Dennis McKenna

intense psychedelic space, depending on how much you eat, of course. We were eating a lot. Full visionary hallucinations and all that. One thing that psilocybin does, and other psychedelics too, ayahuasca for example, but one thing psilocybin does, it sets up what you might call an I-thou relationship with you. It's like you get the impression that you are dealing with an intelligent entity.

intense psychedelic space, depending on how much you eat, of course. We were eating a lot. Full visionary hallucinations and all that. One thing that psilocybin does, and other psychedelics too, ayahuasca for example, but one thing psilocybin does, it sets up what you might call an I-thou relationship with you. It's like you get the impression that you are dealing with an intelligent entity.

You know, that this isn't just a drug. This is, well, our interpretation was it was some sort of, it either was an alien or it was a connection to an alien. It comes on as very in your face and it has stuff that it wants to tell you.

You know, that this isn't just a drug. This is, well, our interpretation was it was some sort of, it either was an alien or it was a connection to an alien. It comes on as very in your face and it has stuff that it wants to tell you.

You know, that this isn't just a drug. This is, well, our interpretation was it was some sort of, it either was an alien or it was a connection to an alien. It comes on as very in your face and it has stuff that it wants to tell you.

Exactly, exactly. And it has a lot of knowledge, and it's eager to impart it. People get this on DMT, too. In prolonged DMT or intense DMT states, people encounter entities – And it's not that they just encounter entities. The entities are happy to see you, and they have stuff to tell you. They want to teach you things. And the psilocybin is that to the max.

Exactly, exactly. And it has a lot of knowledge, and it's eager to impart it. People get this on DMT, too. In prolonged DMT or intense DMT states, people encounter entities – And it's not that they just encounter entities. The entities are happy to see you, and they have stuff to tell you. They want to teach you things. And the psilocybin is that to the max.

Exactly, exactly. And it has a lot of knowledge, and it's eager to impart it. People get this on DMT, too. In prolonged DMT or intense DMT states, people encounter entities – And it's not that they just encounter entities. The entities are happy to see you, and they have stuff to tell you. They want to teach you things. And the psilocybin is that to the max.

And our encounters with the mushrooms quickly became... a series of encounters with this entity which we called the teach. We called it the teacher because it presented itself as a teacher and it had knowledge that it wanted to impart. Now, I told myself I wasn't going to go down this rabbit hole with you, but I guess we have to. I'm hooked in. We have time. I'm strapped in and ready to go.

And our encounters with the mushrooms quickly became... a series of encounters with this entity which we called the teach. We called it the teacher because it presented itself as a teacher and it had knowledge that it wanted to impart. Now, I told myself I wasn't going to go down this rabbit hole with you, but I guess we have to. I'm hooked in. We have time. I'm strapped in and ready to go.

And our encounters with the mushrooms quickly became... a series of encounters with this entity which we called the teach. We called it the teacher because it presented itself as a teacher and it had knowledge that it wanted to impart. Now, I told myself I wasn't going to go down this rabbit hole with you, but I guess we have to. I'm hooked in. We have time. I'm strapped in and ready to go.

We have time, and this is maybe essential to the story.

We have time, and this is maybe essential to the story.

We have time, and this is maybe essential to the story.

So we were in this place eating these mushrooms and more or less in constant dialogue with this entity, the teacher. And... In that state, the mushroom really stimulates verbosity and quick thinking and linguistic expression and all this. And we were a very verbose, language-oriented bunch of folks anyway. We were very much interested in language.

So we were in this place eating these mushrooms and more or less in constant dialogue with this entity, the teacher. And... In that state, the mushroom really stimulates verbosity and quick thinking and linguistic expression and all this. And we were a very verbose, language-oriented bunch of folks anyway. We were very much interested in language.

So we were in this place eating these mushrooms and more or less in constant dialogue with this entity, the teacher. And... In that state, the mushroom really stimulates verbosity and quick thinking and linguistic expression and all this. And we were a very verbose, language-oriented bunch of folks anyway. We were very much interested in language.

For example, my brother's favorite book of all time was Finnegan's Wake, if you've ever heard of that. Finnegan's Wake? Yeah. By – I forget who – Jesus. I can't – you know.

For example, my brother's favorite book of all time was Finnegan's Wake, if you've ever heard of that. Finnegan's Wake? Yeah. By – I forget who – Jesus. I can't – you know.

For example, my brother's favorite book of all time was Finnegan's Wake, if you've ever heard of that. Finnegan's Wake? Yeah. By – I forget who – Jesus. I can't – you know.