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The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching
by Terence Mckenna
from HarperOne

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Fascinating, But Take Your Time
  This book is a must read for anyone interested in the workings of the mind and also the effects of hallucinogens on the brain. It is definetely difficult to read in places, especially when discussing chemicals and their various effects on the brain.
  Still despite the technical and scientific language, this book is still utterly mystifying and will fully entertain anyone interested in the subject matter.

• Nice!
  The beggining of this book is too technical and sometimes hard to understand for people who doesnt know much about neuroscience,etnobiology and chemistry.However,the rest of the book is very interesting,specially the part about the relation between the Tao The Ching and time.

• MYSTICISM STRUCTURALLY DEMONSTRATED
  the book is a true gem of cognitive philosophy. there is an energy and excitment in its reading. the mckennas demonstrate a tour de force of the lucid mind(mond).

• "laborious theory".
  Ploughing through "the Invisible Landscape" was quite a chore. I can appreciate the effort they went to with this but has little appeal for me. I should probably have started with one of their other works. I am not sure I want to do a lengthy review. The long and short of it is it has three parts:::
  First part covers the nature of memory, and the accessing of it in terms of human brain chemistry. That psychedelics might amplify its ability to access memory, reaching beyond that of day-to-day; to... more info

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