Terence McKenna Bibliography

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• Terence K McKenna (2008) The butterfly guru. In The butterfly hunter Editor: Klea McKenna. Edition One Studios, Berkeley CA. [96] pages; Klea McKenna, daughter of Terence and wife Kat, included this essay fragment in her art photography monograph sampling her inheritance: her father's large butterfly collection. The story tells of Terence's 1970 encounter with the eponymous rural lepidopterist and the paradisiacal Sulawesi hunting valley he was willing to share. Probably written in 1990, this is the essay's first publication. More information at: http://www.kleamckenna.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=1&pt=0&pi=4&s=0&p=-1. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K McKenna (2007) Psychedelic empowerment and the environmental crisis: Re-awakening our connection to the gaian mind In Visionary plant consciousness: The shamanic teachings of the plant world Editor: J P Harpignies. Inner Traditions International, Limited, Rochester VT. 56-62 pages; ISBN: 1594771472, 9781594771477. Transcript of a talk given at Bioneers 1993 conference in San Rafael, California. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Dennis J McKenna, Terence K McKenna and Wade Davis (2007) Plant messengers: Science, culture, and visionary plants. In Visionary plant consciousness: The shamanic teachings of the plant world Editor: J P Harpignies. Inner Traditions International, Limited, Rochester VT. 63-74 pages; ISBN: 1594771472, 9781594771477. Transcript of a panel discussion at Bioneers 1994 conference in San Rafael, California. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2003) Introduction. In The fairy-faith in Celtic countries Editor: Walter Yeeling Evanz-Wentz. Citadel Press, New York City. i-iii (of 576) pages; ISBN: 0806525797. McKenna writes in the Introduction of his admiration for Evan-Wentz’s phenomenological approach, respectful of indigenous systems of knowledge, which “empowered” McKenna in his later adventures to place direct experience ahead of culture-bound rationalizations. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2003) Tryptamine hallucinogens and consciousness. In Book of lies: The Disinformation guide to Magick and the occult Editor: Richard Metzger. Disinformation Books, New York City. 62-70 (of 352) pages; ISBN: 097139427X. More information at: http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle369.html . LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2003) A brief history of psychedelics. In Shamanism: A Reader Editor: Graham Harvey. Routledge, New York City. 424-441 pages; ISBN: 0415253292. This essay is reprinted from Food of the gods (1992), Chapter 14. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2002) The psychedelic society. In Hallucinogens: A reader Editor: Charles S. Grob. Jeremy P. Tarcher, New York City. 304 pages; ISBN: 1585421669. Based on the talk given at Esalen in 1985, Scenario for a psychedelic society (1986) and previously collected in Entheogens and the future of religion (1997). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Richard Glen Boire and Terence K. McKenna (2002) Sacred mushrooms & the law. 2^nd ed. Ronin Publishing, Oakland CA. 118 pages; ISBN: 1579510612. Reprinted edition of Sacred mushrooms & the law (1997). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2001) Out of it. In The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories Editor: Howard Marks. Vintage, London. 154-155 (of 548) pages; ISBN: 0099428555. Marks reprints two short sections from Food of the gods (1992): “Electronic Drugs” and “The Hidden Persuader”. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2000) Foreword. In This timeless moment: A personal view of Aldous Huxley Editor: Laura Archera Huxley. Celestial Arts Publishing Company, Berkeley CA. xi-xv (of 258) pages; ISBN: 0890879680. McKenna writes in the foreword about his childhood reading of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and other novels, including Island, and his famous essays The Art of Seeing, Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Jim DeKorne, David Aardvark and K. Trout (2000) Ayahuasca Analogs and Plant-Based Tryptamines: The best of The Entheogen Review 1992-1999. 2^nd ed. ER Monograph Series 1, The Entheogen Review, Sacramento CA. 240 pages; LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1999) Kathmandu interlude. In Wildest Dreams: An anthology of drug-related literature Editor: Richard Rudgley. Little, Brown and Company (UK), London. 