Terence McKenna Bibliography

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Journals and Magazines with Contributions

• Terence K. McKenna (2000) Terence McKenna Speaks… (Part III) Transcribed from his talk “Splat” at the AllChemical Arts Conference in September, 1999. Entheogen Review Vol:9 no. 3 Winter, ISSN: 1066-1913. pp.134-140;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2000) Terence McKenna Speaks… (Part II) Transcribed from his talk “Splat” at the AllChemical Arts Conference in September, 1999. Entheogen Review Vol:9 no. 2 ISSN: 1066-1913. pp.93-98;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (2000) Terence McKenna Speaks… (Part I) Transcribed from his talk “Splat” at the AllChemical Arts Conference in September, 1999. Entheogen Review Vol:9 no. 1 Spring/Summer, ISSN: 1066-1913. pp.19-29;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1999) Mushrooms from space. Utne Reader no. 96 Nov 1, ISSN: 8750-0256. pp.87; More information: http://www.utne.com/bTechnology.tmpl?command=search&db=dArticle.db&eqheadlinedata=Mushrooms%20From%20Space. An excerpt from True hallucinations (1993).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1998) Terence McKenna Speaks… Transcribed from a video broadcast at the Mind States conference, November 23, 1997. Entheogen Review Vol:7 no. 1 ISSN: 1066-1913. pp.13;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1996) Tryptamine hallucinogens and consciousness. Towards 2012 no. 2 ISSN: 1359-2815. Editor: Gyrus; pp.57-63; More information: http://deoxy.org/t_thc.htm.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1996) The UFO as Oversoul. New Frontier: Magazine of Transformation Vol:14 no. 8 ISSN: 0886-4616. pp.17-20,60;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) Apocalypse How? Spin Vol:11 no. 8 Nov, ISSN: 0886-3032. Editor: Jaron Lanier and Future The; pp.76-85; McKenna is among the score of authors and pop icons to lend their perspective on the Apocalypse. “Angle of regard is the key to understanding the Great Unraveling. The linear corporate printhead thoroughly addicted to the nostrums of post-industrial hierarchy and national models will simply assume that the shit storm at the end of history is upon us…” p.82.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) A lecture by Terence McKenna. The Unlimited Dream Company no. 5 Feb, Editor: Gyrus; pp.28-33;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1995) The jeweled web of Indra. Psychedelic Illuminations no. 8 Winter 1995-6, pp.50-54;
  
