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Dr. Dennis McKenna

Dr. Dennis McKenna

PsychedelicsAyahuascaEthnobotanyResearch

2 archived appearances · 2001–2015

Dr. Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist, and the brother of Terence McKenna, recognized for his rigorous scientific research on psychedelic plants, ayahuasca biochemistry, and the ethnobotanical traditions of indigenous Amazonian peoples. On Art Bell's programs, his memoir The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss and his academic research have established him as one of the most scientifically credentialed voices in the study of plant-based entheogens.

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October 12, 2015: Psychedelic Research - Dr. Dennis McKenna

Oct 12, 2015
2h 23m
Art Bell sits down with ethnopharmacologist Dr. Dennis McKenna, brother of the late Terence McKenna, for a wide-ranging discussion on psychedelic research and its implications for understanding consciousness. McKenna describes his decades of fieldwork in the Amazon studying ayahuasca and tryptamine-based hallucinoge...

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The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

2012

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