352-361 (of 422) pages; ISBN: 0316648116. A chapter from True hallucinations (1993), anthologized in Part Six: Hallucinating history. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1999) r/evolution. In Guerillas of harmony: Communiques from the dance underground Editor: Cinnamon Twist. Tribal Doughnut, Los Angeles. 96-98 (of 113) pages; Text of McKenna’s appearance on the Shamen track Re:Evolution from their release Boss drum (1992). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Monica Szu-Whitney, Gary Whitney, Terence K. McKenna and Keith Milton Rhinehart (1998) Portals and Corridors : A Visionary Guide to Hyperspace. 1^st ed. Frog, Ltd., Berkeley CA. xvi,296 pages; ISBN: 1883319765. In the Foreword, McKenna creates a context for appreciating “the intuitions and projections of the unschooled mind” in Portals and Corridors, and the Whitneys’ methodology: “to gather experiences and impressions and to faithfully report them without getting near the claim that [they] are either true or pathological”. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1998) Foreword. In Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 : The True Meaning of the Maya Calendar End-Date 1^st ed. Bear & Company Publishing, Santa Fe NM. xlvii, 425 pages; ISBN: 1879181487. McKenna, in the foreword, praises John Major Jenkins for his scholarship elucidating the ancient Mayan astronomers’ calculation that the sun would rise in conjunction with the Galactic Center on the Winter Solstice in 2012, marking the end of their long calendar (and a moment of cosmic transformation essentially identical to McKenna’s I Ching-based Eschaton of the same instant). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1998) From True hallucinations. In Mindscapes: An anthology of drug writings Editor: Antonio Melechi. Mono, Baildon West Yorkshire UK. 184-194 (of 256) pages; ISBN: 0953244407. Excerpted, as the title suggests, from True hallucinations (1993), chapter eleven: “The experiment at La Chorrera”. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1997) Psychedelic society. In Entheogens and the future of religion Editor: Robert Forte. 1^st ed. Council on Spiritual Practices, San Francisco. 57-65 (of 184) pages; ISBN: 1889725013. Based on the talk given at Esalen in 1985, Scenario for a psychedelic society (1986) and reprinted in Hallucinogens: A reader (2002). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1997) Wasson’s literary precursors. In The sacred mushroom seeker: tributes to R.I.P. Gordon Wasson Editor: Thomas J. Riedlinger. Park Street Press, Rochester VT. 165-175 (of 284) pages; ISBN: 0892813385. Trade reprint of The sacred mushroom seeker (1990). More information at: http://www.innertraditions.com/Product.jmdx?action=displayDetail&id=311 . LibraryThing.
  
  
• Richard Glen Boire and Terence K. McKenna (1997) Sacred mushrooms & the law. 2^nd ed. Editor: Jon Hanna and Sharon O'Toole Dubois, Spectral Mindustries, Davis CA. 72 pages; ISBN: 1890425001. In the Foreword, McKenna recommends the book: “Richard Glen Boire’s manual on the current legal status of psilocybin/psilocin provides valuable information to anyone caught in the Kafkaesque danse macabre of ‘preparing their defense.’” The first edition, a small chapbook, did not have a foreword. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1996) McKenna’s VR Totemdier: de Octopus [McKenna’s virtual reality totem beast: The octopus]. In Virtual Reality: De Metafysische Kermisattractie: Magische spiegel van de Hyper-Cyber-Age ziel [The metaphysical carnival attraction: magic mirror of the Hyper-Cyber-Age soul] Editor: Luc Sala and John Perry Barlow. 5^th ed. (In Dutch) SALA Communications GmbH, Dusseldorf Germany. 157-159 pages; ISBN: 9073107024. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1996) Terence McKenna: Virtual realities and e-highs. In A magical universe: the best of Magical Blend Magazine Editor: Jerry Snider and Michael Peter Langevin. Translation of Virtual realities and electronic highs. Swan•Raven & Co. (Blue Water Publishing, Inc.), Mill Spring NC. 113-121 (of 276) pages; ISBN: 0926524399. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) Kathmandu interlude. In White rabbit: A psychedelic reader Editor: John Miller and Randall Koral. Chronicle Books, San Francisco CA. 103-108 (of 288) pages; ISBN: 0811806669. Kathmandu interlude is excerpted from “Kathmandu interlude,” chapter six of True hallucinations (1993). