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Dennis McKenna,
who realized that
"A stitch in Time saves nine."
CONTENTS
Preface xi
Chapter One: The Call of the Secret 1
In which our cast of characters, including a mushroom, are introduced, and their peculiar interests sketched. The Amazon jungle is invoked
and the descent of one of its rivers undertaken.
Chapter Two: Into the Devil's Paradise 13
In which Solo Dark and Ev are introduced and the past history of each of our party is outlined. Philosophical musings during a languid descent
of the Putumayo River.
Chapter Three: Along a Ghostly Trail 27
In which we meet a peculiar anthropologist and his wife, and we depart from Solo Dark and make our way to our destination at Mission La
Chorrera.
Chapter Four: Camped by a Doorway 39
In which we become acquainted with the mushrooms and shamans of La Chorrera.
Chapter Five: A Brush with the Other 47
In which we move to a new home, and Dennis has a bizarre experience that divides our group.
Chapter Six: Kathmandu Interlude 55
In which a flashback to Tantric excesses in the head nests of hippie Asia illuminates strange mushroom experiences at La Chorrera.
Chapter Seven: A Violet Psychofluid 65
In which Dennis begins to outline his approach to the Alchemical Opus and a psychofluid that may or may not be translinguistic matter is
debated.
Chapter Eight: The Opus Clarified 79
In which Dennis reveals his strategy for commencing the Great Work.
Chapter Nine: A Conversation Over Saucers 87
In which the details of the plumbing of the Resurrection Body are rehearsed for each and all, and a partial test of our theory is made.
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