A HUGE thanks to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting the channel! Sponsorships like these allow me to make these longer form and more time consuming passion projects. Here’s the site if you want to check these wallets out! > https://www.ridge.com/SISYPHUS
McKenna was and is a genius. Was he mildly broken by the psychedelics?…….Yes, but he was also WILDLY curious, imaginative, open, creative, perceptive, verbally skilled, and funny.
Of all the humans I've read about, and listened to, Terence is among the top, easily. I wish his brand of humble limitless seeking was more common. Until then i will continue to go to sleep nightly, listening to his talks.
Just a story and please, don't try this at home: My first time doing LSD, my wife was my trip sitter. She was sober, making sure I didn't have some sort of bad trip.
After it got late and still in the middle of my ride (to make a long story short), we started to make love and, without telling her,I decided try an experiment. The goal was to use a form of 'sex magic' I had previously read about (I've tried many occult practices. none worked. not a surprise, frankly) with the goal of communicating with her 'telepathically'. I wanted her to feel the experience I was feeling and I wanted us both to feel that feeling we had when we both first fell in love. a specific idea is supposed to be used…. the idea being that the more specific and simple the task, the easier it is to focus your intent on it.
The experience, for me, was intense and very visual. Obviously, I figured "cool for me" and assumed she didn't have any change in her experience.
She then proceeded to ask me "how I did that", described the exact feeling she had (which match the goal I had set identically) and asked if she was imaging me talking to her or if I was actually talking to her. I hadn't said anything….. just thought it.
Now, realistically and scientifically: cool story, bruh …..is the correct response. I can't prove this happened.
…my wife can't prove it anymore than I can, however…. I find it interesting that she had a psychedelic experience while sober.
again: I know, it's just a story and not proof of anything. that's fine though 👌 it's not meant to prove anything to anyone.
well done, brother. yet another great video and a particularly interesting addition alongside the more traditional, classic philosophers normally featured. as terrance McKenna fan I would just like to point out that his many wacky and even silly ideas have served me just as well as many more plausible explanations of our place in the universe. his ideas, even when they were wrong, always encouraged humans to treat each other with kindness and compassion and to take care of the environment (and its been fun hanging out with aliens too).
As a thinker and bard I love him. He was such an eloquent person and fully captivates every drop of your attention. Althrough he was a bit off on some of his theories I doubt there will be a more interesting mind to listen to in the psychadelic space.
in his book true hallucinations he claims he had never heard of or tried magic mushrooms till he went to the amazon rainforest and he was only there searching for something similar to ayahuasca but called yao way (i have nooo idea how to spell that that’s just how it sounds and i couldn’t find it with a quick google search but in his book he calls it that) and that’s when he discovered mushrooms, and at first he didn’t even think much of them till he got to another village and realized how abundant they were there and they ate a ton. he was a very fascinating man. true hallucinations is one of my favorite books ever
"Rarely do we find someone equally intellectually established and wide spread while willing to "get a little freaky on the side"" you don't read enough philosophy my friend, many are inspired by some sort of 'vice' but the biggest problem was America being an imperialist authoritarian nation that somehow convinced everyone it was free because it let's poor and powerless people complain without about the government without actually listening to them. If psychedelics we're to remain legal, studied properly and implemented universally and with evidence based practices rather than we could have potentially avoided the cold war and be living in the star trek future we all knew we could achieve back then but that false "freedom" America preaches which just means unregulated distructive capitalism we are more likely to imagine the end of humanity than a galaxy exploring super species that we have the potential to be
Great video. In fact, all your videos are very insightful and informative. McKenna is tangentially connected with someone it might be interesting to cover: William S. Burroughs. Not really a philosopher of course. but he had some interesting ideas about epistemology, which I think boil down to associationalism, hence his cut-up period. And there is his "reality studio" idea and his rather Romantic distrust of rationality.
In the book True Hallucinations (1994), McKenna explains that they weren't mixing mushrooms with Ayahuasca, but instead only one component of the Ayahuasca brew, the monoamine oxidase inhibitor Banisteriopsis caapi, which he supposedly smoked.
