Salvia Divinorum Scotland - Quotes - Terence McKenna

<body stylesrc="../../technical/backgroundforotherauthors.htm" background="../../technical/paperwords.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#000080" alink="#800080"> <p align="center"><font size="5" color="#008000">Salvia Divinorum Scotland ~ Quotes ~ Terence McKenna</font></p> <hr> <blockquote> <p><font color="#000000" size="4"><strong>Dancing Mice</strong></font></p> <p><b>Terence McKenna talking about mushrooms at St. John the Divine's Cathedral, Synod Hall, New York, April 25, 1996</b></p> <blockquote> <p>"We have a symbiotic relationship with something, which has disguised itself [...] so as not to alarm us. </p> <p> What's happening is that something, [not] easy to name [...], is reaching out toward us. </p> <p> It could be the Gaian Mind, it could be the Oversoul of Humanity [...] It could come from the dead. [...] whatever this thing is, it keeps itself masked. </p> <p> I've literally had the experience on mushrooms of saying to it, "Show me what you are, for yourself." </p> <p> Well, it's like there's this enormous organ chord, the temperature falls, black velvet curtains are raised </p> <p> -- and after about 20 seconds of that, I'm saying, "That's <em>enough</em> of what you are for yourself! </p> <p> Let's go back to the dancing mice..."</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="26%"> <p align="left"><a href="../../quotes/mckenna.html"><Back to McKenna Quotes</a></td> <td width="16%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../quotes.html">Quotes Menu</a></td> <td width="15%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../menu2.html">Menu 2</a></td> <td width="16%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../home.html">Main Menu</a></td> <td width="16%"> <p align="center"><a href="../../salvia.html">Salvia Menu</a></td> <td width="11%"> <p align="right"><a href="../../contact.html" title="contact details and links to information on salvia prices and availability">Contact</a></td> </tr> </table> </body>