Terence McKenna Tells A Story From Greek Mythology

[@Whatsinmypocket]

5:21 Glaucous meaning. This blew my mind how it describes these two things so remarkably well. And not only is he combining mycology with botany but also Greek classics show how interconnected his brain was thanks to the Mushroom. That's novelty for you.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Stories are the original teaching tools, when nights were long, the best place near the fire was always reserved for the story teller!

[@pappaperc4286]

Michael Gorman storytelling is such an important skill

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

It's good to see his actual facial expressions for a change.

[@thelastfreedomfighter2646]

His actual ones. @Genna Tuelz

[@landryprichard6778]

This is so odd! I'm reading Valis by Philip K. Dick for the first time, finally, and this is the story he is somewhat talking about as I look at the page! Awesome. So many synchronicities as of late. McKenna was a master storyteller.

[@lonelycrow5359]

Synchronicities are Co'incidences

[@lonelycrow5359]

10 likes now and just looked at time it's 1010

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Have you ever heard the 1977 Metz France speech?

[@Kid_Ikaris]

​@@lonelycrow5359two things falling into sync, coincide together.

[@landryprichard6778]

@@Kid_Ikaris Yes! Have you heard the phone interviews between him and Paul Sammon?

[@chrisgray7320]

I could listen to that man for hours. Just his hypnotic delivery is enough to induce an altered state of mind :)

[@kaylacarpenter9658]

"They conceived a child, who was in due time, born." Is that so, Terence? What a funny guy.

[@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024]

Holy shit I laughed so hard at this 🤣

[@ScorpIron58]

Well of course, some don't make it! Or come early....

[@manolisko8881]

As a Cretan Greek I can reassure that the island of Crete has a special mystical power that you can feel at the first moment you step there.

[@jimmybailey7198]

As a weird American, I can say I felt a little of this mystical power when I visited the island in Assassins Creed Odyssey, no joke/no sarcasm. Very strange, this world is

[@Error_-qz2zr]

@@jimmybailey7198 i seen minoan dreams and visions of they culture, i wish i had a time machine thats where i would go, im so curious about them and the language they spoke

[@nuckels188]

@@jimmybailey7198 awesome game

[@mysticdragon111]

One time I had a panic attack and put it on Terence just to hear his soothing voice. And I calmed down

[@lordintelleki4775]

Two serpents and a branch. The branch is the primordial wand. A wand with two snakes is the cadeus of hermes. The sign of deepest magickal knowledge.

[@IChIDH]

Gregor McScrobble The caduceus is a Birkeland current.

[@gunterzabernigg9440]

caduceus

[@homerjayjunior]

Some times I realy need to see Terence like talking to me directly, it makes me feel good, it makes me feel great. His face, his voice... it's amazing

[@CalumnMcAulay]

An astounding depth of understanding delivered with great clarity and eloquence!

[@devo911]

“Guys, clear your schedule! Terence is recounting an old tale.”

[@leelou36]

The name McKenna is the transferred use of an Irish or Scottish surname. The clan name comes from the old Gaelic "MacCionaodha", son of Cionaodha. Cionaodha was a male given name composed of the elements "cion" meaning 'respect, love' and "Aodh", the name of a Celtic god of fire.

[@DrTyphoon3000]

One has to read the story backwards to understand it. This story answers the question: "Why do these mushrooms have these powers?" The answer is: "Because we gave it to them". The mushrooms are some kind of a mirror, showing us our own powerful mind. To understand it, you have to begin at the end. "Going home", means arriving in the present. There is only one home and it is the present moment. Please just think about this metaphor, so that i don't have to explain it any further. It is a translation of the temporal into the spatial dimension. cool? anyway, the story tells us, that we, as the magician, gave all of the knowledge to the mushrooms. The complicated backstory is something of an attempt to capture the complex processes of nature, which lay behind consciousness. And of course hints to the drugs itself, but McKenna already got that one.

[@Edbrad]

So the mushroom isn’t an entity in itself with a personality?

[@kaidengathings3096]

What a treat it must have been to be able to meet and talk to this great mind! Thank you Terence, you are not forgotten!

[@gooeystranger7685]

steve buscemi as terrence mkenna

[@zebbleganubi723]

or andy serkis

[@satansjihad6353]

No, Jim Carrey

[@charlytaylor1748]

Perfect

[@adammurray9028]

This needs to fucking happen 2019

[@myndwork]

I knew there’s more to Nucky Thompson than just booze business

[@chadwickrogers43]

Terence was ripped on hash when he did this. Excellent vid.

