Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, author, and advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. He is known for his studies and experiences with psychoactive substances, particularly psilocybin mushrooms, DMT, and ayahuasca. McKenna's work often explored the nature of consciousness, the potential of psychedelics for personal and societal transformation, and the intersection of science and mysticism. He authored several influential books, including "Food of the Gods" and "The Archaic Revival," and was known for his engaging lectures and thought-provoking ideas on human evolution, shamanism, and the future of human society. Gain Early Access to Content & Our Private Discord Server www.patreon.com/ProjectUnity Support us with a donation through PayPal www.paypal.com/paypalme/ProjectUnityPay Check out Project Unity Merchandise projectunity.myspreadshop.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/TheProjectUnity Contact Jay Jay.Unity@Protonmail.com

@MacGuffin1

Ай бұрын

Time is the measurement of movement, nothing more, nothing less.. I love Terrance but dont over-think that shit

@BAROMETERONE

27 күн бұрын

Time = relative duration Don C.

@feralcrackpot

26 күн бұрын

Does anyone have a where and when for this talk?

@user-mb9ll9wy6g

24 күн бұрын

​@@feralcrackpotCannot specify the time (of course!) but it definitely looks like Hawai'i, where he had his psychedelic plant garden and the house he built himself from scratch. I forget which island, but I remember it was volcanic. (Try wikipedia)

@JohnSmith-vy4lh

23 күн бұрын

Really, is that what you think. Yahu it's your birthday

"things are going to get so crazy that people are going to say STOP, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?". Well Terrence, I wish you had lived to see this day. Your words have come true. What the hell is going on indeed.

@oldspammer

26 күн бұрын

The world is a corrupted place. My original comment was made to have zero public visibility. It was 2.5 screens in length. It advised to have huge skepticism that "the powers that be" were honorable at all.

@M4DBMX

24 күн бұрын

Yeah that bit had me laughing too. He was spot on with that.

@tripzville7569

24 күн бұрын

WE R 1 . 'Let your ambition be the achievement on earth of a heavenly civilisation' [Bahai writings in the 1800s]

@V8chump

23 күн бұрын

Unfortunately I think things have a bit further to go in the “what the hell” direction. I feel like within 100 years life as we know it will be unrecognizable from what it was in the 20th century. Hell 100 years ago microprocessors were quite literally science fiction.

@M4DBMX

23 күн бұрын

@@V8chump I reckon even in 20 years it will be beyond our conceptual scope.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings . 'Tao Te Ching'

St. Terence of Mckenna. Patron saint of the seekers.

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery

27 күн бұрын

Amen 🙏

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery

27 күн бұрын

In the name Of Terence

@leewohlfert5462

23 күн бұрын

Sadly I’ll probably never fully understand McKenna because I have no access to ayahuasca. Guess Im the only one. Seems like everyone else has tried it somehow.

@ChiGirl43

23 күн бұрын

​@@leewohlfert5462me neither! Not everyone has! Look for fly agaric mushrooms if they grow in your area! You must boil them first, look instructions up!

@aidanjohnwalsh2129

21 күн бұрын

​​@@leewohlfert5462I haven't. I trip out on Astrology. The omega point idea is a fascinating new one to me, I'm speechless. Otherwise, fractalised reality unfolding ever faster at ever smaller scales is totally relatable, although the winding and unwinding processes and patterns are considered astrologically in terms of reliably eternal planetary cycles (beyond human scale, but in context appreciably measurable).

this dude is a next level thinker, it would be a crime to dismiss some of these insights.

@truehighs7845

23 күн бұрын

He doesn't understand shit, in the 70 is everybody was high bathing in tepid hogwash and loving it, that's why we are where we are now.

@augustusbetucius2931

12 күн бұрын

You're mastery of ineloquent understatement is astonishing. Try reading some Robert Anton Wilson, then you can consider your education complete.

