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Revision as of 04:05, 16 March 2005 by 69.136.64.132 (talk) (→Biography)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
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Books
- The Invisible Landscape (with Dennis McKenna, 1975, new edition 1993)
- Psilocybin - Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide (1976), with Dennis McKenna (credited under the pseudonyms OT Oss and ON Oeric)
- Trialogues on the Edge of the West, 1992 (with Ralph Abraham and Rupert Sheldrake), transl. in French, German, Portuguese, Dutch
- The Archaic Revival (1991)
- Food of the Gods (1992)
- Synesthesia (with Tim Ely, 1992)
- True Hallucinations (1993)
Spoken word
- TechnoPagans at the End of History (transcription of rap with Mark Pesce circa 1992)
See also
- Dominator culture
- psychedelic mushrooms
- Machine Elves
- Synaesthesia
- UFOs
- Novelty Theory
- Dennis McKenna
External links
- Terence Mckenna's website
- Botanical Dimensions
- She Who Remembers Audio Archives of Terence McKenna speeches (MP3s).
- Terence McKenna Bibliography
- Food of the Gods (PDF)