[@everettelderberry5362]

Chadwick Rogers lol

[@gunnazify]

Terence was often ripped on hash! haha

[@MrFrank107]

incredible storyteller, mesmerizing​.

[@cthulhutheseventh115]

What proves Terence McKenna is a great story teller, he adds so much color when he speaks. "Struck Dumb With Amazement" that isnt in the myth, he added that in real time because it brings the myth to life!

[@charlesdavis7087]

Wonderful work Terence. Totally enchanting. More please

[@landryprichard6778]

One thing I will say about the WPAHP crowd is that I almost never see trolls or other kinds of negativity. Awesome.

[@PhenHarrison]

I like these. Always have enjoyed this side of him. I could see Terrence as an eccentric side kick in an Indiana Jones comic. I’m currently reading the marvel-made ones from the 80s. It would be: Indiana Jones and the Food of the Gods haha

[@alistairproductions]

Stephen Jones creative idea

[@PhenHarrison]

Phil Thomas oh geez, pardon me. I didn’t mean no disrespect haha Maybe the word “side kick” rubbed you the wrong way. By saying that, I meant he could be someone who would be sought out and then tag along to provide invaluable information on said quest. I’m a McKenna fan just like the rest of us here :)

[@MrDoctorColossus]

Hahaha that title needs to get made, Indiana Jones and the Food of the Gods haha, holy damn I love it

[@seanthemoneymagnet2158]

John Soutter but let’s remove haha.

[@solophentii3468]

Citizen Harrison Believe it or not, as much of a plain academic as McKenna may seem at times, if you’ve read True Hallucinations or other pieces of his, he had a lot of international adventures of his own as a smuggler, art dealer, and later as a refuge from Interpol. I think Indiana Jones would respect McKenna.

[@siphodeus02]

What a fascinating man he was. Thank you for sharing and continuing his legacy.

[@ShouldaWaved]

Thank you, I love these and good footage

[@Sandvoss101]

“I tailored myself to your needs sir, now I have nothing to say” 😂

[@aash2009aash]

his words are magical , have magical meaning!

[@3dge--runner]

"now I have nothing to say"! Sure Terrence, that'll be the day, haha I've never seen this, thank you! Please post more of it or so if it if possible.

[@Vojife]

Oh man, this is the first time I've ever SEEN Terrence McKenna talk. It's not really the point, I don't really know why that's important to me, but it somehow is on a certain level.

[@megalenz3262]

I almost never cry for a passing but I broke into sobbing tears when I heard of his.

[@philipmorise7970]

I almost thought he was going to actually get through a whole video without mentioning psychedelics.he managed to squeeze it in

[@jakemcnamee9417]

He has many talks where he doesn't talk about it. I suppose there might have been a link

[@dilemma_unheard-of_dilemma1917]

Would have loved to have been alive to have sat in on a history lecture in person from him. But I still get to be here, which is cool.

[@jaxoncallan878]

12:05 Can somebody who can read lips take a good long hard look at this technical error and fill in the blank for the lot of us

[@wpahp]

settle in with some tea

[@MrUrech]

We Plants Are Happy Plants that was so good man thankyou. Htf you find these clips?! :0

[@curthannagan8426]

tea and a joint

[@Aceofspades737]

Just drank some coffee:)

[@MrBojangles788]

Damn good coffee

[@jasonm911]

will do sir

[@kobyarcher6150]

His eyes are so interesting and strange

[@denverscott2173]

kk right? I think the gecko eyes helps in traversing between universes..

[@CursedInEternity92]

Its the herb 😆

[@-GodIsMyJudge-]

Glaucus is also used in the scientific name of the blue sea slug: Glaucus Atlanticus which predates on the Portuguese Man O' War and can utilize their venom for itself. (Also they look like little blue dragon things)

[@stuckinaloop6915]

MrSunGodTv Glaucus reminds me of Patchface from GoT.

[@andrewmckeown6786]

I assume a 'caul' covering an eyeball must have a blue/grey hue...

[@patrickschofield5963]

The blue gray child could be a reference to the skin color after asphyxiation but as far as the drowning in Honey reference goes if blue-gray child does mean mushrooms than honey make sense because you can preserve mushrooms in honey

[@redmotherfive]

I don't know why but I really enjoy listening to the sound of his voice.

[@lessonlearner9788]

The great Celtic Bard at it again!

