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- From: aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom)
- Subject: Re: Archaic Revival -- by Terence McKenna
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.024040.11080@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec26.231619.5581@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 02:40:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.231619.5581@netcom.com> mesm@netcom.com (Mary E. S.
- Morris) writes:
- >I have recently read the above named book. I found parts
- >of it interesting. His (Terence's) opinion appears to be
- >more reasonable than Tim Leary's, so he hasn't gained
- >the same noteriety, but he does have some interesting theories,
- >including that the one of the reasons that we seem to display
- >more consciousness than the apes is that we found and used
- >psychoactive mushrooms and possibly other psychoactive
- >plants. This fostered increased intellegence.
- >
- >Comments?
- >
- >
- >--
- >Mary E. S. Morris | The future exists first in imagination, then
- >mesm@netcom.COM | in will, then in reality. -- Galivan Burwell
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-
- So then I suppose, following this logic, that the reindeer that eat Fly
- Agarics are enlightened as well? I've heard stories (not validated...)
- that deer will stampede a man pissing in the woods because they know that
- the urine will most likely contain muscimol (well theyt probably don't
- know that it's muscimol...) that will intoxicate them. ANy comments from
- Siberians out there on the net would be greatly appreciated... :-)
-
- St. Anthony
-
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