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Podcast: Psychedelic Salon
Episode: Podcast 538 – “Are Psychedelics Spiritual?”
Description: Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
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Date this lecture was recorded: August 10, 1998
[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
"This always comes up in the discussion about are psychedelics spiritual. Or is it legitimate and coherent to talk about psychedelics as a part of a spiritual path, or a moral path, or a path to enlightenment. I've always said I wasn't ready to make that claim."
"The strange thing about the spiritual quest, or the quest for understanding whether it's spiritual or not, is how endangered it is by answers, as I said, by closure."
"The truth doesn't require your...