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Every book Dennis McKenna recommended on podcasts
Dennis McKenna appears on podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience as an ethnobotanist, pharmacologist, and researcher, focusing on psychedelics, plant medicines, and historical figures in the psychedelic movement. Throughout his podcast appearances, McKenna discusses and references a wide array of literature exploring consciousness, anthropology, and psychoactive substances. He recounts discovering Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan as a teenager and how it shaped his early perspective. McKenna discusses Michael Pollan's work alongside Don Lattin's Changing Our Minds, noting the different levels of public attention the two concurrent books received. He highlights Wade Davis's One River as a significant work by a protégé of Richard Schultes, and mentions Dieter A. Hagenbach and Lucius Werthmüller's The Mystic Chemist in relation to Albert Hofmann. Additionally, McKenna discusses Simon G. Powell's contributions to the field, specifically referencing The Psilocybin Solution and Magic Mushroom Explorer, while also touching upon Whitley Strieber's Communion books regarding alien abduction experiences.
Books recommended by Dennis McKenna
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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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Communion
Communion by Whitley Strieber is a controversial book in which the author chronicles his personal experiences with alien abductions and non-human encounters.
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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Magic Mushroom Explorer
Discussed“and I think his latest is the magic mushroom Explorer”
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Mystic Chemist
Discussed“they have a book called the mystic chemist about Albert Hofmann”
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One River
One River by Wade Davis is a sweeping non-fiction account detailing the exploration of the Amazon and the lives of pioneering ethnobotanists.
Discussed“he's the person that wrote one river he was a protege of shulte”
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Supernatural
Supernatural by Graham Hancock is a comprehensive exploration of human consciousness, ancient rock art, and the historical use of shamanic psychedelics to connect with nonhuman entities.
Discussed“the name of the book is supernatural two words supernatural a new vision of the unexplained”
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The Invisible Landscape
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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The Psilocybin Solution
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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The Serpent and the Rainbow
Discussed“his first book was called the serpent of the rainbow all right that was made into a film”
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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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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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Books Dennis McKenna wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #1133 - Dennis McKenna | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2018-06-21 | 12 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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”