Written by Graham St John (PhD, Anthropology) When in 1967, aged sixteen, Dennis visited his older brother in Berkeley, California, Terence stated that he knew what the philosopher’s stone was. “It’s sitting in that jar right there on the bookshelf.” Earlier,...

Every once in a while you stumble upon a beautiful artifact in the depths of YouTube, and you’re suddenly overcome with gratitude. “It’s a good thing I got that PhD in YouTube Archaeology,” you think. The catalyst for this post was...

Did hallucinogens play a crucial role in human evolution? Terence McKenna has devoted most of his life to exploring this question. A specialist in the ethnomedicine of the Amazon Basin, McKenna along with his partner Kat Harrison McKenna founded...

In addition to pioneering exploration of various psychedelics and their effects — which he has reported back on in eloquent detail — Terence Mckenna was in many ways a philosopher. His ability to splice together Western and Eastern philosophies...