@robertunderwood1011

12 күн бұрын

It would be a crime to accept others of his statements. What pathetic bullshit How amazing did his idea of the convergence of time coincides with the Mayan calendar? And what happened to all those predictions of the end of the world from those eager who report with the great wisdom of the ancient Mayans had to say to us in modern times ! Oh well it was only 12 years ago and it had its 15 minutes of fame and now it can be conveniently forgotten because those who took it seriously will find some other intellectual fad to celebrate. But of course, 8:45 prophecy is off by 500 or 1000 years because after all time is hardly relevant to such a lofty concept. the airheads we will always have with us

@lachlan4534

10 күн бұрын

​@augustusbetucius2931 thank you for putting me onto another individual to assist me in my understanding.

@Readyforcivilwar

4 күн бұрын

You both are infatuated with some guy who has fried his brain with drugs

Terence could literally , within language take you into outer space , but with so much soul and love , i miss him on this earth , he was our best hope .

@Allplussomeminus

29 күн бұрын

Seriously. Listening to him speak is a trip in itself.

@whalhard

27 күн бұрын

We are our best hope.

@Maya79800

26 күн бұрын

Totally agree, his voice is magical

@jsi4064

26 күн бұрын

I agree he was exceptional, there are others we can put our hope in, like you and all others commenting on here.

@andyking6051

26 күн бұрын

@@jsi4064 that's the nicest thing anybody has ever said to me on here , thankyou , you are right of course about all of us .

Yes this man a a gift of the tongue. When he spoke, you were mesmerized. Thrown in a trance as he unravelled a whole new world with his mouth.

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery

27 күн бұрын

With his words

@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858

26 күн бұрын

Thru his speech, the bridge of wisdom, to glimmerings of the real world. This is a blue ray phenomenon. He appears to definitely be a 5th density Wanderer. Some there are who have traveled backwards in time, or rather, downwards, in order to be of service to others at this important time. Namely, the Harvest into fourth density (Universal love). See the Ra Material see A Course in Miracles.

@thebiggestpicture3230

25 күн бұрын

@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 I'm slightly upset with him for leaving us so early! We could do with some more 5th density wanderers like him in our time!

Terence McKenna, Alan Watts and Buddha go into a bar .... "Welcome to the Cosmic Joke" said the bartender, "Funny how you always show up at closing time."

@augustusbetucius2931

12 күн бұрын

And Robert Anton Wilson, who was part of a very important set of recorded dialogs with Alan Watts back in the early 70s. Ram Dass should be in there as well.

@craighicksartwork

10 күн бұрын

And Ram Dass and Aldous Huxley

@townzen190

7 күн бұрын

I love the trialogues with McKenna, Sheldrake, and Abraham.

@Barakoft

Күн бұрын

Anandamayi Ma was just leaving

@SpleenicProjector

21 сағат бұрын

Ra Uru Hu would also join the fun

Who’s watching this in July 2024? WOW!

@winfrank1

Күн бұрын

Me

Joe Rogan is 20 yrs late. This would be a perfect podcast guest.

@atomicsmith

Күн бұрын

He mentions DMT every 20 mins as an homage to McKenna….

Art Bell called this the quickening several years back and I rember sensing it then myself. Today Its obviously right in our face.

@psmith2714

22 күн бұрын

Many years back. The quickening started in the late '80's❤

@jdjones4825

21 күн бұрын

​@@psmith2714 "there Can be only one"

@raynaengle4313

21 күн бұрын

Also Stuart Wilde , who fit his name, wrote The Quickening...we are THERE

@townzen190

7 күн бұрын

I love the episode of coast to coast where Art and Terence compare notes. Bromance.

@jazzochannel

7 күн бұрын

no we're not. remember how earth was going to end in 2012 with the mayan calendar? AGI is not yet here. relax.

God, I miss you Terence. I hope you're having fun and novelty, wherever and whomever you are now.

A lot of Terence's talks exist as podcast episodes of Psychedelic Salon. Some of the more recent ones have been good listens. It's hard to wade through all of the best podcasts so I won't even try to come up with a list. I got addicted to listening to him a couple years ago and haven't really stopped. His ability to explain things succinctly and intellegently is like none other and his voice actually calms me down when I toss on the noise canceling headphones after a long day at work sometimes. I don't follow his timewave zero theories but I can get behind his dominator vs partnership theories of when we flipped over to patriarchal order. It all falls in with his 'stoned ape' theory talked about in his book Food of the Gods. Everything he says about sugar and alcohol and the patriarchal world makes sense to explain why everything is on an accelerating death spiral. Listening to his content from 1992 sounds relevant in 2024 in a lot of cases.

