Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terrence McKenna by Dennis McKe

Description: Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss by Dennis McKenna, Bruce Damer, Luis Eduardo Luna Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna, is an autobiographical account of renowned ethnobotanist Dennis McKennas childhood, his relationship with his brother, and the authors experiences with and reflections on psychedelics, philosophy, and scientific innovation.Chronicling the McKenna brothers childhood in western Colorado during the 1950s and 1960s, Dennis writes of his adolescent adventures including his first encounters with alcohol and drugs (many of which were facilitated by Terence), and the people and ideas that shaped them both. Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss weaves personal narrative through philosophical ideas and tales of psychedelic experimentation. In this book, Dennis describes these inquiries with the wisdom of perspective. In his account of what has become known as "The Experiment at La Chorrera"— which Terence documented in his own 1989 book, True Hallucinations — Dennis describes how he had visions of merging mushroom and human DNA, the brothers predictions for the future, and their evolving ideas about society and consciousness. He also offers an intellectual understanding of the hallucinogenic effects of high-dose psychedelic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances. Dennis, now world-renowned for this ethnobotanical work, describes in Brotherhood his early interests in cosmology and astrology, his sometimes rocky relationship with his older brother and how their paths diverged later in their lives. Dennis describes his academic career in between touching accounts of both his mothers and Terences battles with cancer. In the 10th Anniversary edition of Brotherhood, Dennis reflects on scientific revelations, climate change, and the social and political crises of our time. The new edition also features both the original foreword by Luis Eduardo Luna and a new foreword by Dr. Bruce Damer. Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss is a story about brotherhood, psychedelic experimentation, and the intertwining nature of science and myth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist who has studied plant hallucinogens for over forty years. He is the author of many scientific papers, and co-author, with his brother Terence McKenna, of The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching, and Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Growers Guide. He holds a doctorate from the University of British Columbia, where his research focused on ayahuasca and oo-koo-hé, two hallucinogens used by indigenous peoples in the Northwest Amazon. He received post-doctoral research fellowships in the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, and in the Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine.Dennis has been an adjunct assistant professor at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota since 2001, where he teaches courses in ethnopharmacology and botanical medicine. He has taught summer field courses in Peru and Ecuador, and has conducted fieldwork throughout the upper Amazon. He is a founding board member of the Heffter Research Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the investigation of the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic medicines. Dennis McKenna is the editor of Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (Vol. 1 & 2): 50 Years of Research, published by Synergetic Press in 2018.Bruce Frederick Damer, PhD is Canadian-American multi disciplinary scientist, designer, and author. Dr. Bruce Damer collaborates with colleagues developing and testing a new model for the origin of life on Earth and in the design of spacecraft architectures to provide a viable path for expansion of human civilization beyond the Earth. He began his career in the 1980s developing some of the earliest user interfaces for personal computers, led a community in the 1990s bringing the first multi-user virtual worlds to the Internet, and since 2000 supported NASA and the space industry on numerous simulations and spacecraft designs. He has spent 25 years chronicling the history of computing in his DigiBarn Computer Museum and curates archives of counterculture figures such as Dr. Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna and others. He currently serves as Principal Scientist at DigitalSpace; Associate Researcher in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz; Associate of the NASA Astrobiology Center; Member of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, and Founding Director of the Contact Consortium. He received his PhD from University College, Dublin; MSEE from the University of Southern California and BSc from the University of Victoria.Luis Eduardo Luna was born in Florencia, in the Colombian Amazon region. He is both a Guggenheim fellow and Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Luna worked with Pablo Amaringo to establish the internationally recognized USKO-AYAR Amazonian School of Painting in Pucallpa, Peru. From 1994-1998, he taught as a Professor of Anthropology in Brazil, and currently teaches as a Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki. He has also been an Associate of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University since 1986. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword to the 2023 EditionForeword to the First EditionPreface to the 2023 EditionPreface to the First Edition Part One: Beginnings1 Beginnings2 Three Sisters3 Roots and Wars4 Terry and Denny5 Happy Day Rides6 The Nobody People7 The Collector8 Flying, Fishing, and Hunting9 Goodbye to All That10 The Big Picture11 First Loves: 196212 The California Crusade13 The Experimental College: 196514 Cannabis: 196615 The Tutor16 A Psychedelic Education17 Mapping Inner Space: Carl Jung18 The Ladders of Ecstasy: Mircea Eliade19 Summer of Love: 196720 The Secret Encountered21 The Stoners Revenge22 My Datura Misadventure23 Escape from Mordor: 196824 The Church Lawn Bunch25 Busted Again: 196926 Girl with a Gun: 1970Part Two: Into the Abyss27 The Brotherhood Forms28 Our Mothers Death29 A Narrow Passage: 197130 On the Edge of the Abyss31 The Experiment at La Chorrera32 Waiting for the Stone33 The Bell Tower and a UFO34 Reflections on La ChorreraPart Three: Invisible Landscapes35 Invisible Landscapes36 The Timewave37 To See the Great Man38 Fun with Fungi: 197539 A Lab in Paradise40 In the Trenches41 An Encounter with Ayahuasca42 The River of Poisons43 Adulthood and Its Victims44 The Plant Teachers: 198545 The Perpetual Postdoc46 Climbing the Vine: 199147 New in Town48 The Bard in Light and Shadow49 A Desperate Situation50 Into the FireEpilogueThe Rearview MirrorAcknowledgmentsBibliographyAppendixIndex Long Description Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna, is an autobiographical account of renowned ethnobotanist Dennis McKennas childhood, his relationship with his brother, and the authors experiences with and reflections on psychedelics, philosophy, and scientific innovation. Chronicling the McKenna brothers childhood in western Colorado during the 1950s and 1960s, Dennis writes of his adolescent adventures including his first encounters with alcohol and drugs (many of which were facilitated by Terence), and the people and ideas that shaped them both. Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss weaves personal narrative through philosophical ideas and tales of psychedelic experimentation. In this book, Dennis describes these inquiries with the wisdom of perspective. In his account of what has become known as "The Experiment at La Chorrera"-- which Terence documented in his own 1989 book, True Hallucinations -- Dennis describes how he had visions of merging mushroom and human DNA, the brothers predictions for the future, and their evolving ideas about society and consciousness. He also offers an intellectual understanding of the hallucinogenic effects of high-dose psychedelic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances. Dennis, now world-renowned for this ethnobotanical work, describes in Brotherhood his early interests in cosmology and astrology, his sometimes rocky relationship with his older brother and how their paths diverged later in their lives. Dennis describes his academic career in between touching accounts of both his mothers and Terences battles with cancer. In the 10th Anniversary edition of Brotherhood, Dennis reflects on scientific revelations, climate change, and the social and political crises of our time. The new edition also features both the original foreword by Luis Eduardo Luna and a new foreword by Dr. Bruce Damer. Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss is a story about brotherhood, psychedelic experimentation, and the intertwining nature of science and myth. Details ISBN1957869011 Author Luis Eduardo Luna Short Title Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Language English ISBN-10 1957869011 ISBN-13 9781957869018 Format Paperback Pages 536 Country of Publication United States Illustrations 40 Illustrations, unspecified NZ Release Date 2023-01-19 UK Release Date 2023-01-19 Edition Description New edition Year 2023 Subtitle My Life with Terrence McKenna DEWEY 581.63092 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-05-30 Publisher Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. Publication Date 2023-04-06 Imprint Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. Place of Publication Santa Fe, NM US Release Date 2023-04-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145441175;

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