Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.

Terence McKenna

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• The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.

  

  Terence McKenna
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  • Archetype
  • Gloss