experience both of these. People. , I was so scared. Dr Gordon knight. Would see that I was a dummy and fail me , but he and other teachers gave me my first of many A plus grades which I attribute. To taking acid every other day for 4 yearsi , only since scoring acid at the great full dead fairly well concert have I recently started dos sing again with intense curiosity of life,

[@iammaxhammer]

Is it a thing to sound like him if you're from Berkeley?

[@Irishmule169]

All I can say is this , I agree....

[@Steveorino123]

A good aspergillium has a piece of natural sponge inside the perforated hollow ball. It comes apart with a screw and washer. So it can hold even more water to sprinkle before putting it back in the bowl for a refill. Otherwise it simply drains out when lifted from the water and the residual is flung through the air.

[@ottokarvonschnallenburg2572]

Aaah, another catholic raised fellow Here😁

[@dreamygirllove2247]

I saw words coming out of my mouth as I saw myself (not in a mirror) in a hallucination during my second acid trip, which was mostly a bad trip...

[@GabrielSilva-dg6tf]

Thanks

[@LucasArtCommunity]

23:17 one of my all time favourites

[@brendag331.]

Hi!! May you please make a list of all the Books you have read??

[@Matt-vb2jo]

The best story is the one of that heavy datura trip I think in napal, he ran into his buddy and the guy didn't know anything that happened. Hehe

[@marystachowiak7272]

How was taking the life of an Elk, any different then taking the lives of all the Butterflies, you collected? The Dali Llama also came to Racine or Madison WI! Wonder what that experience did for him?

[@azloii9781]

what is the song at the end thats like F A B C

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants- Tipsiness And Rapture

[@seanmitchell2610]

i feel honored to be a student of Dennis and Terrance McKenna. Michael pollan. Paul stamets. Graham Hancock...many more but all these people have something In common...they all preach self knowledge as well as knowledge of self. the message is the same....inner peace will always trump all things. also don't take what your told as self evident truth. learn and read.

[@thartanian]

Terence's experience goes along with the teachings of Don Juan, author Carlos Castaneda. No doubt non-fiction is stranger than fiction.

[@LucasArtCommunity]

52:00 as well. Hahaha so good.

[@FriskMeister392]

Do you have the names of the songs in the video. The high water weirdness one sounded groovy as hell!

[@ACoupleStoners]

You cut what his response was to Carl Sagan?! You can't leave us hanging!

[@wpahp]

These are the two times Terence mentioned that meeting, it’s all he said about it.. we may never know

[@MrRussellH100]

We will keep him alive as long as we enjoy

[@ryangoodvibesvape1196]

Does anyone know what rootstock he is refering to. Is it ibogaine?

[@jacobhoglind1763]

Why is the second story, that starts at 8:32, pitched down? It makes Terence's voice deeper than it actually was. I feel like it's slightly disrespectful *Edit: Also the third story and a couple others

[@wpahp]

Many talks by Terence were recorded on magnetic tapes which tend to degrade, some of them are 35 years old.. as they stretch his voice changes..

[@jacobhoglind1763]

True, didn't think about that. I just know some people think his voice is "whiny" or he talks too slow, and they speed it up or make it deeper so it's more tolerable to them. I like it how it is. Appreciate your response!

[@ofe4280]

imagine having Terence as your english teacher

[@jegaad1]

Very good, thanks

[@cammyno5151]

dood he so fucn rad man

[@indigoyo]

12:49. Where at?

[@BuddhiYoga7]

Seychelles

[@phildasky8668]

I'm proud to announce that I, Phil da sky, was like number 420 😚

[@alisonperry1786]

35.000

[@quicksilver6025]

22:52 my favourite story :D

[@rcuda3426]

How are you doing today hope all is well. Peace love flower power tie dye and Beads thanks for the Refresher

[@Nate-ee2qn]

Happy hatching day egg

[@rcuda3426]

nate mudd 🕵️

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

What about that one time when he took LSD in his youth and the cops and Terence didnt know how to open the door, so he asked the cops to break in? Or the first time when he took LSA in the mojave desert? Anyone know where to find those stories? :)

[@wpahp]

I can probably dig up the second story, but can you explain the first one again? It doesn't ring a bell. Did you hear it in one of his talks?

