Dennis McKenna: Deceptive Psychedelics, Consciousness

Dennis McKenna is the brother of Terrence McKenna and is an ethnopharmacologist / research pharmacognosist. His knowledge of psychedelics is extensive. Listen now early and ad-free on Patreon   / curtjaimungal  . I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofeverything   TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss (Dennis' book): https://amzn.to/3QmjzmT ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH FOR PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS: https://espd55.com Dennis' website (BioGnosis): https://mckenna.academy Karl Friston TOE podcast (Cautions on Consciousness):    • Karl Friston: Derealization, Consciousness...   TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:19 Dennis McKenna's working habits / quotidianness 00:02:45 Microdosing doesn't work 00:03:49 "Hang up when you receive the message" 00:08:35 Psychedelics aren't meant to be taken isolated from community 00:13:22 Terrence, the family, and Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 00:18:46 Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (ESPD) 00:27:49 MDMA's uses (and designer drugs) 00:40:31 Mycelium vs. fruiting bodies 00:46:03 Psychological metamorphosis without hallucinogens? 00:56:46 Staying "grounded" and not being "high" all the time 00:59:23 Terrence never found ground and got lost 01:12:13 Perils of investigations into consciousness 01:14:47 Gender differences in psychedelics 01:15:24 Love in disunity rather than pure "connectedness"