Episode #298
Dennis McKenna
Books mentioned
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:50:40
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The Bible
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:55:47
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The Time Machine
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 01:37:26
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Entangled
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 01:38:08
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DMT
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 01:46:56
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True Hallucinations
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 01:57:27
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I Ching
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 01:51:50
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The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 02:33:07
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Dennis McKenna, a writer and researcher of psychedelics and the work of his brother Terrence McKenna, discusses mushrooms, altered states, shamanic ritual, religion, and their possible influence on human cognition and evolution. He and Joe also examine DMT, ayahuasca, psilocybin, alien-contact claims, drug policy reform, medical uses, and subjective experiences of reality, while reflecting on McKenna’s biography of Terrence.
What they talked about
- Terence McKenna's time wave zero theory
- Search for the oral DMT drug ukuhé in South America
- Discovery of psilocybin mushrooms at La Charrera
- The stoned ape theory of human consciousness
- John Allegro's theory of Jesus as a mushroom
- Psychedelics and the religious experience
- Government suppression of psychedelics and cannabis
- UFOs as inter-dimensional experiences
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