From a daring shamanistic experiment with hallucinogenic compounds they arrived at insights about a holographic temporal wave called time wave zero based on a fractal of cycles which they could derive from the i ching. This socalled timewave zero graph maps the cycles of cultural and social. Novelty theory a common element of all of these cycles of time is the notion of time acceleration. Terence mckenna biography childhood, life achievements. Terence kemp mckenna was an american ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an. Born and raised in paonia, colorado, terence mckenna had irish ancestry on his fathers side and welsh forebearers on his mothers. He was raised in paonia, colorado, with irish ancestry on his fathers side of the family. The principal device of the timewave zero theory is a fractal function constructed using numerical values derived from the king wen sequence of i ching hexagrams which maps time onto novelty. Was psychedelic guru terence mckenna goofing about 2012. In this theory he states that the jump from homo erectus to homo sapian was caused by the introduction of a.
The stoned ape theory was proposed in terence s book food for the gods. In the valley of novelty terence mckenna full youtube. Ralph abraham, phd, is a professor of mathematics at the university of california, santa cruz, author, and pioneer in the fields of chaos theory, computer. All i know, however, from jenkins, is that he and terence wrote written responses to. The stoned ape theory and the dawn of human consciousness. Ive been reading and listening to terence mckenna, the american botanist, psychonaut and philosopher for a number of years now and its. A thoroughly revised edition of the muchsoughtafter early work by terence and dennis mckenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the. The book touches on the use of psychedelic substances within ancient cultures throughout the world.
Grossinger is the founder and owner of north atlantic books. Terence mckenna bibliography, list of references to books, articles, audio, video, interviews and translations by and about terence mckenna psychedelic salon, over 100 podcasts of terence mckenna lectures erowids terence mckenna vault terence mckenna at the internet movie database. Terence describes it as one of lifes cosmic giggles and i would have to say that expression is entirely apropos to many of the episodes in terence mckenna s life. Biography born in 1946, author and explorer terence mckenna has spent the last twentyfive years in the study of the ontological foundations of shamanism and the ethnopharmacology of spiritual transformation. Terence was never published, himself, by nab, although he and grossinger were acquainted, but terence did point his friend, anthropologist luis eduardo luna, toward that publisher, which resulted in the wellknown book of paintings of pablo amaringo s ayahuasca visions. Terence mckenna, the timewave zero novelty calendar, and 2012. The man has obviously gone pretty far up in the universe of psychedelia, and i am not very experienced, so theres an obvious vast gap in wavelengths. Carl gustav jungs psychology of religion and synchronicity by robert asiz. Terence mckenna also tries his hand at claivoyant soothsaying, providing the reader with his own unique doomsday prophecy loosely based on the hexagrams of the iching. Nov 01, 2001 in this book of trialogues, the late psychedelic visionary and shamanologist terence mckenna, acclaimed biologist and originator of the morphogenetic fields theory rupert sheldrake, and mathematician and chaos theory scientist ralph abraham explore the relationships between chaos and creativity and their connection to cosmic consciousness. This book offers the best taste of all of mckenna s wild ideas. In 1970, terence mckenna and his brother, dennis mckenna, traveled to the colombian amazon in search of a dmtcontaining plant.
Its the right level for a critique of mckenna s novelty theory, and it likely has more oversight than mckenna s selfpublished work. Terence mckenna project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Lorenzo, and all other saloners interested in understanding the timewave novelty theory on a deeper level, i would highly suggest a book which proves quite illuminating on the subject. Jan 12, 2016 terence mckenna spoke and wrote about psychedelic drugs, plantbased entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, culture, technology, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. From a very young age, he developed an interest for fossil hunting and was introduced to the subject of geology by his uncle. The brothers experiences in the amazon would later be the main focus of mckennas book true hallucinations, published in 1993. The stoned ape theory was proposed in terences book food for the gods. Anyhow, without further ado, check out these 8 terence mckenna books that surely have the capacity to challenge your perception of life itself.
Go through this biography to learn more about his profile, childhood, life and timeline. Terence mckenna is an ethnobotanist and he is widely known in psychedelics circles for his research in mans relationship with consciousness altering chemicals since ancient times. Of all his many accomplishments, terence mckenna will be remembered for his discovery of the timewave novelty theory and his unparalleled ability to describe this theory to others in a way that made it interesting, understandable and congruent with both physics and religion. Terence kemp mckenna was a writer, philosopher, psychonaut and ethnobotanist. His current column pertains to terence mckenna, the late.
