Inner Space/Outer Space: Terence McKenna's Jungian Psychedelic Ufology

This article discusses the relationship between inner space (the mind/consciousness) and perceptions of outer space (the extraterrestrial) in Western psychedelic cultures. In particular, it analyses the writings and lectures of Terence McKenna, the most influential psychedelic thinker since the 1960...

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Main Author: Partridge, Christopher 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press [2020]
In: Nova religio
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 31-59
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B McKenna, Terence K. 1946-2000 / Psychedelic experience / Psychoanalysis / Unidentified flying object cults
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Terence McKenna
B UFOs
B psychedelic ufology
B Shamanism
B Hallucinogens
B Carl Jung
B Gnosis
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Summary:This article discusses the relationship between inner space (the mind/consciousness) and perceptions of outer space (the extraterrestrial) in Western psychedelic cultures. In particular, it analyses the writings and lectures of Terence McKenna, the most influential psychedelic thinker since the 1960s. Assimilating a broad range of ideas taken from esotericism, shamanism, and science fiction, McKenna became the principal architect of an occult theory of psychedelic experiences referred to here as psychedelic ufology. The article further argues that McKenna was formatively influenced by the ideas of Carl Jung and that, as such, much subsequent psychedelic ufology tends to be Jungian.
ISSN:1541-8480
Contains:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2020.23.3.31