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The Archaic Revival

Terence McKenna

1992·288 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

“the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience”
— L.A. Weekly

Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer & expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. In these essays, interviews & narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche & the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past & future.

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The Archaic Revival

Terence McKenna

Year

1992

Pages

288

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction Science & Mind

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“the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience”
— L.A. Weekly

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Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer & expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. In these essays, interviews & narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche & the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past & future.

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