The idea what "life is weird" is exactly why i love this channel. So many philosophers and thinkers seeing the world in their own eyes all with different conclusions and theories. I do believe that the world is much more than just the ordinary that has been drilled into us. The whole "go to school, go to college, get a job, get married" pipeline is nothing more than a structure that many people are too scared to break since it's kinda the only life most know. There's people who believe that certain rocks have the power to suck up bad emotions and stuff, i've come to the conclusion that we're all our own worlds and that life is kinda this equal ground to share ideas and how we see things. Rocks with magic powers? I don't really see it but life is weird and it's real to others. It's like we're all radios that can pick up various frequencies, some pick up some and others don't. At least that how i've come to see things. Still trying to understand things y'know
Sorry guys. All those theories are simply … BULLSHIT. It is like looking at Picasso's paintings. Yeah, everyone is hyped about it but it is still BULLSHIT.
@Sisyphus55
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
A HUGE thanks to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting the channel! Sponsorships like these allow me to make these longer form and more time consuming passion projects. Here’s the site if you want to check these wallets out! > https://www.ridge.com/SISYPHUS
@skyjuiceification
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
It turns out as time goes on , his time wave zero will turn out to have been far more prescient and on the money than was comfortable. He was correct.
@thefamilydog3278
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
The Summer of Love was 1967, not 1963
@marcalvarez4890
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
McKenna was and is a genius. Was he mildly broken by the psychedelics?…….Yes, but he was also WILDLY curious, imaginative, open, creative, perceptive, verbally skilled, and funny.
Of all the humans I've read about, and listened to, Terence is among the top, easily. I wish his brand of humble limitless seeking was more common. Until then i will continue to go to sleep nightly, listening to his talks.
@VO1D333
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
I love psychs I've done 73 different substances in my life and I'm only 20.
@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Just a story and please, don't try this at home: My first time doing LSD, my wife was my trip sitter. She was sober, making sure I didn't have some sort of bad trip.
After it got late and still in the middle of my ride (to make a long story short), we started to make love and, without telling her,I decided try an experiment. The goal was to use a form of 'sex magic' I had previously read about (I've tried many occult practices. none worked. not a surprise, frankly) with the goal of communicating with her 'telepathically'. I wanted her to feel the experience I was feeling and I wanted us both to feel that feeling we had when we both first fell in love. a specific idea is supposed to be used…. the idea being that the more specific and simple the task, the easier it is to focus your intent on it.
The experience, for me, was intense and very visual. Obviously, I figured "cool for me" and assumed she didn't have any change in her experience.
She then proceeded to ask me "how I did that", described the exact feeling she had (which match the goal I had set identically) and asked if she was imaging me talking to her or if I was actually talking to her. I hadn't said anything….. just thought it.
Now, realistically and scientifically: cool story, bruh …..is the correct response. I can't prove this happened.
…my wife can't prove it anymore than I can, however…. I find it interesting that she had a psychedelic experience while sober.
again: I know, it's just a story and not proof of anything. that's fine though 👌 it's not meant to prove anything to anyone.
@sirgordan3279
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
He was a hashish smuggler aNd butterfly collecter 😂 amazing
@jimmyweeks9013
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Man of many hats
@Compa_Doom
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
so a dude got high and spews out high stuff. nailed it
@thenewparanormal
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
well done, brother. yet another great video and a particularly interesting addition alongside the more traditional, classic philosophers normally featured. as terrance McKenna fan I would just like to point out that his many wacky and even silly ideas have served me just as well as many more plausible explanations of our place in the universe. his ideas, even when they were wrong, always encouraged humans to treat each other with kindness and compassion and to take care of the environment (and its been fun hanging out with aliens too).
@kublakhanican7486
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
As a thinker and bard I love him. He was such an eloquent person and fully captivates every drop of your attention. Althrough he was a bit off on some of his theories I doubt there will be a more interesting mind to listen to in the psychadelic space.
@osawagedk
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
It's not Terence like to have an ad in your video
@xalliciaa
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
in his book true hallucinations he claims he had never heard of or tried magic mushrooms till he went to the amazon rainforest and he was only there searching for something similar to ayahuasca but called yao way (i have nooo idea how to spell that that’s just how it sounds and i couldn’t find it with a quick google search but in his book he calls it that) and that’s when he discovered mushrooms, and at first he didn’t even think much of them till he got to another village and realized how abundant they were there and they ate a ton. he was a very fascinating man. true hallucinations is one of my favorite books ever
@ziziroberts8041
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Human beings cannot wrap their minds around the concept of infinity.