Jul 05, 2017 posts about novelty theory written by terencemckennaarchives. This idea, known as the stoned ape theory, relates to how our ancestors evolved to produce language and create art. Food of the gods is a book that analyzes human history and its close relationship with all psychoactive plants and fungi. Terence kemp mckenna november 16, 1946 april 3, 2000 was an american ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. Part one of the invisible landscape deals with psychology, shamanism, and biochemistry. The thing is that, like many of mckenna s repertoire of provocative albeitunproven or improbable ideas like his stoned ape theory, or his infamous timewave zero, which predicted an apocalyptic crescendo in the irruption of novelty coinciding with the end of the mayan calendar on december 21, 2012 that remark might have been a gross. Terence kemp mckenna was a writer, philosopher, and ethnobotanist. Novelty theory attempts to calculate the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time. The black and red graph, inside of the hexagrams level, represents the ingression of novelty, based on the timewave zero charts from mckennas book the invisible landscape.
Terence kemp mckenna november 16, 1946 april 3, 2000 was an american 2 one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism, 3 and the intellectual voice of rave culture. Jun 06, 2012 was psychedelic guru terence mckenna goofing about 2012 prophecy. Terence mckenna, art bell, coast to coast am, dreamland, psychedelics, shamanism, time travel, the quickening, novelty theory. In this book of trialogues, the late psychedelic visionary and shamanologist terence mckenna, acclaimed biologist and originator of the morphogenetic fields theory rupert sheldrake, and mathematician and chaos theory scientist ralph abraham explore the relationships between chaos and creativity and their connection to cosmic consciousness. Thoughtprovoking quotes by terence mckenna that will reclaim. A few startling chapters in to this book had me turning to wikipedia to read more about terence mckenna. A chronology of terence mckennarelated books, ideas, people. Ive been trying to comprehend for the past few days if and how it could still be relevant, since its already past the date that the graph was supposed to hit zero. Im sure most everyone in this community has heard of terence mckenna a novelty theory. Articles about terence mckenna and his timewave zero theory, plus software for. Podcast 366 terence mckennas suggested reading list. The scientific community never took the 2012 eschatology hogwash seriously, of course, which is an example of why wp. The late terence mckenna was a scholar of shamanism, ethnobotanist, psychedelic researcher and author of many books including food of the gods and true hallucinations. I met terence on the big island in july 1988 at a physical immortality conference before he was very well known, but nonetheless a dynamic and inspiring, extremely articulate and compelling speaker.
Terence mckenna a renowned mystic and psychonaut broke the traditional mold when he presented his theory of how humans advanced so quickly in such a short space of time. In his books and lectures, mckenna extolled psychedelic drugs as a spiritual. Terence mckenna author of food of the gods goodreads. Mckennas theory, as written about at length in his books the invisible. Mckenna has fascinating theories on the nuances and inner workings of the. Terence gained and revealed a number of insights from his many psychedelic experiences, a few of which resonate deeply with my newfound take on reality. Posts about novelty theory written by terencemckennaarchives. Knowledge is power aims to bring you the best content from many different types of speakers. Terence mckenna was a famous psychonaut, ethnobotanist, writer and lecturer. The colors in the spiral chart the calendar represent the approximately 2,152. Terence kemp mckenna november 16, 1946 april 3, 2000 was an american ethnobotanist. Terence mckenna food of the gods, brother, books, quotes. Without venturing too far down the rabbit hole, mckenna believed that the frequency of novelty events would increase as time progressed, until reaching infinite novelty.
By referencing the book of iching, you will be able to ascertain the flow of events that governs your. This theory was developed by terence mckenna 19462000 from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, and was first described by him in the book the invisible landscape 1974, written with his brother dennis. Mckennas trips also inspired his timewave theory, which holds that. It predicts the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time. The author explains how psychedelic plants, especially mushrooms, were historically utilized as medicine to cure various psychological issues. Todays random item is a book by richard grossinger called 20. Terence mckenna the truth about the ego meditation sources. I was getting ready to send a friend some info on novelty theory, when i saw that terence mckennas collection of rare books slated for installation at the esalen institute burned up a couple of months ago. One is his novelty theory in general, the idea that the increasing complexity emerging throughout the universe signals the evolution of the collective consciousness, a process which will.
