(#015) Dr. Dennis McKenna — The Psychedelic Pioneer. Wake-Up Call From 500+ Ayahuasca Sessions

The psychedelic researcher and visionary, Dennis McKenna, joins us for an in-depth exploration of plant medicine and a wake-up call from nature to humanity. He has researched ethnopharmacology for over 40 years and performed extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon. Dennis is a founding board member of the Heffter Research Institute and was a key investigator on the Hoasca Project, the first biomedical investigation of ayahuasca.  He is the younger brother of the late Terence McKenna, known as a psychedelic guru and mystic. 

Together, the brothers changed the narrative around the psychedelic experience and its role in culture and society. In 2018, he birthed the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy whose mission is to be a catalyst for the transformation of global consciousness, through educational experiences that interweave our collective intelligence, science, and ancestral wisdom.

He has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and written books, including “The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna”, and co-author of “The Invisible Landscape” with his brother Terence. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, European Journal of Pharmacology, Brain Research, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurochemistry, Economic Botany, Alternative and Complementary Therapies, and elsewhere.

Dr. McKenna and two colleagues are co-authors of a widely recognized reference work on herbal medicines, titled “Botanical Medicines: the Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements”. During the early 1970s McKenna developed a technique for cultivating psilocybin mushrooms and, in collaboration with his brother Terence, published a small book entitled “Psilocybin – Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide” under the pseudonyms O.N. Oeric and O.T. Oss. This simple and reliable method for cultivating psilocybin mushrooms at home placed the visionary realms of psilocybin within reach of millions.

Dennis McKenna has also joined other thought-leaders and podcasts for interviews including — Tim Ferriss, Joe Rogan, and Brian Rose. You can check out an appearance of Dennis McKenna on "Reconnect," a documentary filmed by London Real. 

• 0:00 - Dennis McKenna Intro
• 4:45 - Dennis’ Beginning Curiosity Into Psychedelics
• 8:10 - Patterns From Over 500 Ayahuasca Journeys
• 11:45 - Wake Up: The Plants Are Speaking To Us
• 19:45 - Terrence McKenna & Mushrooms As Extraterrestrials
• 26:55 - Stoned Ape Theory + The Matrix
• 40:15 - Morality of Using Psychedelics
• 50:15 - Become A Wiser Species
• 59:05 - Dennis’ Sense of Self & Ego
• 1:05:00 - Final Message to Future Generations

Guest: Dennis McKenna, Ethnopharmocologist 

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