Dennis McKenna: Deceptive Psychedelics, Consciousness

Dennis McKenna is the brother of Terrence McKenna and is an ethnopharmacologist / research pharmacognosist. His knowledge of psychedelics is extensive. Listen now early and ad-free on Patreon - Patreon: (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto: - PayPal: - Twitter: - Discord Invite: - iTunes: - Pandora: - Spotify: - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: - TOE Merch: LINKS MENTIONED: - Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss (Dennis’ book): - ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH FOR PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS: - Dennis’ website (BioGnosis): - Karl Friston TOE podcast (Cautions on Consciousness): TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:19 Dennis McKenna’s working habits / quotidianness 00:02:45 Microdosing doesn’t work 00:03:49 “Hang up when you receive the message“ 00:08:35 Psychedelics aren’t meant to be taken isolated from community 00:13:22 Terrence, the family, and Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 00:18:46 Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (ESPD) 00:27:49 MDMA’s uses (and designer drugs) 00:40:31 Mycelium vs. fruiting bodies 00:46:03 Psychological metamorphosis without hallucinogens? 00:56:46 Staying “grounded“ and not being “high“ all the time 00:59:23 Terrence never found ground and got lost 01:12:13 Perils of investigations into consciousness 01:14:47 Gender differences in psychedelics 01:15:24 Love in disunity rather than pure “connectedness“