True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise

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Summary: Wanderings of a psychedelic explorer
Review: I found this book very interesting as I myself have been known to explore and can relate to the author's feelings and emotions. The book is easy to read as the author's story is very intriguing. The only problem is that some of his theories are WAY out there. Under the same influences I've had people express similar "out there" theories and all you can say is "what! ". Otherwise a book worth owning. Perhaps the most interesting conclusion is when he pieces together coincidences that point to a specific day of the end of time....he tells it much better than I could

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Summary: The greatest misterys come in stranges ways
Review: I have experienced similar things like McKenna, but i am just in the begining of my personal experience. Read this book is like wake and understand that the experience whit the mushroom is deeper than any religion because it explores your own subconscience and your own spirit. McKenna is being the voice to the people who don't fall in the material hoax that this century have. Is good to see a book that can involve you in a new world full whit lots of posibilities, and is good to see a man who can dig without fear.

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Summary: dicovering more wonders of nature...
Review: I loved this book. It prompted me to purchase McKenna's food of the gods, archaic revival, and invisible landscape. Enjoy!

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Summary: six of one.....a half-dozen of the other
Review: The only down side of books about the hallucinogenic experience (of which I've had many) is the inevitable impact it usually has on the reader's subsequent hallucinogenic experiences. If psychedelic drugs draw on your personality, your mood, your ideas about the world, and your preconceived notions about what it means to "trip", a book like this can't help but have an impact on the reader's drug induced voyage. That said, this effect can be good, or bad- however I am inclined to think that it is bad for one reason: The psychedelic journey is one that is best experienced as a unique expression of the inner mind and soul. A person who reads this book in full and then doses soon after will, whether they like it or not, conciously or subconciously integrate themes from the book. Their expectations will inevitably change, and thus the entire psychedelic experience is impacted. For those who enjoy the psilocybes of the world, I suggest that you read this book and then allow a good three or four months before you dose. I like to fast for a day or two prior to dosing, but I also avoid mushroom literature, psychological literature, and the like because I have become convinced that these ideas that are pertinant to the trip at hand will as I said have an impact on the trip. For me, that's just not desirable. McKenna had his experiences, and I have mine. I do not want his bleeding into mine by way of my own mind assimilating ideas from his works. See you on the other side!

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Summary: On the lunatic fringe, McKenna delivers.
Review: The only down side of books about the hallucinogenic experience (of which I've had many) is the inevitable impact it usually has on the reader's subsequent hallucinogenic experiences. If psychedelic drugs draw on your personality, your mood, your ideas about the world, and your preconceived notions about what it means to "trip", a book like this can't help but have an impact on the reader's drug induced voyage. That said, this effect can be good, or bad- however I am inclined to think that it is bad for one reason: The psychedelic journey is one that is best experienced as a unique expression of the inner mind and soul. A person who reads this book in full and then doses soon after will, whether they like it or not, conciously or subconciously integrate themes from the book. Their expectations will inevitably change, and thus the entire psychedelic experience is impacted. For those who enjoy the psilocybes of the world, I suggest that you read this book and then allow a good three or four months before you dose. I like to fast for a day or two prior to dosing, but I also avoid mushroom literature, psychological literature, and the like because I have become convinced that these ideas that are pertinant to the trip at hand will as I said have an impact on the trip. For me, that's just not desirable. McKenna had his experiences, and I have mine. I do not want his bleeding into mine by way of my own mind assimilating ideas from his works. See you on the other side!

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Summary: A tale of mind expansion
Review: This book about the experiences that inspired the book "The Invisible Landscape" is funny as hell and very well written. I'd recomend it to anyone who has read any other books by the author or is planning to.

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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: This book is an adventurer's tale; a gripping account of the harrowing experiences of a group of hippie thrill-seekers. This book is a real page-turner. It reads like a good novel, and there is never a dull moment. It is simply a blow-by-blow account of the author's drug-induced experiences in the Amazon jungle, a cross between an episode of National Geographic Explorer and an article out of High Times. Some Terrance Mckenna enthusiasts might be somewhat dissapointed, however, because _True Hallucinations_ is not a potent philosophical work like his other books. It is not an attempt to root out the meaning of existence or discover the origins of the universe, but is instead just an entertaining romp through the jungle. It is also a cautionary tale detailing the dangers involved when somebody eats too many shrooms; the reader should take note that Dennis Mckenna, Terrance's brother, didn't quite come back from this trip!

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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: This book is an adventurer's tale; a gripping account of the harrowing experiences of a group of hippie thrill-seekers. This book is a real page-turner. It reads like a good novel, and there is never a dull moment. It is simply a blow-by-blow account of the author's drug-induced experiences in the Amazon jungle, a cross between an episode of National Geographic Explorer and an article out of High Times. Some Terrance Mckenna enthusiasts might be somewhat dissapointed, however, because _True Hallucinations_ is not a potent philosophical work like his other books. It is not an attempt to root out the meaning of existence or discover the origins of the universe, but is instead just an entertaining romp through the jungle. It is also a cautionary tale detailing the dangers involved when somebody eats too many shrooms; the reader should take note that Dennis Mckenna, Terrance's brother, didn't quite come back from this trip!