True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis

This mesmerizing | surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna | his brother Dennis | and a small band of their friends | is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens | they encounter a host of unusual characters -- including a mushroom | a flying saucer | pirate Mantids from outer space | an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry | and translinguistic matter -- and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.