Dennis McKenna

Dr. Collier, I should mention, he was a good example of someone who had a problem with coca. He chewed so much coca. He's a little paranoid. He was paranoid about everything. But we said, okay, we'll be careful when we go. And to get from El Encanto to La Trera, we had to go over land. from the Rio Igaraparaná, which is where El Encanto was, to the Caraparaná.

Dr. Collier, I should mention, he was a good example of someone who had a problem with coca. He chewed so much coca. He's a little paranoid. He was paranoid about everything. But we said, okay, we'll be careful when we go. And to get from El Encanto to La Trera, we had to go over land. from the Rio Igaraparaná, which is where El Encanto was, to the Caraparaná.

Dr. Collier, I should mention, he was a good example of someone who had a problem with coca. He chewed so much coca. He's a little paranoid. He was paranoid about everything. But we said, okay, we'll be careful when we go. And to get from El Encanto to La Trera, we had to go over land. from the Rio Igaraparaná, which is where El Encanto was, to the Caraparaná.

There was a four-day trail that we had to travel to get to this parallel river where La Charrera was. And it was a trail that had been made in the rubber boom days to transport rubber out of this area and, you know, built on slavery and, you know, very, very dark history of that period. But we went over that trail and we got to La Charrera. And we thought, well, okay, so here we are, you know,

There was a four-day trail that we had to travel to get to this parallel river where La Charrera was. And it was a trail that had been made in the rubber boom days to transport rubber out of this area and, you know, built on slavery and, you know, very, very dark history of that period. But we went over that trail and we got to La Charrera. And we thought, well, okay, so here we are, you know,

There was a four-day trail that we had to travel to get to this parallel river where La Charrera was. And it was a trail that had been made in the rubber boom days to transport rubber out of this area and, you know, built on slavery and, you know, very, very dark history of that period. But we went over that trail and we got to La Charrera. And we thought, well, okay, so here we are, you know,

Well, there were no landing strips. There were sea planes, you know, river planes. But we're, you know, hard. We're poor hippies. We can't afford planes, you know. Right, right. And, you know, so that wasn't an option. But we got there. And at the time we got there, there were – it's a mission. It's a mission. A Capuchin mission was there.

Well, there were no landing strips. There were sea planes, you know, river planes. But we're, you know, hard. We're poor hippies. We can't afford planes, you know. Right, right. And, you know, so that wasn't an option. But we got there. And at the time we got there, there were – it's a mission. It's a mission. A Capuchin mission was there.

Well, there were no landing strips. There were sea planes, you know, river planes. But we're, you know, hard. We're poor hippies. We can't afford planes, you know. Right, right. And, you know, so that wasn't an option. But we got there. And at the time we got there, there were – it's a mission. It's a mission. A Capuchin mission was there.

There's a church and a little mission school where the Watoto kids would come basically to have their minds poisoned with Christianity. But it was between semesters or it was on vacation, so there were a lot of empty huts in the area. So they just said, you can stay in one of these huts while you're doing whatever you're doing. And by the way, what are you doing?

There's a church and a little mission school where the Watoto kids would come basically to have their minds poisoned with Christianity. But it was between semesters or it was on vacation, so there were a lot of empty huts in the area. So they just said, you can stay in one of these huts while you're doing whatever you're doing. And by the way, what are you doing?

There's a church and a little mission school where the Watoto kids would come basically to have their minds poisoned with Christianity. But it was between semesters or it was on vacation, so there were a lot of empty huts in the area. So they just said, you can stay in one of these huts while you're doing whatever you're doing. And by the way, what are you doing?

And we were sort of, you know, we're botanists. We're looking for plants, you know. And so we got settled in into this place. Thought, well, you know, we will respect what Dr. Collier said. We'll not just go out. We'll hope somebody shows up that looks like maybe we could ask about this ukulele. Well, as it turned out, it was the rainy season.

And we were sort of, you know, we're botanists. We're looking for plants, you know. And so we got settled in into this place. Thought, well, you know, we will respect what Dr. Collier said. We'll not just go out. We'll hope somebody shows up that looks like maybe we could ask about this ukulele. Well, as it turned out, it was the rainy season.

And we were sort of, you know, we're botanists. We're looking for plants, you know. And so we got settled in into this place. Thought, well, you know, we will respect what Dr. Collier said. We'll not just go out. We'll hope somebody shows up that looks like maybe we could ask about this ukulele. Well, as it turned out, it was the rainy season.

And for the first – around this mission, around a couple hundred acres had been cleared. The rainforest had been cleared. And they brought in these Cebu cattle, white humpback cattle, right? And the shit of those cattle happens to be the preferred substrate for psilocybe cubensis. The pan-tropical psilocybin mushroom, which is big and robust, and it was rainy.

And for the first – around this mission, around a couple hundred acres had been cleared. The rainforest had been cleared. And they brought in these Cebu cattle, white humpback cattle, right? And the shit of those cattle happens to be the preferred substrate for psilocybe cubensis. The pan-tropical psilocybin mushroom, which is big and robust, and it was rainy.

And for the first – around this mission, around a couple hundred acres had been cleared. The rainforest had been cleared. And they brought in these Cebu cattle, white humpback cattle, right? And the shit of those cattle happens to be the preferred substrate for psilocybe cubensis. The pan-tropical psilocybin mushroom, which is big and robust, and it was rainy.

And there were huge clusters of these mushrooms growing out basically out of every cow pie. And we thought, wow. And we knew what they were. We had no experience with them. We'd had one... very brief experience on the way in at a village along the river, but just a very light dose because it was a, you know, it was a dry day. By the time we got to La Torreira, these things were everywhere.

And there were huge clusters of these mushrooms growing out basically out of every cow pie. And we thought, wow. And we knew what they were. We had no experience with them. We'd had one... very brief experience on the way in at a village along the river, but just a very light dose because it was a, you know, it was a dry day. By the time we got to La Torreira, these things were everywhere.