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'''Terence McKenna''' (] ] - ] ]) was a ] and ]. He was notable for being the originator of ], which claims ] to be a ] wave of increasing novelty, which ends abruptly in ]. (see ]). McKenna's theory is related to the theory of the ], except that McKenna advocated what he called an ''Archaic Revival'' as the antidote to what he saw as the self-destructive nature of unchecked, technological development. This concept appeared to involve a combination of ]ic ]s, ]ism, and ]ism. '''Terence McKenna''' (] ] - ] ]) was a ] and ]. He was notable for being the originator of ], which claims ] to be a ] wave of increasing novelty, which ends abruptly in ]. (see ]). McKenna's theory is related to the theory of the ], except that McKenna advocated what he called an ''Archaic Revival'' as the antidote to what he saw as the self-destructive nature of unchecked, technological development. This concept appeared to involve a combination of ]ic ]s, ]ism, and ]ism.


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== Biography ==


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Terence McKenna received a ] in Ecology and Conservation from the ], a short-lived outgrowth of ], in ]. He spent the months after his graduation traveling through India and other Asian countries, alternately smuggling ] and collecting butterflies for biological supply companies.

In ] Terence McKenna, his brother ], and three others traveled to the Colombian amazon in search of ], a plant preparation containing ]. At ], at the urging of his brother, he allowed himself to be the subject of a psychedelic experiment which he claimed put him in contact with The ]: an informative, hallucinatory voice nearly universal to the visionary experience. The revelations of this voice prompted him to undertake his investigations into the structure of the ], which eventually led him to his ''Novelty Theory''.

For most of the 1970s McKenna maintained a low profile, living in a nondescript suburban home, supporting his lifestyle with the royalties from the ''Magic Mushroom Growers Guide'', and the cultivation and sale of ] mushrooms. He said that he was frightened out of this line of work, and into public speaking by the harsh penalties the ] exacted from his colleagues. He himself was once wanted by ] for drug trafficking.

McKenna was a contemporary and colleague of ], ], and ] and participated in joint workshops and symposiums with them. He was a personal friend of ], and influenced the thought of numerous scientists, writers, artists, and entertainers.

He became a fixture of popular counterculture in his later years. ] once introduced him as “the real Tim Leary”. He contributed to techno-trance albums by ], ], Zuvuya and ], and his speeches were sampled by many others. He was a skilled orator, and admired by his fans for his eloquence. While many of his presentations tended to be verbatim repetitions of the same catch phrases, his gift for extemporaneous speech allowed him to weave them into seamless performances that varied audience to audience. His responses to novel questions were often as sophisticated as his prepared material.

McKenna also co-founded ], a non-profit ethnobotanical preserve on the Island of ], where he lived for several years prior to his death.
He died of '']'', a rare type of ]. He was 54 years old. He is survived by his brother ], his son Finn, and his daughter Klea.


== Books == == Books ==

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Terence McKenna (November 16 1946 - April 3 2000) was a writer and philosopher. He was notable for being the originator of Novelty Theory, which claims time to be a fractal wave of increasing novelty, which ends abruptly in 2012. (see Eschaton). McKenna's theory is related to the theory of the technological singularity, except that McKenna advocated what he called an Archaic Revival as the antidote to what he saw as the self-destructive nature of unchecked, technological development. This concept appeared to involve a combination of hallucinogenic drugs, Gaianism, and shamanism.

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/mad-science/terence-mckenna/

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