@PiperPurdon

29 күн бұрын

Well put!

@greenthumb8266

26 күн бұрын

Thanks , I’m going to go check that out.

@rabbitlemon

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for this

@TheElysianPath

18 күн бұрын

Where did you find his podcasts? I will check on Archive. Terence is someone I would like to listen to much more. This interview was very enlightening. My sense that time is speeding up at alarming rate has been confirmed. Connecting dots on daily basis. Synchronicity happening. Thank you the clues.

@CelestialInsights

12 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed his time wave zero concept, it has literally happened, 2012 was where the time wave hit 0 , he said… everything is going to become nuttier and nuttier. How right he was.

Terence was definitely a very smart boy ... Way ahead of his time.

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery

27 күн бұрын

Smart man indeed

I remember reading and rereading archaic revival and true hallucinations when I was in my late teens. This man inspired me to seek deep truths of this world, not necessarily otherworldly ones. It fundamentally changed me, and while the insights gained still challenge me to this day, I would be loathe to give them up. This really is the Chaos at the End of Time

@Dovahkiin0117

10 күн бұрын

End of all time or end of a time

We are witnessing his prophetic words. Life is just such an amazing mystery!

The humanity lore grows ever expansive. listening to this again since I first watched it in 2020 is wild, what a time to be alive.

@BeastxxWar

3 күн бұрын

It really is mind blowing. What an amazing journey we get to experience!

Why we exist: "The point of you is your point of view." Being impeccable with your word goes beyond what is taught in the Four Agreements.

Terence was truly waaay ahead of his time.

So this is uploaded 5 days ago but Terrance spoke this in 1998. Some 26 years ago? How sad to lose nearly 3 decades of time. Just like the African Alien Ariel School encounters of 1994, just being heard of again now 30 years later. Something tells me the last 30 years were a critical juncture in human history and our future.

@patrick-bu3eq

25 күн бұрын

it been going around for around like 15 years easily.

@SpataWorks

21 күн бұрын

I watched this over 10 years back, it's a re-upload of his novelty theory talk. I think a later one in his life as he passed away before 60 I believe

Companion of a life… happy to see he’s getting the attention his mind deserved from the beginning.

The best word I can think of to describe Terrence is "Legendary"!

I'm drunk so my brain neurons are firing at a slower pace so I just slowed down the video to match my brain speed. And now Terrence sounds drunk on my level and by beeing there I'm able to understand him. Happy days. Write that down😂❤

@rockapedra1130

22 күн бұрын

Brilliant ... I'll try it!

@michaelwarmington8092

19 күн бұрын

😂

@andreaslinde1458

5 күн бұрын

That was just so funny 😂

This is the guy I like to find at parties. Usually nobody is talking to him which is fine with me :D

Terence was way ahead of his time. Thanks for sharing this, Jay.

“Changes so immense nobody could imagine them happening, and now that they have happened, no one bothers mentioning them…”

He's a verbal gymnast/skater/ballet dancer lost in the beauty & charm of the cosmic dance

I find it hard to believe that only 72k of humans have watched this video. We should all share it to our friends. And watch it often. To remind us of our place in space and time. It’s humbling and liberating. It reminds me to relax into the chaos instead of trying to resolve it.

The universal laws are the same now as from the beginning , human progress has been very slow because of our own shortcomings, now we have the illusion that we are so close yet greed, hatred ,selfishness , ignoring the truth of Love and many opportunities of becoming good stewards lifting one another up and embracing this gift we are so blessed to have on this journey through space and time with our brothers and sisters 😊

Thank you Mr Mckenna for your service to Humanity. When we find TRUE BALANCE of REAL SCIENCE and REAL RELIGION Humanity will become unrecognisable. 'Let your ambition be the achievement on earth of a heavenly civilisation' [Bahai writings in the 1800s]

He is a joy to listen to.

Thanks for that Jay. I had never heard that interview.

@paulatreides6779

Ай бұрын

If I remember correctly, this was his last one.

