In this next to last installment of Terence McKenna's 1992 workshop, "Hermeticism and Alchemy" we get to hear yet one more description of the elves that doesn't involve self-transformation or basketballs. He also gives his opinion of what the glue is that holdsl the world wide psychedelic community together. A couple of my favorite quotes from this session include: "So in a way, one way of thinking about psychedelics is that they empower language. It's a way to force the evolution of language. The way you stretch the envelope of culture is by creating language." And: "The mind is not a form of intelligence. The mind is the theater in which intelligence is manifested. You don't want to confuse the garage with the car. ... Everything goes on within the confines of mind."
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