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To: BenLurkin

Terence McKenna had a great term for such “spooky” or “weird” stuff.

He called them “metaphysical spankings”, natures way of reminding us we are not at the top of the hierarchy of being.


3 posted on 03/15/2021 5:34:35 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

The good ol’ Stoned Ape Theory...


6 posted on 03/15/2021 5:40:41 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: cgbg
Terence McKenna had a great term for such “spooky” or “weird” stuff. He called them “metaphysical spankings”, natures way of reminding us we are not at the top of the hierarchy of being.
Ooh, I'm savin' that!

71 posted on 03/16/2021 6:35:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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