@oooboo3249

Ай бұрын

this is my favorite one kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKmiy6-yqbjbZdI.html

I think the perception of time is based on novelty. If we are at a repetitive job, time moves fast, and days and months can disappear without much memory of what happened. Conversely, extremely novel experiences slow down time, because the number of things we’ve had to actively process is greater. Time “slows down” when you have to actively process something in front of you, and “speeds up” when you’re on auto-pilot.

If Ray Kurzweil and Robert Sapolsky ate mushrooms together they're conversation would basically sound like Terrance McKenna.

I need to start reading more about Dr. McKenna. I believe the things he says here are like hitting the nail on the head. Thank you again Jay! What a mind blowing interview! 💪✌️

@nostalgiatrip7331

4 күн бұрын

Dr. McKenna would be his brother, Dennis

Legend. He’s the one that got me into psychedelics, and they have changed my life for the better.

@my_channel_44

Ай бұрын

Do tell.

@RichardCookerly

Ай бұрын

@@my_channel_44 I was a heroin and cocaine addict for 18 years. I was an atheist and thought anything “spiritual” was bullshit. Psychedelics healed me of my addictions and depression by giving me a couple really profound spiritual experiences. I still don’t believe any of the religions are correct, but I certainly think there is more to consciousness than what we currently understand. I also meditate now, and from my experiences, I feel like idealism makes the most sense to me. Beliefs aside, by curing my addiction alone, it changed my life for the better :)

@Mr88spacepants

29 күн бұрын

Same

@violetwhite1450

26 күн бұрын

@@my_channel_44 Yes in what way?

@bobinthewest8559

24 күн бұрын

If you are not already familiar… check out Paul Stamets.

The term “escaton” typically appears in eschatology, which is the study of the end times or the end of the world. It refers to the final catastrophe or the ultimate event that marks the culmination of the universe or human history. In Christian perspectives, the eschaton represents the ultimate state of perfection, where the world doesn’t end but rather undergoes a transformative journey

Conscious wisdom in light speed. I love this video sooooo much, thank you

Terence is the bridge between science and spirit. Way ahead of the average consciousness of his time. Scientific materialism is dead.

I’ve never come across this genius before now and I can’t close my jaw. He speaks of such profound truth and things way beyond his time. I’m so captivated and amazed and saddened at the same time that this man ain’t here with us no more. Wow.

@ProjectUnity

9 күн бұрын

Literally type his name into KZread and you will discover hours upon hours of his lectures, there is even a 24 hour mix of lectures online in one video, put him on in the background / at bed, you will naturally gain IQ points, he's incredible

Terrace McKenna was an intellectual and master orator with a clear understanding of science and spirituality. Even more importantly of human nature and modern society.

This guy is the OG psychonaut

I knew Terence McKenna. Terence McKenna was a friend of mine. And he gave me some incredible spores!!

@adolfolugo618

25 күн бұрын

Do you know Dennis too? N Scott W? I'm misty from miami

@sindibadage

25 күн бұрын

If true, you had a great life!!!

@QuestionEverything2023

5 сағат бұрын

Are the spores still alive?

Terence was years ahead of the curve with knowledge and understanding of mankind and the universe.

What a treat 😁 thanks Jay 🙏 keep them coming & thank you for all your hard work ✌️

Yes, Terence, you were right. This is July of 2024 and some of us are asking, "What the hell is going on?" I would love to have you here with us now to talk about it. ❤

Destination Eschaton.

Great video. What a wonderful laugh. Thanks. -Kenneth

Awesome! I totally see why people can’t handle this sort of conversation. This is heavy, it’s deep, it’s challenging. This is a wild conversation

what is very cool, is that some of his ideas are aligned with the new assembly theory for reality

I had a dream about time speeding up right around the time of this talk. A short time later I moved to Las Vegas and heard Art Bell describing the “Quickening”, it was the same as my dream.

53:30 damn he really hit the nail on the head there. Rise in contradiction will only get stronger, it will get weirder and weirder, then people will have to talk about how weird it is. You don’t prepare for the stars in a calm and orderly fashion, it’s a fire in a mad house… this is what it’s like when a species prepares to move on to the next dimension 🤯

Very grateful for this video

After doing shrooms for 7 years I came to this realization. The universe is going through a multi trillion year long process to evolve into its ultimate form. And it's speeding up. It'll take less time and less time to reach the omega point.