[@daves6503]

God we need Terrence now more than ever......the human race is waking up.....slowly but surely, to the higher aspirations of consciousness....of spirit and of the greater power that is......what a shame he is no longer here. A modern sage of our times......

[@IemonandIime]

Thank god that he was at least he was born in time to be caught on video and have so many recordings of himself made

[@rp8564]

Warren commission is my fave WPAHP tune 🦶⬆️⬇️

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

I believe that the first stones of the Bible (3. serpent-inite, 2. hematite (the first stylus), and 1. probably red jasper, definitely a crescent of red womb sun at the sunrise) are encoded here together with the basis for our understanding of the origin of the law of land and getting a name setv in stone. Striking serpentinite cuts its grey crust away, and the stone keeps its greenness or oliveness for a few years after.

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Ode to Polyidos As a young prince I had the run at the palace of Knossoss Until that day I was sealed off in combs of honeyed comitosis Leaving the matter blue-grey I left no notice Caught in the act of metempsychosis My troubled mother with her not so daedal plans Sent for seers in a fit of regal demands After a bit of plot it was you who saved me Dear Polyidos of the tricoloured simile But my mother's cunning was labyrinthine Even after you saved me she demanded your time A Magi like you, she thought should not leave the Kingdom Until you had passed onto me what you could of your wisdom And so I became a wise man when I was still little Until that fateful day I spat it all out in some spittle And with that final gesture you finally went home Leaving me dumbstruck, unwise, and alone Oh but Polyidos this is not a lament! Back home is where you deserved to be sent But I thought about you often from that day on We took you for granted and then you were gone Some great wisdom not gone just forgot Waiting to be found wherever she's saught

[@StephanieSacred]

What a great find, Is an extended version of this movie available?

[@napukapu]

Thanks for sharing this

[@ScooBdont]

There is a video on u-tube where some filmmakers travel with hallucinogenic honey harvesters that gather the honey from bee hives that are located on the side of very high cliff faces. The harvesters after arriving at the location gather materials to make long ropes they use to ascend the cliff face and harvest the honey. After they had harvested it one of the locals eats the honey and is quickly inebriated and has to be carried for the long trip back to their village. It’s been a while since I watched it and I can’t remember where it was off the top of my head. The honey is hallucinogenic because the plant the bees gather pollen from, which off the top of my head I can’t remember the name of either, is I believe, hallucinogenic also. The local villagers made the filmmakers wear blindfolds on the way to the hives and on the way back from the hives to protect its location.

[@christiansky942]

Dewboy 73 that was the recommended video that brought me here. How interesting.

[@tiffanyjohnson9073]

RD Rad I've see. That video but he did not have to be carried back but every thing else you said was true

[@ScooBdont]

Tiffany Johnson yes he did. I just rewatched the end of the video. At 22:00 in the video his friend begins carrying him and later another villager carries him. He actually began by vomiting then passed out and went into convulsions. That’s what I’d call some good honey 🤢🤮😂

[@danielvalenzuela7579]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5DFY5yVe9uMhtk hallucinogenic honey hunters I believe is the video your referring to

[@techpinguin1260]

Earn to Die for kids

[@sunjabibahladeen6394]

are the original greek storys as interesting and easy to ready, cognitive, or was that terence's transalation that was good? that story was chronic as, so much to think about. nice.

[@godspowergems]

the dope track at the end

[@Trentj87]

what is said between 12:06-12:09? there is no audio for me.

[@IemonandIime]

"and poly-idos was just" that's my guess from the context and reading his lips

[@MilesBellas]

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a skillful craftsman and artist. He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx, although this is unclear.

[@vertsk8er419]

which full length talk is this excerpted from?

[@tomreid2686]

The experiment at la charerra was a brilliant story

[@leelou36]

gotta Love his fire

[@dingleberrys09]

good to see you again, old friend

[@TS-kt3nf]

Great story

[@melissac.matthis2397]

Love this 💕

[@starchylde4538]

Amazing!

[@rubypurplenomz]

my coworkers teeny toddlers go to story time. i like the idea and i would like to go to story time too but only if terence was telling the stories hehe

[@pas9ify]

Save money, you don't need drugs to get high, just listen to the Master Shaman. His voice is a psychedelic substance!

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Agreed nature and life itself is psychedelic.

[@mag4108]

Why the audio cut at 12:05 ish?

[@mag4108]

What are other similar stories with snakes and herbs, any ideas ?

