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Terence McKenna
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Life & Death

Died aged 53
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn16/11/1946Born inPaonia, Colorado, United StatesDied03/04/2000 (aged 53)Died inSan RafaelCausebrain cancerWikidataQ380558 ↗TMDb#93498 ↗

Terence Kemp McKenna was an American ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and mushrooms. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, ethnomycology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness.

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Filmography19 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024DaedalusMovieSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)78
2019Encandilan lucesMovie—73
2016Terence McKenna's True HallucinationsMovie—70
2014The Transcendental Object at the End of TimeMovie—68
2010DMT: The Spirit MoleculeMovieSelf - Writer & Cultural Commentator (archive footage)64
2010The Last Word with Terence McKennaMovieSelf64
2009Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the ShamanMovieSelf (archive footage)63
2008The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth of the Great WorkMovieNarrator (voice) / John Dee62
2008Timewave 2013MovieSelf62
2006TechnoCalypsMovieSelf60
2003Strange AttractorMovieTerence McKenna57
2003Alien DreamtimeMovieSelf57
2001Shamans of the AmazonMovieSelf55
1999Psychedelics in the Age of Intelligent MachinesMovie—53
1998Trialogues at the Edge of the MillenniumMovieSelf52
1995MetamorphosisMovieSelf49
1994TimeWave ZeroMovieSelf48
1993Prague GnosisMovieSelf47
1988Forms and MysteriesMovieSelf42