Dennis McKenna - The Forbidden Fruit (with Blake C. Erickson)

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Blake C. Erickson of Pineal Music Productions interviews Dr. Dennis McKenna- (Ethnobotanist, Ethnopharmacologist, Professor at the University of Minnesota, Author, Wise Heretic, and brother of the late Terence McKenna).

Filmed March 20, 2009. Edited by Pineal Music Productions.
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Topics: Ethnobotany/Ethnopharmacology, Shamanism, Altered-States of Consciousness, Psychedelics Throughout Nature. Indigenous People, Ayahuasca, Psychedelics, Altered-States of Consciousness, Shamanism, Pharmacopeia , Human Evolution, Neuroscience. Language, Synestisia, Human Brain, Neuroscience, Psychedelics, Mushrooms, Forbidden Fruit & Tree of Knowledge, Christianity. Faith, Spirituality, Evolutionary Odyssey, Psychedelics, Crashed Starship, Consciousness. Psychedelics, Entities, Spirits, Psilocybin, DMT and Ayahuasca experiences, Intelligence, The Human Brain, Modeled Reality, Neurophysiology. Psychedelics, Tryptamines, DMT, 5-MeO DMT, Psilocybin, Psilocin, Serotonin, Neurotransmitters, Cannabis, Cannabinoid Receptors, Medical Marijuanna. Ayahuasca experience, Ayahuasca visions, Shamanism, Pablo Amaringo, Amazon, Supernatural experiences.

Dennis Jon McKenna (born December 17, 1950) is an American ethnopharmacologist, author and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence.

McKenna's research led to the development of natural products for Aveda Corporation as well as greater awareness of natural products and medicines. He has authored numerous scientific articles and books. He co-authored The Invisible Landscape with his brother Terence. McKenna spent a number of years as a senior lecturer for the Center for Spirituality and Healing, part of the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is now a senior research scientist for the Natural Health Products Research Group at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in the Vancouver area.

McKenna received his Master's degree in botany at the University of Hawaii in 1979. He received his Doctorate in Botanical Sciences in 1984 from the University of British Columbia, where he wrote a dissertation entitled Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in Amazonian hallucinogenic plants: ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological investigations. His research has included the pharmacology, botany, and chemistry of ayahuasca and oo-koo-hé, the subjects of his master's thesis. He has also conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon.

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The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge:

Opening The Third Eye

By Blake C. Erickson.

Published by WAS³ Media ©2008

Over the past 4-5 years (2003-08) I've been gathering research based on the birth of modern humanity, and the origins of spirituality (the dawn of religion). My intention was to put this research into a book that would be made available to the public, and my goal was to get the book published. These intentions and goals have been fullfilled with help from Andrew Rutajit of WAS³ Media (http://www.was3media.com/). In my book, I reference several researchers/authors including: Andrew Rutajit, Terence McKenna, Dr. Rick Strassman, Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins, John C. Lilly, William Henry, Mary Rodwell, and more. The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge includes interviews with:

-Dr. Rick Strassman (author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule)

-Andrew Rutajit (author of The Vestibule, co-author of Astrotheology & Shamanism)

-Mary Rodwell (author of Awakening)

-Jan Irvin (co-author of Astrotheology & Shamanism)

The book The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge contains research that demonstrates how there is a link between psychedelic plants and fungi called entheogens, with the very dawn of modern humanity and the origins of humans practicing spirituality, art, symbolism, music, and imagination. This research is then linked to the alien abduction experience, spirit contact phenomena, crop circles, and UFOs. If you find supernatural or paranormal events interesting, and if you enjoy philosophy, psychology, theology, and mythology, then you will love reading The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge.

AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD AS AN EBOOK FOR $7 HERE: http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/the-forbidden-fruit-the-tree-o...

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Alton Barnes, Wiltshire July 15th 2002

Many were certainly surprised by the tree that sprang up in East Field on the 15th July. East Field, at Alton Barnes in Wiltshire, has been on the receiving end of many groundbreaking formations over the years, and this was no exception. Here we had a design that could easily feature as hand-drawn illustration in any children's book, and a magic one at that ... For if you view it upside down you'll find a magic mushroom!

http://www.mystic-mouse.co.uk/Wisdom_Texts/G_Tucker/Crop_Circles_2002/UK...