[@mojijooooon]

maybe the story of snake and garden of eden

[@marylj25]

Good catch...he mentioned peyote earlier in the story along with mushrooms 🍄...maybe someone cut out the word peyote or could be cannabis. He did say plants 🌱 are the cause for shamanic powers.

[@mag4108]

Lol I still really wanna know what he said

[@yuotwob3091]

a tip for you, dry the mushrooms first or get it into a thick stoneware vessel and nail the lid on... or insert one of those u-bends, you know what i mean

[@SweetJennyFan]

Wonderful. Wish he had lived longer.

[@candyman650]

theres a german fairy tale with the same centetpiece! revived snake in a tomb. "the three snake leaves" - grimm

[@tommygun9546]

www.grimmstories.com/de/grimm_maerchen/die_drie_schlangenblatter

[@blackl1steddrums]

I’ve never seen video of him doing his thing!

[@ericbryant6097]

I seen some bruising on a stem of a shroom and thought it was mold at first but ate it anyway more stronger strains with stems more than the caps

[@EvenStarLoveAnanda]

Got to love McKenna..... But I think there is more to the mixing on Honey and Mushrooms. Not just preservation. Immortality physically may not be possible, but we are already immortal as Souls. The body is only a garment.

[@tristonw7417]

Love this. it reminds me of the epic of gilgamesh. thanks for posting!!

[@EW-cw4ib]

thank you

[@JamesMajdali]

i'm sorry what is happening at 12:05 with the audio?

[@austynnegrete9113]

Mushrooms are the fruit of knowledge, maybe the story is about preserving the knowledge on magical healing plants, and making sure it stays with the right people (shamans)

[@austynnegrete9113]

Preserving this knowledge through stories and similes, and keeping the information from false prophets

[@benhahaj8826]

talking about a teacher taking back all his magic, this is why you keep quite about elf technology

[@tubetoots13]

I l❤️ve this man🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@gregberry7647]

Here is a tip..... play at 1.5 x speed.

[@Snide01]

Greg Berry Society as a whole has a major attention deficit disorder.. If something is longer then 10 minutes you will lose 90% of your audience.. It's very unhealthy and worse people are no longer living in the moment but rather they are distracted.. I choose to be patient, attentive and enjoy my life to its fullest, it's much better that way...

[@jloyer14]

Snide 2 True to your name. Lol. I get it. You’re special; obviously superior to somebody whom would chose to speed up a video a bit to save a few minutes. Your rant has hardly anything to do with the original comment, and further, is a pompous, self serving response.

[@jloyer14]

Snide 2 I do agree with you, however. Lol. Just not the place to go off like that imo. After checking 1.5 speed it ruins the video. I cannot support speeding up McKenna. Lol. ✌🏼

[@gregberry7647]

PS. I find it easier to follow and understand at 1.5 speed. or i drift off. Thankfully he has good diction and it is easily understood.

[@hypehillbilly4704]

Greg Berry ps 1.25 sounds normal

[@JonathanLaliberte1]

Date and location?

[@ther6989]

much better to play at 1.25 speed imo

[@minimaxhall]

Thank you so much for this share. It's a true gem. And again as I tend to say... Amazing work from so many... Can't say that enough. :) I posted another reply just a while ago.... But It seem to didn't get posted.. xD So I thought I'd try again to make sure 0=) It's also a Story from Greek Mythology, with some metaphors related to the "Adam and Eve" story for that matter.... Just in this one there is only "Eve" in a way sorta.. Anyway here goes... This is the story of Pandora... And also from there we have "Pandora's" box...(which btw, witch some research might suggest.... that it was a cup, chalice or vaze) for that matter... Anyway... Pandora Opened/poured this container... And thus the world came into existence with everything in it... All matter, emotions, everything... But after a while... A lot of scary and frightening things also started coming out... And she stopped the process..... But... she thought for a while, and decided to open/pour one more time to see if anything else or more came out / was left.... And the last thing way at the bottom that came out.... Was Hope... Thank you for sharing.. If you find any errors with this story, please do correct me. And hope you don't/didn't mind me sharing :S Take care of each other folx! ;) PS. Respects...

[@dominicpaul1]

Well done finding this!😄

[@CANNIBoy]

New song at the end there WPAHPs?

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants - Warren Commission

[@zRevol]

Love Terrence! utterly Blew the story but I still enjoyed it lol! .. was wondering how he found/recovered the body when it was not told how he found it in the first place

[@rubysmoke7150]

where is the rest of the story?

[@ch-arts-us]

The snake knowledge is probably from people getting bit by them and breaking through from the poison.

