Terence McKenna
Philosopher, Author
1946 – 2000
Who was Terence McKenna?
Terence Kemp McKenna was an American philosopher, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, culture, technology and the theoretical origins of human consciousness.
He was called the "Timothy Leary of the 90's", "one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism" and the "intellectual voice of Rave culture". He also formulated a concept about the nature of time based on fractal patterns he claimed to have discovered in the I Ching, which he called novelty theory, proposing this predicted the end of time in the year 2012. His promotion of novelty theory and its connection to the Mayan calendar is credited as one of the factors leading to the widespread beliefs about 2012 eschatology. Novelty theory is considered pseudoscience.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1946
Paonia - Also known as
- McKenna, Terence
- Terence K. McKenna
- Terence Kemp McKenna
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Kathleen Harrison
( - 1992)
- Kathleen Harrison
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Apr 3, 2000
San Rafael
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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