Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

The problem is we have to transcend cultural languages and fall into a phase with the communication systems that nature has placed all around us.

Terence McKenna

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• The problem is we have to transcend cultural languages and fall into a phase with the communication systems that nature has placed all around us.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Life
  • Nature
  • Problem