[@MorusAlba1975]

That music at the end, is it Erothyme?

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants - Warren Commission

[@oracleowen]

Song at the end?

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants - Warren Commission

[@alanmalcheski8882]

which levi strauss is he talking about? the blue jean maker? THIS IS A QUESTION I'D APPRECIATE AN ANSWER TO. sorry. stupid reason.

[@kaleidoskop9074]

Claude Levi-Strauss, someone you should really read

[@alanmalcheski8882]

@@kaleidoskop9074 Thank you

[@collingeyso4202]

12:14 ASMR

[@NateSpaceDog]

What year?

[@JanieMartinSings]

Strange that I came upon this accidentally as I was listening to the chants of The Songs the plants taught us. I do not know of this man and I have never taken drugs. Many years ago I was doing "toning" for everything even unplugging a frozen shower drain in a shed I was living in. So that night I dreamed a huge snake taller than me was up against my back over my spine and was vibrating its body and sounds while it seemed to be trying to have sex with me I think and it was mesmerizing me and very suddenly it bit me very hard on the back of the neck!! I awoke from this terrible nightmare!! I stopped "toning". I think it was a warning. One night I dreamed an old man with a long white beard and hair who seemed to be God sat me on his lap and displayed a book to me and said "This is the book of your life" and he opened it to see this moving film. I seemed to be on one of the Greek isles. I lived in a king and Queens palace and was their daughter. They pointed to a huge urn at the end of the stairs that was tall. They said I was never ever to open it or take the top off. But I was curious one day and took the top off and suddenly there were earth quakes and tidal waves and fires and the island was destroyed and all of the people and it was my fault! I awoke and I thought "Well I am a curious Gemini so no wonder!!" 30 years later I went to those Greek Isles he talks about and I shook all over!! I got very very depressed during the trip and I cried a lot and thought no one liked me. I am a Hypnotist and Singer. JanieMartinSings

[@strikingbear202]

Great video! Song name?

[@wpahp]

We Plants Are Happy Plants - Warren Commission

[@strikingbear202]

We Plants Are Happy Plants Thanks. I have a question for you. Do you grow any plants using music from your album ‘Any day now’?

[@wpahp]

I did, while making the album I had many plants growing around my studio, even without direct sunlight they seemed to be thriving, until I stopped actively working on and playing music. plants definitely enjoy harmony.

[@Salmontemaki]

Terence Buscemi

[@JackKnight762]

whelp, he kinda skipped the crucial moment, when the boy was discovered in the honey, but otherwise a good telling

[@alisarhan2756]

16:07

[@dandannyt4432]

Starts around 3.30

[@ovsaturnus7160]

cool stuff

[@jeroenrenegadebynature7590]

So maybe this story is another metaphor aka secret language for the real story in wich the magic mushroom grew in the dung of cows, and after the harvest of the mushroom fruits, stored and kept in honey to preserve

[@rhejdirogth]

Was the herb.. Cannabis..?

[@NFPA-704]

16:52

[@mashumichelle]

❤

[@AustinRiggsFire]

G U L P

[@manicminer3273]

The tri coloured cow, is that not mushrooms 🍄. A connection between mind body and soul, the trident that perhaps helps the seeker find the answer to the puzzle at 🤚...

[@RSanchez111]

Terrence ran into the great mother's arms throughout the psilocybin. Unfortunately for him, he focused so much on the terrible father that he did not see there could be a terrible mother until she smothered him in her arms.

[@Turntuppusha]

Roberto Sanchez please break that down more.....hard time understanding that one

[@RSanchez111]

Tyler Durden Terrence thought the mushrooms had all the answers, until he suffered a bad trip from which according to his brother he never fully recovered. That was his encounter with the terrible mother and it changed him fundamentally. The great mother archetype has a positive and negative manifestation. In the positive, you venture out into the unknown (which is what you do in a psychedelic trip) and she gives you nourishing information you use to improve your life. In the negative, she manifests information you are not prepared to handle (either through ignorance or arrogance) and it shakes you up psychologically. For Terrance, it was likely ignorance since (as much as I've heard from him) he over-emphasized the terrible father and rarely mentioned the terrible mother.

[@Turntuppusha]

Roberto Sanchez thank you my cosmic brother 💪🙏🌵🍄🌈🌎

[@Seedr0]

You'll be happy to have the terrible father once you've dealt with the terrible mother.

[@MrFrostyDwarf]

Who's the terrible father

[@horsemumbler1]

7:22

[@williamwhite999]

What fun