Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory life of Terence Mckenna

Описание: Strange Attractor: Historic Conversation:
Terence McKenna was the stand‑up philosopher of the apocalypse. A cognitive libertarian. The anti‑guru who rejected authority—even his own. Twenty‑five years after his passing, the “Tryptamine Elf King” still haunts the present, reverberating through the sensorium of a new generation.
Inspired by Graham St John’s definitive magnum opus, "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna", the inner circle—the family, the friends, and the co‑conspirators who knew the man behind the myth—came together for an extraordinary online conversation.

WEBINAR DETAILS:
Recorded Live: December 11, 2025
Panelists: Dennis McKenna · Graham St John · Tama Starr · R.U. Sirius · Bruce Damer · Dan Levy · Lorenzo Hagerty

EPISODE / WEBINAR LINKS:
Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John https://mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...
About the book (with excerpts) "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna" https://www.edgecentral.net/terence-m...
The last known audio recording from Terence, dated November 1972, in San Francisco (recorded by Tamma Starr and provided by We Plants Are Happy Plants    • Terence McKenna - Amazon Psychotropical Qu...  
Terence McKenna first website: Levity http://www.levity.com/eschaton/hyperb...
Terence McKenna web’s largest list of books, articles, audio, video, interviews, and translations https://www.terencemckenna.com/

PANELISTS BIOGRAPHIES:

*Dennis McKenna*, ethnopharmacologist and author, first traveled to South America with his brother Terence in 1971, an adventure later chronicled in "True Hallucinations" and "The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss". He returned to Peru in 1981 to study ayahuasca scientifically and founded the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy in 2019.

*Graham St John*, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist and historian of transformational events, movements, and figures. His book Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna (MIT Press, Oct 7, 2025) is the latest among his ten books, which also include Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT (North Atlantic Books 2015). Graham is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Media, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

Tama Starr is an acclaimed author and former president of Artkraft Strauss, the historic company behind Times Square's iconic signs and the New Year’s Eve Ball. A pioneering psychedelic yogi, she is connected to Terence McKenna’s circle and recorded one of his earliest talks. Starr’s work spans literature, business, and psychedelic culture.

R.U. Sirius is a cultural icon best known as founder and editor-in-chief of the influential 1990s cyberdelic magazine Mondo 2000. He authored multiple books including collaborations with Timothy Leary and is also a lyricist and vocalist, currently active with the album The Smarter Kings of Deliria by R.U. Sirius & Phriendz.

Dr. Bruce Damer is an astrobiologist and Chief Scientist at the BIOTA Institute, UC Santa Cruz, known for co-developing a leading origin-of-life theory. He also researches psychedelic insights at the Center for MINDS, designs spacecraft for NASA, and has collaborated with Terence McKenna on virtual worlds and visions of humanity’s cosmic future.

*Dan Levy*, New York-based since 1988, edited Terence McKenna’s key books: The Archaic Revival, True Hallucinations, and The Invisible Landscape (2nd ed.). An early WELL member, he built pioneering websites for McKenna, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, and more. He taught programming to kids and serves on The Jazz Gallery board.

Lorenzo Hagerty is a former Navy officer turned cyber-lawyer and storyteller, known for founding the Psychedelic Salon podcast. With decades at the crossroads of technology, culture, and consciousness, he explores AI's connection to Terence McKenna’s TimeWave theory through his fiction and public talks.


COURSES:
Mckenna Academy Course Catalog: https://mckenna.academy/course-list/

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ABOUT:
"The world has a certain picture of Terence McKenna... which is probably not entirely accurate." — Dennis McKenna

He was the stand-up philosopher of the apocalypse. A cognitive libertarian. The anti-guru who rejected authority—even his own. Twenty-five years after his passing, the "Tryptamine Elf King" continues to haunt the present, whispering into the sensorium of a new generation.
Inspired by the release of Graham St John’s definitive magnum opus, Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna, we are convening the inner circle—the family, the friends, and the co-conspirators who knew the man behind the myth.