I’m feeling nostalgic today. I met Terence McKenna at a party in Berkley in 1988. We talked for a long time about UFO’s, and psychedelics. I was astounded by his brilliance and would go to his lectures whenever I could.

Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was a writer, philosopher, psychonaut and ethnobotanist. He was noted for his knowledge of the use of psychedelic, plant-based entheogens, and ...