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"Tranced Fixations" -- Kerouac's Breakthrough

Joyce Johnson
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On October 7, 1951, Jack went to Birdland to hear the alto saxophonist Lee Konitz.  The music sounded "so profoundly interior" to Jack that he was sure very few people would understand it. In fact, he compared Konitz's extended phrases to the sentences he was writing lately.  Jack saw that he and the musician were essentially doing the same thing. (more)

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A Screw Falls Out of the Machine: The Birth of a Psychonaut

F. K. O’Neil
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Mushrooms taught me that karma is real. DMT taught me that there is life after death. How could I fight a war? I was supposed to get on a plane and fly up to the base for duty. No doubt that's when they would serve me my deployment papers. I decide to miss my flight and go AWOL. (more)

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Machine Elves 101, or Why Terence McKenna Matters

Daniel Moler
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If anyone ever wanted to get to know me, the first thing I would tell them is, "Read Terence McKenna." A few weeks ago my friend Michelle suggested I write a "Terence for Dummies" piece. So, since "For Dummies" is under copyright, here's my bent on the McKenna legacy. (more)

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