Quote Originally Posted by TakeFlight
well i read it in terrence mckennas book on growing magic mushrooms and i found it on www.deoxy.org and i wanted to know if it was something the mushrooms told mckenna, whoever said it is talking about mushrooms
Getting back to your question, he wrote those words himself based on his own interpretation of what the mushroom "told" him. I guess you could say that he believed he was being "guided" by whomever, or whatever, he met up with when the shrooms took full effect. The phenomenon that he describes having was obtained through extremly large doses and, I'm sure, much meditation and preparation.

Even heavy-tripping people like Timothy Leary were very impressed with McKenna's accomplishments.
Breukelen advocaat Reviewed by Breukelen advocaat on . Terrence Mckenna I dunno if anyone is a Terrence Mckenna fan but those who are do you know what hes talking about here? Is this what the mushrooms told him? "I am old, older than thought in your species, which is itself fifty times older than your history. Though I have been on earth for ages I am from the stars. My home is no one planet, for many worlds scattered through the shining disc of the galaxy have conditions which allow my spores an opportunity for life. The mushroom which you see is the part of my Rating: 5