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

Yes. I heard it on a psychedelic salon TMK podcast. But i cannot find it again. He was in a hotel room I think, or a friends room. For some reason the police came, and Terence asked them to break the door, because he didnt know how to open it. Thats how is remember it at least :)

[@rudidarbo]

Haha. Please find that first one!

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

Yes Sir! But what Lecture was it? I am sure it is to be found on the psychedelic salon... But I have no idea which one.

[@xTheUn4gIVen]

Guyin Apocket kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaeappmMmaarfpo Lol I hope this is the one you mean !

[@poolboywillis1225]

His birthday is on Wednesday this week April 3rd!! Screw April 20th that's for highschool kids....

[@Soaring_Tofu]

I don’t get the very last story

[@LucasArtCommunity]

Happy Birthday

[@marystachowiak7272]

Don't forget blowing bubbles, or drawing plants towards oneself, as if one was the Sun, that plant stayed bent! I'm still a Catholic, and I'm still in touch with all of God's tiniest Creations and He still Grants me Double Reignbows...

[@evok_trip_toke]

Me and Terrance Mckenna have the same birthday. Nov 16th. Thats so weird

[@gregberry7647]

So do at least another million people.

[@evok_trip_toke]

@@gregberry7647 i thought it was weird at the time because of the relationship that i was building with psychedelics at the time

[@bluebottle465]

37:00

[@transdimensionalist]

hippy birfdaze dude :)

[@Maxlovy0]

Shannon inside and outside at the same time

[@astrange_brony]

36:06

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

Terence looks like Andy Warhol when he young! 7:07

[@motiver1]

Sometimes i ask myself who i should ask and…

[@veryp.c.2220]

Terence the point of my story was McKenna

[@Hullified]

Fardow is feeling the cringey feeling

[@gametv9on]

man hes lived quite a life, i wish i could get anywhere near

[@poleag]

ya, it's hard to believe he died at 53. a short life, but it almost seems like he lived several lives when you consider all the things he did. from the prototypical middle-american-turned-college hippie, to wandering hash smuggler and lepidopterist in asia, to ethnobotanist, mushroom grower, author, historian, lecturer, and amateur mathematician, devising his own model predicting the eschaton inspired by the i ching. and it's not like he inherited millions of dollars and then decided to do all of this. it was essentially a choice: at some point around the age of 19 or 20 or so, he decided to go all-in on Weird. and like he said, nature loves courage.

[@Fenriz1222]

In the words of Terence himself, nature loves courage!!..You get up the courage to take the first steps and nature will not grind you under..it will lift you UP!!..Its like hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed..true words of wisdom..

[@jebediahkerman8245]

What is the name of the anti-heroin-addiction plant from Thailand?

[@j222lian]

Kratom? Although it’s not recommended to start using it if you don’t have an addiction to a heavier drug already. Kratom can also be addicting and many people have issues stopping.

[@TendoTheDude]

Boy was Carl Sagan wrong in that conversation

[@sourcetext]

Amazing how young and fresh he looks for 54 yo.

[@777Snowden]

Ahhh hes a scorpio! That makes sense

[@esel8270]

Snowden 777 most scorpios are known to be evil in nature

[@poolboywillis1225]

Oh wow me too lol there must be something there as far as hobbies and interests go..

[@janskeet1382]

Scorpios are not evil.They are very intense and sensual. Terrance was a double Scorpio. That is both his sun and moon were in Scorpio ♏️. That accounts for a lot.

[@Redwheelbarrow1913]

I'd argue there is much to be learned from the existienist such as Nietzsche,Sartre,and Camus that could go hand and hand with the psychedelic experience.

[@SecretSuffocation]

Fardow will now be my new word for Cringe =D