  
• Roger E. Wilson, Brenda Laurel, Terence K. McKenna and Leonard Shlain (1994) Computer graphics, are we forcing people to evolve? Computer Graphics Proceedings July 24-29, ISSN: 1069-529X. "ACM SIGGRAPH 94." pp.489; McKenna and the conference panel claim that computer graphics are restoring tools and modes of communication eclipsed by linear, serial, dominator culture. Will we evolve as a result of new ideas stemming from new modes of thought? “Are we [graphics professionals] prepared to become ‘graphic language’ tutors?“.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1993) LSD: What is it and what does it do? Lysergic World no. 1 Apr 19, Editor: Michael Horowitz; pp.6;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1993) Imagination in the light of nature. Psychedelic Illuminations no. 4 pp.28-33; More information: http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/UILN.html.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Global perspectives & psychedelic poetics: An essay. New Frontier: Magazine of Transformation Vol:11 no. 12 Jul, ISSN: 0886-4616. pp.19,50-52;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Tryptamine hallucinogens and consciousness. Jahrbuch für Ethnomedizin und Bewußtseinsforschung no. 1 ISSN: 0942-1408. Editor: Christian Rätsch; pp.133-147;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Virtual dreamtime in the Information Age and the Archaic Revival. Magical Blend no. 35 Apr, ISSN: 1073-5879. Illustrator: Vic Keller, photo: Kathleen T. Carr; pp.47-51;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1992) Just say yes: Rethinking our relationship to psychoactive plants. Utne Reader no. 53 Sep, ISSN: 8750-0256. pp.131-132; An excerpt from Food of the gods (1992): “When we suppress access to shamanic ecstasy, we close off the refreshing waters of emotion that flow from having a deeply bonded, almost symbiotic relationship to the earth”.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna and Dan Joy (1991) Maoi Wowie: Can a Once-Common Antidepressant Be Our Next Wonder Drug? High Times no. 195 Nov, ISSN: 0310-2165. Article in praise of MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), beginning with an introduction to their function and relation to neurotransmitters and the pineal gland/ajna chakra, followed by their role in ayahuasca, a yagé reading list, the obligatory dietary admonitions, and a call for more research.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1990) New maps of hyperspace. Freakbeat no. 7 pp.45-47;54;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1990) Virtual reality and electronic highs, or: On becoming virtual octopi. Magical Blend no. 26 Apr, ISSN: 1073-5879. Illustrator: Lenore Lasher; pp.8-10,11,12,102; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) Plants and human evolution. Plantwise no. 1 Aug, Editor: Kathleen Harrison McKenna; pp.6; Very brief article speculating on the role of hallucinogenic plants in creating “adaptive advantages” in the consciousness of humanity’s forebears.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) Psychopharmacognosticon: Marshall McLuhan the cognitive agent a cyberpunk godfather. Mondo 2000 no. 1 Fall, Illustrator: Spiralling Books, McLuhan photo: Barbara Wilde; pp.48-49; McKenna reviews The Letters of Marshall McLuhan, edited by Molinaro, et al., 1987. “The Letters contextualize his work so that what now seems commonplace strikes us again with apocalyptic force”.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wildman. Whole Earth Review no. 64 Fall, ISSN: 0749-5056. [Review of Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wildman (Taussig, 1987)] pp.12; A slightly rewritten excerpt from McKenna’s review, Into the heart of darkness (1987), of Taussig’s Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man that appeared in Gnosis, followed by an excerpt from the book.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) Plan, plant, planet. Whole Earth Review no. 64 Fall, ISSN: 0749-5056. pp.5-11; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1989) New maps of hyperspace. Magical Blend no. 22 Apr, ISSN: 1073-5879. Illustrator: Jeff Gilman-Fletcher, photo: Kathleen Thormod Carr; pp.58-66; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1988) Psychedelic futurology in Berlin. Reality Hackers no. 5 Illustrator: Phoenix & Arabeth; pp.63;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1988) Dynamics of a return to Eden. Gnosis: a journal of the Western inner traditions no. 8 Summer, ISSN: 0894-6159. [Review of The Chalice and the blade. (Eisler, 1987)] "Alchemy." pp.58;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1988) Hallucinogenic mushrooms and evolution. ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation Vol:10 no. 4 Spring, ISSN: 0275-6935. pp.51-57; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1988) Has the world’s most mysterious manuscript been read at last?: Voynich translation claims to shed new light on Cathars & esoteric spirituality. Gnosis: a journal of the Western inner traditions no. 7 Summer, ISSN: 0894-6159. [Review of Solution of the Voynich Manuscript (Levitov, 1987)] pp.48-51; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991). This article is also a review of Levitov Solution of the Voynich Manuscript (1987).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1988) A solution to the Voynich manuscript by Leo Levitov. Gnosis: a journal of the Western inner traditions no. 7 Summer, ISSN: 0894-6159. [Review of A solution to the Voynich manuscript (Levitov, 1987)]
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Fractals, cybernetics, and the the human future. High Frontiers no. 3 Illustrator: Adam Strom; pp.61; A “distillation” from the Esalen seminar: Alchemy, Shamanism and the Millennium.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Psychopharmacognosticon: Our man in Nirvana: Koh Samui. Reality Hackers no. 6 Winter, Illustrator: photo: Faustin Bray/Sound Photosynthesis; pp.12-13,96;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Into the heart of darkness: Shamanism, colonialism and the wildman by Michael Taussig. Gnosis: a journal of the Western inner traditions no. 5 Fall, ISSN: 0894-6159. [Review of Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wildman (Taussig, 1987)] pp.45; McKenna gives a positive review. “It uses the strong medicine of yagé, la purga, to purge the imp of infantilism from our own image of the shamans, their plant teachers, and the very real and suffering people whose lives depend on them”.
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Psychopharmacognosticon: New dimensions. High Frontiers no. 4 Fall, Illustrator: David Povilaitis; pp.10-11;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Temporal Resonance. ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation Vol:10 no. 1 Summer, ISSN: 0275-6935. "The resonating universe: Explorations of an integrative metaphor." pp.25-30; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1987) Alien love. Magical Blend no. 17 Fall, ISSN: 1073-5879. pp.18-23; Reprinted in The archaic revival (1991).
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1986) The psychedelic experience: A talk presented at International Synergy. IS journal no. 3 Dec, ISSN: 0887-947X. pp.37-42;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1985) Psychopharmacognosticon. High Frontiers no. 2 pp.7,24;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1984) Tryptamine Hallucinogens in Amazonas. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Shamanism at the St. Sabina Center, San Rafael, California, May 11-13, 1984 Editor: Ruth-Inge Heinze. Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, UCB; Independent Scholars of Asia, Berkeley CA. 103-114 (of 249) pages;
  
  
• Terence K. McKenna (1981) Ecodynamics: A new theory of societal evolution by Kenneth E. Boulding. Zygon Vol:16 no. 1 Mar, ISSN: 0591-2385. [Review of Ecodynamics: A new theory of societal evolution (Boulding, 1978)] pp.100-101; Positive review of Ecodynamics by Boulding. McKenna was appreciative of Boulding’s “view which moves humankind away from a role as a mere spectator” of evolution to that of “a vital catalytic factor in the ongoing adventure of the becoming of the cosmos”.
  
  

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