Dennis McKenna

you take psychedelics and you realize the concept of inside and outside don't make sense you know you're not really separated yeah you know you know we are all one right that is the uh that's the the psychedelic cliche but it's true you know we're not separated this is like young's idea of the archipelago of consciousness exactly exactly

Right. We appear to be separate. And I'm a serious Jungian, and so is Terence. Jung was a deep influence, and I think that's exactly what's going on. So this reality hallucination... You know, we can be grateful that we have it because it makes us functional, but it could also go off track. I mean, it could be dysfunctional.

Right. We appear to be separate. And I'm a serious Jungian, and so is Terence. Jung was a deep influence, and I think that's exactly what's going on. So this reality hallucination... You know, we can be grateful that we have it because it makes us functional, but it could also go off track. I mean, it could be dysfunctional.

Right. We appear to be separate. And I'm a serious Jungian, and so is Terence. Jung was a deep influence, and I think that's exactly what's going on. So this reality hallucination... You know, we can be grateful that we have it because it makes us functional, but it could also go off track. I mean, it could be dysfunctional.

And when it does get disrupted, it's a problem. But then we come along and we say, well, you can say, well, my reality hallucination is turning into a bummer. It's not fun anymore. And then you can take a psychedelic and you can disrupt it. You can reprogram it. And you don't have to worry because the brain and physiological systems in general, they'll tend toward equilibrium.

And when it does get disrupted, it's a problem. But then we come along and we say, well, you can say, well, my reality hallucination is turning into a bummer. It's not fun anymore. And then you can take a psychedelic and you can disrupt it. You can reprogram it. And you don't have to worry because the brain and physiological systems in general, they'll tend toward equilibrium.

And when it does get disrupted, it's a problem. But then we come along and we say, well, you can say, well, my reality hallucination is turning into a bummer. It's not fun anymore. And then you can take a psychedelic and you can disrupt it. You can reprogram it. And you don't have to worry because the brain and physiological systems in general, they'll tend toward equilibrium.

It's going to fall back together. It's going to fall back together in most cases. I mean, some people don't, but very rarely do people not recover from psychedelics. And even if there's a prolonged- What do you mean recover?

It's going to fall back together. It's going to fall back together in most cases. I mean, some people don't, but very rarely do people not recover from psychedelics. And even if there's a prolonged- What do you mean recover?

It's going to fall back together. It's going to fall back together in most cases. I mean, some people don't, but very rarely do people not recover from psychedelics. And even if there's a prolonged- What do you mean recover?

Get back to ordinary reality. Oh, there's people that stay there? Yeah. It's been known, yes. Oh, my God. What do they do? Well, they end up in, you know, they end up in mental hospitals, you know, talking to entities that aren't there. This is one of my biggest fears. That's everybody's biggest fear, man. Is it? But it's – well, often, but it's –

Get back to ordinary reality. Oh, there's people that stay there? Yeah. It's been known, yes. Oh, my God. What do they do? Well, they end up in, you know, they end up in mental hospitals, you know, talking to entities that aren't there. This is one of my biggest fears. That's everybody's biggest fear, man. Is it? But it's – well, often, but it's –

Get back to ordinary reality. Oh, there's people that stay there? Yeah. It's been known, yes. Oh, my God. What do they do? Well, they end up in, you know, they end up in mental hospitals, you know, talking to entities that aren't there. This is one of my biggest fears. That's everybody's biggest fear, man. Is it? But it's – well, often, but it's –

It's very rare, for one thing, even if you have these prolonged states, like my La Torreira experience. I was as dissociated from reality as anybody could possibly be. If I was still in that place, people would just say, oh, poor Dennis, he just never made it back.

It's very rare, for one thing, even if you have these prolonged states, like my La Torreira experience. I was as dissociated from reality as anybody could possibly be. If I was still in that place, people would just say, oh, poor Dennis, he just never made it back.

It's very rare, for one thing, even if you have these prolonged states, like my La Torreira experience. I was as dissociated from reality as anybody could possibly be. If I was still in that place, people would just say, oh, poor Dennis, he just never made it back.

I was scared about it. Right, right. But it did come back. And the interesting thing, yeah, hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder.

I was scared about it. Right, right. But it did come back. And the interesting thing, yeah, hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder.

I was scared about it. Right, right. But it did come back. And the interesting thing, yeah, hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder.

That's one of the symptoms of this.