@Vlad-xs8bt
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
He was alright. But a liberal. So that ruins it.
@js8597
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
bro i saw those canadian dollars, where ya from? im in van city and love your vids.
@hugs4drugs205
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
What's the song that plays when the sponsor pops up?
@smileyp4535
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
"Rarely do we find someone equally intellectually established and wide spread while willing to "get a little freaky on the side"" you don't read enough philosophy my friend, many are inspired by some sort of 'vice' but the biggest problem was America being an imperialist authoritarian nation that somehow convinced everyone it was free because it let's poor and powerless people complain without about the government without actually listening to them. If psychedelics we're to remain legal, studied properly and implemented universally and with evidence based practices rather than we could have potentially avoided the cold war and be living in the star trek future we all knew we could achieve back then but that false "freedom" America preaches which just means unregulated distructive capitalism we are more likely to imagine the end of humanity than a galaxy exploring super species that we have the potential to be
@horrorhabit8421
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Great video. In fact, all your videos are very insightful and informative. McKenna is tangentially connected with someone it might be interesting to cover: William S. Burroughs. Not really a philosopher of course. but he had some interesting ideas about epistemology, which I think boil down to associationalism, hence his cut-up period. And there is his "reality studio" idea and his rather Romantic distrust of rationality.
@stanlee2200
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
I spit on your wallet ….hooooockpooey!!
@FruitoftheSpirit-0909
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
… maybe mushrooms growing off of shit isn't something you should eat because it could have a degenerative effect on your mind and induce madness….🤔
@Kizunaut
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
As ridiculous as the Timewave Zero stuff is, "infinite novelty" sure seems like one way to describe the post-2012 world
@GrandpaRust
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Do one on channeling
@GrandpaRust
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
If new agismi is repackaged 80humunusm… how was Jane Roberts channeling it in the 60s?
@orphic-trench
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
In the book True Hallucinations (1994), McKenna explains that they weren't mixing mushrooms with Ayahuasca, but instead only one component of the Ayahuasca brew, the monoamine oxidase inhibitor Banisteriopsis caapi, which he supposedly smoked.
@Apicalgrowth
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
What is equally interesting is that Terrence was cia and he and his brothers work in psychedelics was supported by the cia
@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
The idea what "life is weird" is exactly why i love this channel. So many philosophers and thinkers seeing the world in their own eyes all with different conclusions and theories. I do believe that the world is much more than just the ordinary that has been drilled into us. The whole "go to school, go to college, get a job, get married" pipeline is nothing more than a structure that many people are too scared to break since it's kinda the only life most know. There's people who believe that certain rocks have the power to suck up bad emotions and stuff, i've come to the conclusion that we're all our own worlds and that life is kinda this equal ground to share ideas and how we see things. Rocks with magic powers? I don't really see it but life is weird and it's real to others. It's like we're all radios that can pick up various frequencies, some pick up some and others don't. At least that how i've come to see things. Still trying to understand things y'know
@Merle1987
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
I did shrooms today and it was horrible. But I did think of TMac while I was tripping.
@Almightydollapapi
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
The narrator sounds like Hamilton from vice
@cynamonstudio
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Sorry guys. All those theories are simply … BULLSHIT. It is like looking at Picasso's paintings. Yeah, everyone is hyped about it but it is still BULLSHIT.
@blindjoe8300
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
He hunted cures for metal toxicity too that have been working for me for years
@blindjoe8300
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Fossil hunter!
@blindjoe8300
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
The philosopher that chilled with aliens! Good to see an old friend gather some clout
@blindjoe8300
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
If you’re putting Terence on this list you may as well interview me too
@DreamPath323
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
TIMEWAVE ZERO
@tobeed9872
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Bro you left Heresy Hunter in his portfolio
@redwardstone3651
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Love Terrence
@jd35711
April 3, 2026 at 7:54 pm
this comment is for educational purposes only and does encourage the use of drugs
Comments are closed.