Terence
Terence
Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionWriter
mushrooms levels able
It's as though a certain level of intoxication with the mushroom is the precondition for being able to communicate, but is not itself enough.
enzymes language individual
What the psychedelics are for us as a species, rather than for each one of us as an individual, what they are for us as a species is an enzyme that catalyzes the language-making capacity.
people mind psychedelic
I see the psychedelic experience as a birthright, and we can't have a free society until people are free to explore their own mind.
beautiful moving style
The psychedelic species of visual beauty is something we don't see in our furniture styles and our architecture. It seems to be coming in, literally, from another dimension, and yet it is undeniably moving. It's beautiful.
unique artist two
Well, you could almost say, I suppose, that the scientist seeks what is similar between any two days, or bluebirds, or glaciers. And the poet seeks what is different. The artist seeks to celebrate the unique.
inspirational life nature
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
thinking mind-blowing listening
Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening
inspirational life art
Language, thought, analysis, art, dance, poetry, mythmaking: these are the things that point the way toward the realm of the eschaton.
years strive unspeakable
We are the inheritors of a million years of striving for the unspeakable.
thinking understanding messages
I think the entire message of the psychedelic experience, which is basically the sine qua non of the rebirth of alchemical understanding, the very basis of that understanding is that nature seeks to communicate.
emotional long news
This is what they have suppressed so long. This is why they are so afraid of the psychedelics, because they understand that once you touch the inner core of your own and someone else's being you can't be led into thing-fetishes and consumerism. The message of psychedelics is that culture can be re-engineered as a set of emotional values rather than products. This is terrifying news.
reality astonishment response
Astonishment is the proper response to reality.
heart home citizens
We have outlived this embryo, this human cradle, and now it's time to be up and about the great business of becoming citizens of the galaxy and at home with our own heart.
life lying self
Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences.