Dennis McKenna

Those are the main things that, whether outside or inside or whatever, that's less important as long as you feel like you're in a safe environment. Because you're deliberately putting yourself in a situation where you have to let all your defenses down, dissolve this default mode network. Let it dissolve. That could be very frightening, and a lot of people have a hard time.

Those are the main things that, whether outside or inside or whatever, that's less important as long as you feel like you're in a safe environment. Because you're deliberately putting yourself in a situation where you have to let all your defenses down, dissolve this default mode network. Let it dissolve. That could be very frightening, and a lot of people have a hard time.

Those are the main things that, whether outside or inside or whatever, that's less important as long as you feel like you're in a safe environment. Because you're deliberately putting yourself in a situation where you have to let all your defenses down, dissolve this default mode network. Let it dissolve. That could be very frightening, and a lot of people have a hard time.

But so put yourself in a place where you could just say, whatever happens, I'm not going to die. I'm safe. These drugs are not going to kill me. It's okay. Set is much more complicated. People say – sometimes people say, well, set is your intention or what you want out of the trip and so on. Well, it is partly that. But set, to my mind, is you. Set is everything you bring to it.

But so put yourself in a place where you could just say, whatever happens, I'm not going to die. I'm safe. These drugs are not going to kill me. It's okay. Set is much more complicated. People say – sometimes people say, well, set is your intention or what you want out of the trip and so on. Well, it is partly that. But set, to my mind, is you. Set is everything you bring to it.

But so put yourself in a place where you could just say, whatever happens, I'm not going to die. I'm safe. These drugs are not going to kill me. It's okay. Set is much more complicated. People say – sometimes people say, well, set is your intention or what you want out of the trip and so on. Well, it is partly that. But set, to my mind, is you. Set is everything you bring to it.

Your whole life, whatever you've learned, whatever you know, all of those things, that's the set, right, that you bring to it, that's interacting in this setting that you very deliberately structured, you know. And then the other two variables here, which are rarely mentioned, but obviously maybe there should be more.

Your whole life, whatever you've learned, whatever you know, all of those things, that's the set, right, that you bring to it, that's interacting in this setting that you very deliberately structured, you know. And then the other two variables here, which are rarely mentioned, but obviously maybe there should be more.

Your whole life, whatever you've learned, whatever you know, all of those things, that's the set, right, that you bring to it, that's interacting in this setting that you very deliberately structured, you know. And then the other two variables here, which are rarely mentioned, but obviously maybe there should be more.

The other two variables, set and setting, but then what is the medicine and what is the dose? Because those things are going to influence it too. And this is what shamanism is useful for. I mean, in ayahuasca, for example, it's almost always taken in a group.

The other two variables, set and setting, but then what is the medicine and what is the dose? Because those things are going to influence it too. And this is what shamanism is useful for. I mean, in ayahuasca, for example, it's almost always taken in a group.

The other two variables, set and setting, but then what is the medicine and what is the dose? Because those things are going to influence it too. And this is what shamanism is useful for. I mean, in ayahuasca, for example, it's almost always taken in a group.

and there's a curandero or a shaman or whatever you want to call that person, they are the person that are structuring this sentence setting, structuring the setting basically through songs, through blowing smoke, through maybe other types of audio things, you know, other types of things. But basically they are –

and there's a curandero or a shaman or whatever you want to call that person, they are the person that are structuring this sentence setting, structuring the setting basically through songs, through blowing smoke, through maybe other types of audio things, you know, other types of things. But basically they are –

and there's a curandero or a shaman or whatever you want to call that person, they are the person that are structuring this sentence setting, structuring the setting basically through songs, through blowing smoke, through maybe other types of audio things, you know, other types of things. But basically they are –

controlling the set the setting so that people can relax into it and they're and shamans you know if they're good i hate the word shaman because it's it's a siberian word and the and the curanderos are not shaman curadero is probably a better word or ayahuasca but but these people uh men and women if they're experienced They know how to do this.

controlling the set the setting so that people can relax into it and they're and shamans you know if they're good i hate the word shaman because it's it's a siberian word and the and the curanderos are not shaman curadero is probably a better word or ayahuasca but but these people uh men and women if they're experienced They know how to do this.

controlling the set the setting so that people can relax into it and they're and shamans you know if they're good i hate the word shaman because it's it's a siberian word and the and the curanderos are not shaman curadero is probably a better word or ayahuasca but but these people uh men and women if they're experienced They know how to do this.

And they – in this state, they get very tuned in to everyone in the group, almost telepathically. I mean they can tell if you're having a hard time. They can tell – Come over, blow a little mapacho smoke on you, maybe sing a song in front of you, maybe get you calmed down or get you redirect what you're doing. That's their job. That's what shamans do.

And they – in this state, they get very tuned in to everyone in the group, almost telepathically. I mean they can tell if you're having a hard time. They can tell – Come over, blow a little mapacho smoke on you, maybe sing a song in front of you, maybe get you calmed down or get you redirect what you're doing. That's their job. That's what shamans do.