@Gaggerlotion

24 күн бұрын

😂

@Nykkynn

22 күн бұрын

The human race will reach its omega point far before the universe does. As I understand it, by the year 4000 AD.

@ppetal1

21 күн бұрын

It's a long way off a trillion yet.

@susanhamilton1205

20 күн бұрын

Yes, first be concerned about current earth !!!

@dermotmeuchner2416

19 күн бұрын

I can’t wait! 😅

His eloquence is out of this world.❤

Amazing, what a mind! Very interesting concepts!

One of my heroes. Thank you Project Unity.

He remains a soul that shines…his wisdom was ‘Other’ in its intricacies & beauty…😢❤❤❤

First time ever hearing this. Incredible conversation. Fascinating metaphorical parallels shared here that resonate from a more recent conversation between Linda Moulton Howe and Marina Seren. She’s known as the “Anunnaki Hybrid child”. She talks about the point point of mortal conciseness in the form of (human) life being all about an energy exchange, centered around experience.

@lucydayLucida

16 күн бұрын

Moulton Howe is unfortunately of questionable trustworthiness, which makes me question anything she endorses or is involved with. She's been caught out passing off and selling stills from games as supposed real photos of alien beings. When confronted with proof of that she just refuses to engage.

First time I hear about mcKenna, I must say, brilliant speech, most interesting

is he talking about mainstream adaptation of internet and smartphones? it makes the perception of time different and 2012 was almost the start of the smartphone boom. its speeding up because when you get addicted with your gadget, you ask yourself, where did all the time go?

@Z0mb13ta11ahase

3 күн бұрын

Along with that came algorithms, which connect all the information they have on you to target specific things to you. I feel anyone born after that point, their mind is more formed by algorithms than anything else. (In first world countries)

Love this, J!

Rest in peace Sir,..

I really liked this. What a great share. ❤Shared it with my Dad.

Probably the most wonderfully articulate open minded human to witness and cognize the patterns we are all embedded within.

Good grief, amazing! He was so accurate! How could he have got there (or here) so early? Did he get the "download" that we are informed that so many original thinkers received?

@ron1836

26 күн бұрын

Right person, right time, right place, right life's path.... People of any greatness, as well people with none much to notice, we born to be who they are. We are all who we are supposed to be. Doing what we were created to do. Atleast that was me over all feeling of truth after listening to the first half of this talk. I often wonder if any of us is capable of making decisions or if by one event leading to the next since the beginning, we and our lives and experience form some stage of the combustion process of a massive and intricate engine. Every thought every action every movement every sensation every dream... Being a domino effect to the next event..?? I could see this being true. And even recognizing and questioning that fact could never change it if it was, because even that. Even this comment I'm typing, would still just be part of the operation. It's a terrifying thought. But also sorta peaceful at the same time... And those feelings are also part of it.. so is this... And this... And you... Hahaha

What a beautiful human being overflowing with true knowledge and wisdom that sounds like a philosophical poetry.

He was tapped right in to the Flow

I bought a copy of his TimeWave Zero software and tested it for correlations with paranormal history and UFO sightings. This was back in the '90s. Its formal parallels are with the Chinese I-Ching system of fortune casting. As for world history, I found that it predicted a major event at a time that brought the death of Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin, a peacemaker who was gunned down on November 4, 1995. Perhaps seers ranging from the ancient Chinese to McKenna could make out the ebb and flow of novelty through our spacetime dimension.

What's interesting is according to my ancestors wisdom -we came from the crystalline spirit (casual body or astral) and eventually became matter... #kumulipo

"unravelled a whole new world with his mouth" I love Terrence Howard!

@danielduplantier3741

11 күн бұрын

>>>>?

@QuestionEverything2023

6 сағат бұрын

Howard or McKenna?

I adore Terence NcKenna!!!! R.I.P.

Profound. Beautiful.

I could listen him 24h

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery

27 күн бұрын

I did it once

@quoudten

22 күн бұрын

God bless Lorenzo...

