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INTERVIEWER: The internal subjective perception of the shutdown of the nervous system at death.
I think that's a really interesting question.
TERENCE MCKENNA: You mean to what degree are these things different and similar?
INTERVIEWER: Yea. That in some ways what happens with both psychedelic and
mystical visionary experience and
certain relationships to apocalyptic form.
To the end of the world with things all transforming.
Theres a point where the self dies.
And it might happen in a milli second.
But subjectively it would be the end of the world.
TERENCE MCKENNA: Yea because I think everything works basically the same way
it would have a fair profundity because you would be seeing the primal assembly language code.
INTERVIEWER: But the whole idea of psychedlics as an end as a rehearsal for that kind of event.
TERENCE MCKENNA: Yea it's like Buddhism with turbo charged or something. Now you can...
INTERVIEWER: Run through the bardo.. or a bardo
TERENCE MCKENNA: Take the diamond sutra for a spin.
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