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) Foreword. In The politics of consciousness: A practical guide to personal freedom Editor: Steve Kubby. Loompanics Unlimited, Port Townsend WA. i-vi (of 162) pages; ISBN: 1559501332. McKenna’s Foreword is condensed from the transcript of Scenario for a psychedelic society (1986), later published as Psychedelic society (1997). More information at: http://www.kubby.org/family/politics.html . LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) Foreword. In The Flight into Egypt: Binding the Book Editor: Timothy C. Ely. Chronicle Books, San Francisco. 56 pages; ISBN: 0811806200. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Ralph H Abraham, McKenna, Terence K, Sheldrake, Rupert (1995) Education in the New World Order: A trialogue. Alexandria: The journal of the western cosmological traditions Vol: 3 ISSN: 0933999542. Editor: David Fideler; pp. 247-257; Reprint of the chapter of the same name in Trialogues at the edge of the west: Chaos, creativity, and the resacralization of the world (1992), pp. 137-147.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Temporal mapping at the edge of history. In Art Futura 92: Global mind Editor: Montxo Algora. (In English, Spanish and Catalan) Series: [Hanna]; Art Futura S.A., Barcelona. 66-73 pages; ISBN: 8460434117. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Psychedelic Drugs. In Mondo 2000 : a user's guide to the new edge Editor: Rudy Rucker, R. U. (Ken Goffman) Sirius and Queen Mu. HarperPerennial, New York City. 205-206 (of 318) pages; ISBN: 0060969288. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1991) Afterword: I understand Philip K. Dick. In In pursuit of Valis: selections from the exegesis Editor: Philip K. Dick and Lawrence Sutin. 1^st ed. Underwood-Miller, Novato CA. 253-261 (of 278) pages; ISBN: 0887330916. In the Afterword to In Pursuit of VALIS, selections from Dick’s 8,000 page handwritten visionary Exegesis, TKM resonates with PKD: “When I compare Phil’s system to mine, my hair stands on end. We were both contacted by the same unspeakable something. Two madmen dancing, not together, but the same dance anyhow”. More information at: http://www.sirbacon.org/dick.htm . LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna, Tom Robbins and Sätty (1991) The archaic revival: speculations on psychedelic mushrooms, the Amazon, virtual reality, UFOs, evolution, shamanism, the rebirth of the goddess, and the end of history. 1^st ed. HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco. xv, 265 pages; ISBN: 0062506137. More information: http://www.sirbacon.org/robbinsarchaic.htm. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Lauren Kessler (1990) Terence McKenna, 42 / 1967: hippie expatriate / 1989: psychedelic philosopher. In After all these years: Sixties ideals in a different world Editor: Lauren Kessler. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York City. 203-207 (of 209) pages; LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1990) Introduction. In The fairy-faith in Celtic countries Editor: Walter Yeeling Evanz-Wentz. Citadel Press, New York City. 524 pages; ISBN: 0806511605. McKenna writes in the introduction of his admiration for Evan-Wentz’s phenomenological approach, respectful of indigenous systems of knowledge, which “empowered” him in his later adventures to place direct experience ahead of culture-bound rationalizations. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1990) Wasson’s literary precursors. In The sacred mushroom seeker: Essays for R. Gordon Wasson Editor: Thomas J. Riedlinger. Dioscorides Press, Portland OR. 165-175 (of 284) pages; ISBN: 0931146178. In this festschrift to R. Gordon Wasson, McKenna describes four works of fiction that contain references to psychoactive fungi, three of which, written in the 19th Century, were know to Wasson. The sacred mushroom seeker is also identified as belonging to Dioscorides’ Historical ethno- & economic botany series, Volume 4, and Ethnomythological series, No. 11. McKenna’s chapter is reprinted in The archaic revival (1991). LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1990) Introduction to the Library of the Mystic Arts edition. In Witch doctor's apprentice: Hunting for medicinal plants in the Amazon Editor: Nicole Maxwell. 3^rd ed. MJF Books, New York NY. vii-viii (of 412) pages; ISBN: 0806511745. LibraryThing.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) Among Ayahuasquera. In The Gateway to inner space: Sacred plants, mysticism and psychotherapy: A Festschrift in honor of Albert Hofmann Editor: Christian Rätsch. Translator: John Baker; Avery Publishing Group, Garden City Park NY. 179-211 (of 262) pages; ISBN: 1853270377. Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991). LibraryThing.
  
  

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