Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-06-21

Joe Rogan & Dennis McKenna: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #1133

#1133 - Dennis McKenna

12 books · With Dennis McKenna · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, author, and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna.

Dennis McKenna discussed Mystic Chemist by Dieter A. Hagenbach and others, This Is Your Mind On Plants by Michael Pollan, Changing Our Minds by Don Lattin, The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda, The Psilocybin Solution by Simon G. Powell, Magic Mushroom Explorer by Simon G. Powell, The Invisible Landscape by Terence Mckenna, Communion by Whitley Strieber, Supernatural by Graham Hancock, One River by Wade Davis, and The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis. Joe Rogan recommended Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs by Dennis McKenna and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Mystic Chemist

    Dieter A. Hagenbach; Lucius Werthmüller · at 7:39

    Discussed
    “they have a book called the mystic chemist about Albert Hofmann”
    Where to get it
  2. This Is Your Mind On Plants

    Michael Pollan · at 7:54

    This Is Your Mind On Plants by Michael Pollan is a non-fiction book that investigates humanity's complex relationship with three mind-altering plant substances: opium, caffeine, and mescaline.

    Discussed
    “and he wrote a book that they published called changing our minds ironically about the same time Michael Pollan brought his book out So Michael Pollan being who he is got all the attention Don's got very little still a good book you know”
    Where to get it
  3. Changing Our Minds

    Don Lattin · at 7:54

    Discussed
    “and he wrote a book that they published called changing our minds ironically about the same time Michael Pollan brought his book out”
    Where to get it
  4. The Teachings of Don Juan

    Carlos Castaneda · at 9:30

    The Teachings of Don Juan is a book by Carlos Castaneda that chronicles his claimed apprenticeship under a Yaqui shaman, which became a foundational text for the New Age movement.

    Discussed
    “and about the same time I discovered the teachings of Don Juan which my my brother gave to me for my 18th birthday”
    Where to get it
  5. The Psilocybin Solution

    Simon G. Powell · at 31:49

    The Psilocybin Solution by Simon G. Powell is an exploration of the profound ways in which psilocybin affects human perception and acts as a significant scientific instrument.

    Discussed
    “you know I think we've talked before about Simon Powell's work he wrote about he writes about psilocybin wrote a psilocybin solution and that was this first book”
    Where to get it
  6. Magic Mushroom Explorer

    Simon G. Powell · at 31:59

    Magic Mushroom Explorer by Simon G. Powell is an insightful exploration of psilocybin containing mushrooms, investigating their biochemical properties, historical usage, and profound potential to expand human consciousness and ecological awareness.

    Discussed
    “and I think his latest is the magic mushroom Explorer”
    Where to get it
  7. The Invisible Landscape

    Terence Mckenna · at 57:20

    The Invisible Landscape is an exploratory book by Terence McKenna and Dennis McKenna that investigates psychedelic experiences, shamanism, and time-wave zero novelty theory.

    Discussed
    “and we wrote the invisible landscape in our first book it's four people have no idea what we're talking about”
    Where to get it
  8. Communion

    Whitley Strieber · at 1:21:51

    Communion by Whitley Strieber is a striking account in which the author details his personal, unsettling experiences with alleged non-human entities and alien abduction.

    Discussed
    “He's from the communion books or people don't know exactly what a series of books about being abducted and yeah”
    Where to get it
  9. Supernatural

    Graham Hancock · at 1:22:47

    Supernatural by Graham Hancock is a controversial non-fiction exploration of human evolution, ancient cave art, altered states of consciousness, and the historical use of psychedelic substances like ayahuasca.

    Discussed
    “the name of the book is supernatural two words supernatural a new vision of the unexplained”
    Where to get it
  10. One River

    Wade Davis · at 1:53:35

    One River by Wade Davis is an account of ethnobotanical exploration in the Amazon that chronicles the adventures of Richard Evans Schultes.

    Discussed
    “he's the person that wrote one river he was a protege of shulte”
    Where to get it
  11. The Serpent and the Rainbow

    Wade Davis · at 1:56:01

    The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis is a non-fiction investigation into the cultural practices of voodoo and the phenomenon of zombification in Haiti.

    Discussed
    “his first book was called the serpent of the rainbow all right that was made into a film”
    Where to get it
  12. Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs

    Dennis McKenna; Ghillean T. Prance; Wade Davis · at 2:41:25

    Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs is a multi-volume scientific work documenting traditional plant use, botanical research, and the history of psychoactive substances.

    Recommended
    “ethnic illogic search for psychoactive drugs two volumes 1967 and vol 2 2017 50 years of elbow where can people get”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs
“what goes around comes around in the book is ethno pharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs and it's from it's labeled from 1967 to 2017”
Plugged My Book
“and I guess you could say the personal dynamic was kind of strange and like if you read my book the Brotherhood of the screaming abyss there's a couple of chapter there's a chapter on this but over time even Wade changed his mind”
Plugged Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
“you know and I guess you could say the personal dynamic was kind of strange and like if you read my book the Brotherhood of the screaming abyss there's a couple of chapter there's a chapter on this”