Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-06-21
Books mentioned on #1133 - Dennis McKenna
Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, author, and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna. His new book "Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research (1967-2017)" is available here: http://www.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mystic Chemist
Discussed“they have a book called the mystic chemist about Albert Hofmann”
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This Is Your Mind On Plants
This Is Your Mind On Plants by Michael Pollan is a deep exploration of humanity's complex relationship with three psychoactive plant-derived 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”
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Changing Our Minds
Discussed“and he wrote a book that they published called changing our minds ironically about the same time Michael Pollan brought his book out”
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The Teachings of Don Juan
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda is a classic 1960s anthropological account that chronicles the author's claimed apprenticeship under a Yaqui Indian shaman exploring the use of psychotropic plants and mystical self-exploration.
Discussed“and about the same time I discovered the teachings of Don Juan which my my brother gave to me for my 18th birthday”
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The Psilocybin Solution
The Psilocybin Solution by Simon G.
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”
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Magic Mushroom Explorer
Magic Mushroom Explorer by Simon G.
Discussed“and I think his latest is the magic mushroom Explorer”
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The Invisible Landscape
The Invisible Landscape is a psychedelic exploration of consciousness, shamanism, and time by brothers Terence and Dennis McKenna.
Discussed“and we wrote the invisible landscape in our first book it's four people have no idea what we're talking about”
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Communion
Communion by Whitley Strieber is a controversial autobiographical account in which the author details his alleged close encounters and abductions by non-human entities.
Discussed“He's from the communion books or people don't know exactly what a series of books about being abducted and yeah”
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Supernatural
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”
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One River
One River by Wade Davis is an extensive nonfiction work detailing the exploration of the Amazon basin and the legacy of ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes.
Discussed“he's the person that wrote one river he was a protege of shulte”
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
Discussed“his first book was called the serpent of the rainbow all right that was made into a film”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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”
“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”