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Podcast: Psychedelic Salon
Episode: Podcast 211 – “Empowering Hope in Dark Times”
Description: Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:
Introduction of Terence McKenna by Timothy Leary, followed by Terence’s talk.
[NOTE: The following quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
"What’s the hang-up here? What is the problem? Why is perfection so distant?"
"Alchemy, as I’m sure many of you know, is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter. … The central conception of alchemy is the conception of the philosopher’s stone. What is it? It’s the universal panacea at the end of time. It’s the chocolate cake that your mother made once a week when you were a chil...