The archaic revival : speculations on psychedelic mushrooms, the Amazon, virtual reality, UFOs, evolution, Shamanism, the rebirth of the goddess, and the end of history

Cited by the __L.A. Weekly__ as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche and the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past and future. In These Essays, Interviews, And Narrative Adventures, Mckenna Takes Us On A Mesmerizing Journey Deep Into The Amazon As Well As Into The Hidden Recesses Of The Human Psyche And The Outer Limits Of Our Culture, Giving Us Startling Visions Of The Past And Future. Forward By Tim Robbins -- Introd. The Archaic Revival -- Ch.1 In Praise Of Psychedelics (with Jay Levin) -- Ch.2 High Frontiers Interview (with Will Noffke) -- Ch.3 Tryptamine Hallucinogens And Consciousness -- Ch.4 Remarks To Arupa, 1984 -- Ch.5 A Conversation Over Saucers (with Will Noffke) -- Ch.6 Alien Love -- Ch.7 New Maps Of Hyperspace -- Ch.8 Temporal Resonance -- Ch.9 Among Ayahuasqueros -- Ch.10 Mushrooms And Evolution -- Ch.11 New Dimensions Interview (with Michael Toms) -- Ch.12 The Voynich Manuscript -- Ch.13 Wasson's Literary Precursors -- Ch.14 Critique Interview (with David Jay Brown And Rebecca Mcclen) -- Ch.15 Plan / Plant / Planet -- Ch.16 Virtual Reality And Electronic Heights -- Ch.17 Sacred Plants And Mystic Realities (with Nevill Drury). Terence Mckenna ; Illustrations By Satty. A Duplicate Copy Of This Title Was Part Of The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, But Was Not Retained. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-254) And Index. NCE upon a time, while on one of my rare excursions into hyperconsciousness (on this occasion via mescaline), someone played for me a Terence McKenna tape.