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Terence Mckenna - The solution to cultural illusions (Original Post) whirlygigspin Jun 2014 OP
I loved his theory of Santa Claus riverwalker Jun 2014 #1
The timing of christmas, also Quantess Jun 2014 #5
K&R DeSwiss Jun 2014 #2
McKenna was brilliant. Aldo Leopold Jun 2014 #3
interesting! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #4
See also: "One River" by Wade Davis - ethnobotanist who did lots of work in S. America hatrack Jun 2014 #6

Quantess

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5. The timing of christmas, also
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:08 AM
Jun 2014

close to the autumnal equinox, is an obvious sign of it being a pagan holiday that began long before Christ.

hatrack

(59,442 posts)
6. See also: "One River" by Wade Davis - ethnobotanist who did lots of work in S. America
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:48 PM
Jun 2014

He and his colleague, Tim Plowman, were some of the first to do nutritional and chemical analyses on coca (among many other plants), and discovered that it had tremendous nutritional value.

No one had ever done it before, because bad, evil coca was responsible for Latin American poverty, doncha know.

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