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Terence McKenna

1946 - 2000

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Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and mushrooms. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, ethnomycology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. He was called the "Timothy Leary of the '90s", "one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism", and the "intellectual voice of rave culture". Critical reception of Terence McKenna’s work was deeply polarized, with critics accusing him of promoting dangerous ideas and questioning his sanity, while others praised his writing as groundbreaking, humorous, and intellectually provocative. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terence McKenna is the 2,519th most popular writer (down from 2,338th in 2019), the 3,640th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,916th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Terence McKenna ranks 2,519 out of 7,302. Before him are George Whitefield, Isak Samokovlija, Rebecca West, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Mohammed Dib, and Jean d'Ormesson. After him are Sogyal Rinpoche, María Kodama, Heimito von Doderer, Ikki Kita, Cornelis de Bruijn, and Antigonus of Carystus.

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Among people born in 1946, Terence McKenna ranks 263. Before him are Piet Schrijvers, Henrique Rosa, John Watson, William Thurston, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. After him are Moritz Leuenberger, Renzo Zorzi, Marián Čalfa, Frank Welker, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, and Andrzej Seweryn. Among people deceased in 2000, Terence McKenna ranks 106. Before him are William Porter, Jean Peters, John Ljunggren, Gisèle Freund, John O'Connor, and Christian Marquand. After him are Leonidas Pyrgos, Andy Hug, Kemal Sunal, Hendrik Casimir, Domingos da Guia, and Bernhard Wicki.

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Among people born in United States, Terence McKenna ranks 3,640 out of 20,380. Before him are Morris Swadesh (1909), Maxie Long (1878), George Koval (1913), Royal Rife (1888), John Anderson (1907), and Barry Manilow (1943). After him are Alan Perlis (1922), Leonard Susskind (1940), John C. Bogle (1929), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), and Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738).

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Among writers born in United States, Terence McKenna ranks 292. Before him are Kate Chopin (1850), Gardner Fox (1911), John Grinder (1940), Tom Wilson (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), and Jack Williamson (1908). After him are Neil Simon (1927), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), Tom Peters (1942), William Peter Blatty (1928), Wayne Dyer (1940), and Alice B. Toklas (1877).

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