Strange Attractor

The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna

Graham St John, Erik Davis (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

528 Seiten

2025
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04957-3 (ISBN)

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An intellectual biography of one of the most celebrated and yet least understood figures of the late twentieth century, Terence McKenna. A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was the twentieth century s psychedelic Renaissance man. Perfecting his rugged philosophy on the role of psychedelics in evolution, consciousness, and time, McKenna was a riotous charmer who stalked the shadows, but also sought the iridescence. More than twenty years since his untimely passing, McKenna has an enduring magnetism across the virtual pop stream, in pervasive digitization, and within social media networks. In the first biography of this enigmatic figure Strange Attractor, with a foreword by Erik Davis, Graham St John detects the signal behind the noise. This book is an engaging chronicle of the life, works, and legacy of this brazen adventurer of the inner and outer dimensions, whose weird intelligence affected multitudes and who continues to haunt the present. St John gathers previously unpublished materials (including McKenna s journal, letters, and ephemera) and over 70 interviews with his friends, family, and co-conspirators, as well as a magnificent gallery of 52 photographs and artworks. Neither glorifying nor disparaging its subject, Strange Attractor will appeal to those interested in the evolution of a psychedelic intellectual, and to those for whom McKenna s wisdom endures.

Graham St John is Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow in Music and Design Arts at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author of ten books, including Mystery School in Hyperspace, Global Tribe, and Technomad. He is founding Executive Editor of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture and has published widely on the Burning Man movement and culture.

Introduction
Freak Gnosis
Book Outline
PART I
Chapter One — Edge Runners
Chapter Two — Berkeley
Chapter Three — Terry Incognita
Chapter Four — La Chorrera
Chapter Five — Return to Paradise
Chapter Six — Growmance
Chapter Seven — Special Projects
Chapter Eight — Stand-Up Philosopher
PART II
Chapter Nine — Timewave Zero
Chapter Ten — Psychedelic Guru
Chapter Eleven — Zone Ghost
Chapter Twelve — Metamorphosis
Appendices
A. Acknowledgements and Sources
B. The McKennaverse

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	21 COLOR ILLUS., 31 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-10	0-262-04957-0 / 0262049570
ISBN-13	978-0-262-04957-3 / 9780262049573
Zustand	Neuware