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"We have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us — the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary." Terence McKenna, 1999 https://t.co/ULEJpLqlRx
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Full Lecture: "Shamans Among The Machines" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtLYWaGWNCc&ab_channel=TerenceMcKenna
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"DMT is a reliable method for crossing into a dimension that human beings have debated the existence of for 50,000 years. Is there an invisible nearby world inhabited by active intelligences with which human beings can communicate? You bet your booties there is." -Terence McKenna https://t.co/3Es5a6ZADZ
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“In Praise of Psychedelics” Part 2 [Editor's note: Most people will overdose at a dose of 70mg. It won't hurt you, but it becomes so powerful that you forget everything that happens. I suggest 50 or less for breakthrough doses unless you have a large natural tolerance.]
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Did you know that the American banker that popularized magic mushrooms covered up war crimes to get his job, stole mycological theories, had ties to neo-nazis, helped the CIA, betrayed his shaman, and is linked to the JFK assassination? A thread on Gordon Wasson’s Shadow (1/25)
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Wasson was born in 1898 &started his banking career in 1928. In 1934 he published a book focused on the Hall Carbine Affair, & received a job at JP Morgan immediately after. The book attempts to exonerate JP Morgan from accusations of wartime racketeering. (2/25)
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Henry Davison, Wasson’s boss at JP Morgan helped to create / finance TIME-LIFE, then appointed Henry Luce (neo-nazi) President, and selected CD Jackson (previously head of US Psychological Warfare) for VP. Here's Luce's nazi ties: (3/25)
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Wasson always maintained that his publication in LIFE was coincidental- claiming it only happened because a LIFE editor overheard him telling the story. Why would Wasson need the editor's approval when he was close friends with the President? (Wasson's story below) (4/25)
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Additionally, both JP Morgan Jr and Sr had an interest in mycology. Morgan Sr collected mushroom artifacts beginning in 1850, and Morgan Jr. funded Harvards Herbaria. (5/25)
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Strangely enough, his wife Valentina had an article published the same week as his in This Week magazine. Coincidentally, he also worked with the man who published Valentina’s article. Funny how Wasson doesn’t have a story about how that happened… (6/25)
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In the LIFE story itself, Wasson claimed that his interest in mycology began on his honeymoon with his wife Valentina. “From that day on we sought an explanation for this strange cultural cleavage separating us in a minor area of our lives” (7/25)
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The story seems almost too good to be true- a chance experience on a honeymoon could lead into a lifelong passion? Strangely enough, Wasson’s daughter Masha even cast doubts on the story- "As much as I respected my father's integrity, I did not believe him". (8/25)
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Digging back into Wasson’s mycological career- his main contribution was suggesting that Amanita Muscaria was Soma. Turns out, he largely lifted this theory from John Bourke, yet never gave any credit. (9/25)
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Furthermore, Gordon projected his guilt with the claim that John Allegro stole Wasson’s ideas for “Mushrooms and the Cross”. The reality is that Wasson created this myth himself, and Allegro stole no work whatsoever. (10/25)
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Now that we have this background, let's dive into Wasson's trips into Mexico. Though he publicly denied being involved with the CIA, one trip was funded by a grant that was simply a cover for the CIA. (11/25)
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James Moore, the CIA agent that connected Wasson with the grant, came along on this trip. They were searching for "stupid bushes" and psychoactive mushrooms. (12/25)
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Wasson tried to separate himself from the CIA by denying public collaboration and openly mocking Moore "he was an awful ass.... He expected to have a water closet in Mexico. It was laughable." (13/25)
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Despite denying involvement, Wasson's samples from every trip were being funneled to the CIA. Across the Atlantic, the CIA had plants at Sandoz to secretly collect information from Hoffmann. (14/25)
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Finally, lets dig into that fateful trip to Hualta de Jimenez. Gordon traveled with his wife, and upon arrival to the town, asked the Mayor if there was a wise woman who could show him the mushroom teachers. The Mayor took Wasson to Maria Sabina's house. (15/25)
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Once Gordon arrived he told Sabina that he was concerned about the whereabouts and wellbeing of his son. He later admitted that this was a deception in order to gain access to the ceremonies. (16/25)
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That night, at around 10pm, Maria Sabina began the journey for Valentina and Gordon. For those interested in astrology- here are the charts for Maria, Gordon, and the event. (17/25)
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Wasson also asked for permission for a photo, which he abused: (18/25) https://t.co/8lKcvI1t6d
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Maria Sabina later said that she felt like she had to give the mushrooms to Wasson, because she thought the mayor came to her with official business. "[I] should have said no" (19/25)
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Sabina explains the consequences in further detail: "From the moment when the strangers arrived the Holy Children lost their purity...They were profaned." (20/25)
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Wasson responded to this with: "I was merely the precursor of the new day...The Wisdom of the Sabia, genuine though it was, has nothing to give to the world of tomorrow." (21/25)
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The most shocking of Wasson's comments come from a 1970 interview with the NYT, where he disparages entire groups of people and casts half the blame of Sabina for the popularity of mushrooms. (22/25)
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While Wasson was crying crocodile tears, Sabina was facing real world consequences. Villagers turned on her, angry at the influx of tourism to their small village. They burnt her house down, she was raided by the feds, and she died in extreme poverty. (23/25)
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I'll be ending with the JFK connection- a close friend of Lee Harvey Oswald committed suicide minutes before reporters arrived to interview him. In his pocket, he had the name and number for George W Bush and Gordon Wasson. (24/25)
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A leading researcher on the JFK assassination even lists Gordon Wasson as a key suspect: (25/25)
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This material is primarily sourced from "Gordon Wasson: The Man, The Myth, The Legend" by Jan Irvin