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Podcast: Psychedelic Salon
Episode: Podcast 176 – “Surfing Finnegans Wake” Part 1
Description: Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations below are by Terence McKenna.]
"In some ways, I think it can arguably be said that this is the quintessential work of art, or at least work of literature, of the twentieth century."
"The reason I’m interested in it is because it’s two things, clearly. ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ is psychedelic, and it is apocalyptic/eschatological."
"What I mean by psychedelic is there is no stable point of view. There is no character, per se. You never know who is speaking."
" ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ is as if you had taken the entirety of t...