Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

The possibility seems to be that what we call styles, or what we call motifs, are actually categories in the unconscious.

Terence McKenna

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• The possibility seems to be that what we call styles, or what we call motifs, are actually categories in the unconscious.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Style
  • Possibility
  • Seems