He was noted for his knowledge of the use of psychedelic, plantbased entheogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, the theoretical origins of human consciousness, and his concept of novelty theory. Sep 17, 2011 food of the gods by terence mckenna is a classic on psychedelic plants. Mckenna formulated a concept about the nature of timebased on fractal patterns he claimed to have discovered in the i ching, which he called novelty theory,35 proposing this predicted the end of time in the year 2012. Ive looked into some of his work but want to know where to start initially. Mckenna developed a hobby of fossilhunting in his youth and from this, he acquired a deep scientific appreciation of nature. He and his younger brother dennis born 1950 wrote the invisible landscape. Terence mckennas timewave zero and the fractal time software. Mckenna 1994, paperback, reprint at the best online prices at ebay.
Terence mckenna was born on november 16, 1946, in paonia, california. Thanks for your article on terence mckenna s timewave theory. Terence mckenna has spent the last twentyfive years in the study of the ontological foundations of shamanism and the ethnopharmacology of spiritual transformation. Combining terence mckennas attraction toward history, his focus on memes, and. The invisible landscape by terence and dennis mckenna is a very original and unusual book. Was psychedelic guru terence mckenna goofing about 2012 prophecy. Terence mckennas numerological novelty theory suggests a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.
Novelty theory stipulates that novelty in the universe is an inherent quality of time. Perhaps i can allay their anxieties by relating my encounter with a prominent popularizer of the 2012doomsday meme, psychedelic guru terence mckenna. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plantbased entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology. Jun 16, 2009 terence mckenna by any measure is a genius. Terence mckenna 19462000 was an american author and ethnobotanist. May 28, 20 a critique of terence mckennas stoned ape theory in his book food of the gods 1992, terence mckenna describes one of his many controversial ideas. It is an idea conceived of and discussed at length by terence mckenna from the early 1970s until his death in the year 2000. Raising the earth to the next vibration 2010 that was both a part of and a response to the massive 2012 book publishing industry that was flourishing at the time. Introduced to geology through his uncle, he developed a hobby of solitary fossilhunting in the arroyos near his home. One of the main topics within the book is the idea of stoned ape theory. The theory, which is known as the stoned ape theory looks at the question from outside the box.
This theory was developed by terence mckenna 19462000 from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, and was first described by him in the book the. A critique of terence mckennas stoned ape theory in his book food of the gods 1992, terence mckenna describes one of his many controversial ideas. Mckenna is also credited, at least partially, for positing the widespread belief that the world would end in 2012. Please like our facebook community predicated on mckenna type views and psychedelic culture. I was getting ready to send a friend some info on novelty theory, when i saw that terence mckenna s collection of rare books slated for installation at the esalen institute burned up a couple of months ago. A compilation of essays and interviews spanning 19831990, the archaic revival is a thoroughly satisfying overview of mckenna s signature ideas, ranging from the evolutionary importance of shamanism, time wave theory, novelty, linguistics, deep ecology, the end of history, ufos as holographic projections from the future, and the symbiotic relationship between hallucinogenic plants and man. Novelty theory one of mckenna s ideas is known as novelty theory.
His promotion of novelty theory and its connection to the novelty theory, the pattern of time itself is speeding up, with a requirement of the theory been that infinite novelty will be reached on a specific date. Books by terence mckenna author of food of the gods. He is noted for his many speculations on the use of psychedelic, plantbased hallucinogens, a. Terence mckenna s sacred mushrooms and the law is a great book which challenges the current legal system that bans the use of psychedelic drugs.
Ive got 3000 books here with me, and this internet connection, and i. Terence mckenna was a pioneer in the psychedelic movement. The speeding up of time, as it corresponds to the awakening of human consciousness, is a shared concept when discussing such diverse topics as information theory, singularity and novelty. This theory of mckenna s expresses the concept that naturally occurring psilocybin mushrooms played a. The book is a compilation of 18 or so interviews, speeches, essays and stories about magic mushrooms, shamans, ufos, virtual reality, partnership societies and basically anything else that terence mckenna mused on during his thirty year career as psychedelic spokesman. His a mother of welsh descent and his father had irish ancestory. Jul 10, 2011 in the valley of novelty terence mckenna full.
The stoned ape theory of human evolution and the novelty theory. Mckenna, the founder of novelty theory, graduated from the university of california at berkeley with a distributed major in ecology, resource conservation and shamanism. These books by terence mckenna will open your eyes to a world of. He attended the university of california, berkeley, and it was during this time that he started studying shamanism and also experienced the effect of drugs like opium.
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