This talk is great and Terence is in a particularly good mood. Enjoy.
I also wanna point you to this resource of eye-opening videos mainly based on Alan Watts and Terence Mckenna’s ideas, lectures and books:
Omega Point
John C. Lilly
Of Mountains and Molehills
This little chapter from The Center of the Cyclone by John C. Lilly turned out to be a piece of wisdom that stood the test of time.
David Attenborough
The Tribal Eye
This series from 1975 takes us on a journey around the world to reveal the making and use of tribal art in some of the few places on earth where the traditions are intact.
Alone
in the Wilderness
Filmed mostly on a stationary 16mm camera, this documentary is the modern-day Walden.
Brenna Murphy
Resonant hyper objects
The ancient and the yet unseen echoes through these arabesque hyper realms, with an almost hallucinatory effect.
Rick Doblin
Myths About Psychedelic Drugs
Rick Doblin is the the founder of MAPS and one of the most prominent fighters for opening our culture to the healing power of psychedelics.
Symbolika
Made in Trance
Symbolika is a visionary illustrator who explores the fractal, geometrical and spiritual nature of the psychedelic experience.
Theo Jansen
Kinetic automata
I follow Theo Jansen for many years now. What I like so much about his design approach is the playfulness…
Hilma af Klint
Painting beyond matter
I was told it’s a pity that DOP is such a men’s club. And it’s true, the feminine is underrepresented.…
The Overview Effect
& Satellite imagery
Most probably I will never look down at mother ship earth from space. But some astronauts did when they set out to explore the final frontier.
Terence McKenna
Global Perspectives
and Psychedelic Poetics
Every time I return to Terence McKenna I am amazed once more. Hours of listening just fly by.
In a mother’s womb
Or the cycle of life
This text is immensely powerful to illuminate death or any transition into the unknown. Remember that you already went through a fantastic metamorphosis before.
Doma India
The gentle touch
Doma India is the love of a life applied to working with horses. Being truly connected with yourself and others can move mountains.
All watched over by
machines of loving grace
A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don’t realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
Alexandra Duprez
The eternal metamorphosis
French artist Alexandra Duprez mentions Australian Aboriginal art as her main inspiration to take up painting.
Kilian Eng
Looking ahead and deep inside
Kilian Eng is one of the most popular futuristic illustrators of today. Also one of the most productive one’s.
Terence McKenna
On Cyber Culture
McKenna’s offers far-sighted perspectives on the cyber punk culture and virtual reality. I miss this kind of utopian thinking these days. Where are we heading for with our technology? What could be a positive ultimate goal of it?
Shamanic Healing
Travels into the next dimension
If you think you are a spiritual energetic being then you will heal yourself by merely realizing what you truly are. Shamans are your helpers on this path.
The Abramović Method
& Institute
The fantastic Marina Abramović wants to share her legacy with the world. It’s all her knowledge condensed into a method — The Abramović Method.
Icaros
One who set forth
to learn what being alive was
This film is about people who set forth to fully experience life. To shed the false shell and to return home.
Ben Tolman
Detailed views on inner landscapes
Ben Tolman’s ink drawings reflect the fact that there is a subtle world we only perceive in non-ordinary states of consciousness.
