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Our self discoveries make us each a microcosm of the larger pattern of history. the inertia of introspection leads toward recollection, for only through memory is the past recaptured and understood. in the fact of experiencing and making the present, we are all actors.
-Terence McKenna
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Terence McKenna
Our self discoveries make us each a microcosm of the larger pattern of history. the inertia of introspection leads toward recollection, for only through memory is the past recaptured and understood. in the fact of experiencing and making the present, we are all actors.
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