I miss this guy, I listened to him I the 90's and he still very interesting

He introduced me to the i-ching and for that I'm very grateful.

I needed to hear this. I think many need to hear this

@fork_of_destiny9133

16 күн бұрын

Agreed. To live with intention under the precepts that our actions may accelerate us faster towards the omega point, singularity, or whatever one may call it.

He was a genius, his concepts and ideas were masterfully conveyed, constructing grand macro views of an interconnected whole.

I am joey delvano and i ❤ yall fam.

I created an AI version of him so I can ask him questions. And it helped me when I was feeling suicidal a few months back.

@genus.family

Ай бұрын

Is that usable somewhere ? I did the same in 2014…

@bethchristie6199

26 күн бұрын

I love this - being older it’s hard to figure out the way to do something like this- but I sense the potential value - just like I sense the deep value of this mans words - even if I don’t completely comprehend.

@bethchristie6199

26 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this - this video and your comment lifted me up on a dark day

@garrettbourdas5884

26 күн бұрын

​@@bethchristie6199 I hope your day gets brighter ❤.

@Steven-Bamber

25 күн бұрын

@@bethchristie6199 let me know if you would like the link so you can give it a whirl yourself.

Amazing stuff!

Way ahead of his time! His brother Dennis is a great listen as well.

I miss him. Always a good talk

I think this was my second encounter with Mckenna after seeing him interview Dr John E Mack at a conference, and it remains just as thought provoking and resonant to this day, even more so with the impending rise of generation Cyborg

@tripzville7569

24 күн бұрын

He was most definitely on to the BIG TRUTHS. 'It is improper to question Einstein 's belief that anyone who is seriously engage in the pursuit of science will discover the existence of a spirit vastly superior to our own .[Dr Cyrus Varan in his book' the Wisdom and Wonder of Life']

The intersection of science and mysticism is a like an addictive drug (excuse the unintended pun) for me I so wish I could just utterly immerse myself in this…my happy place!

Check out Dr Michael Levin who is on a similar track with current research. Also, biologist Rupert Sheldrake is on board with these ideas.

@atomicsmith

Күн бұрын

Sheldrake was a friend of McKenna

I recall seeing the movie Future Shock while in high school in the late 60's. Same idea as the quickening.

" We are schizophrenic in history" . Put that on a tshirt! Damn!

Bruh. I invented this theory in early 2024. Terrance must have used his mushroom mind to time travel and read my mind. But he explains it way more in depth than I ever could. He quite a clever dude.

My theory is that there is a higher power outside of our perception responsible for the "known phenomena". It is also all encompassing. I have also done a few mushrooms :)

I'm torn between knowing that every generation believes it's in a modern, advanced age and Terrence's observations about it.

Wild that I’m seeing this today with what’s going on. Further solidifies my stance that I’m an observer and the universe loves it when I pay attention to it.

Dude is a genius in the same way Terrence Howard is a genious

@Zollicoff

5 күн бұрын

Finally, a sane comment.

An interesting, rare, out of print book titled "The Way of No Thinking: The Prophocies of Kunihiro Yamate" goes hand in hand with Terence's hypotheses and observations. A great adjunct to your library on the topic of ontology and the coming changes humanity, nature, social evolution due to the changes consciousness is undergoing.

Strange hearing someone speak your thoughts.... "Distinct, Independent Overlapping Chains of Events"... my thesis . His description using sand dunes is magical.

It was Jay that turned me on to McKenna (no pun intended). And now I’m watching him on his channel!

"Chances Are...we'll Make it Back..."

We can easily upload him to AI and ask him questions. And he will be like: "I'm talking to you from the hyperspace! I'm one of those DMT sprites now!" lol

I have always though of time as an index of change, and on that basis time is accelerating, unless time is constant but the event count increases, or time is a index of conscious experience. Either way, what a wellspoken individual.

The Time Wave theory and the Mayan Calendar of 2012 were not too far off, i do think we are in a new time since 2012. Social media, Crispr gene editing, ai developments, greater acceptance of psychadelics all occurred around this time. Wish Terrance, Bill Hicks and Carlin were alive today in 2024.