History Ends in Green: Gaia, Psychedelics and the Archaic Revival

by Terence McKenna

HISTORY ENDS IN GREEN presents McKenna's overview of human history seen through the lens of psychedelic vision. Recounting his fortuitous presence in Berkeley- "ground zero of the cultural explosion" - in the 1960's leads into a brief examination of how the psychedelic utopian wave form was overcome by "prepotent forces" resulting in the anti-psychedelic dystopia we find ourselves in now.

Genres: Philosophy, Spirituality, Nature, Psychology, Nonfiction, Drugs

Audio Cassette

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Terence Kemp McKenna was a writer, philosopher, psychonaut and ethnobotanist. He was noted for his knowledge of the use of psychedelic, plant-based entheogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, the theoretical origins of human consciousness, and his concept of novelty theory.

Reviews

[Elisa Winter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. There really are no words for this. Just amazing.

[Gregory Kuchmek · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as I can tell, this is not a published book but a lecture/talk he gave and this is the recording of that.
Pretty much anything with McKenna droning on for hours is worth a listen. He's a fun orator that seems to have an almost photographic memory. Lorenzo Haggerty has taken to referring to him as "the Bard", which should give you an idea of how great a speaker he is.
This talk and others are all worth listening to. You will be rewarded with each one!

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great listen start to finish as McKenna spins together the threads of human history, language, psychedelics, and a vision for the future. Tantalizingly incomplete, as the latter portion explores his Timewave Zero theory that corresponds with the end of the Mayan calendar in December 2012.
The audio quality drops for a few of the Q&A/question portions, but a great lecture series overall!

[AttackGirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to try…

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man I wish McKenna were still alive. Imagine what he would say about where we are today. He was so spot on about where things were headed that its hard to believe this is from 1991

[Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Eyes with Mouth · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Spotify BetterListen recording of this talk is muddled. So, listening to the first hour of McKenna’s talk was enchanting, but I was left wanting more.

Is time spent rendered less valuable because it’s impermanent?

No. Five galaxies.