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Terence McKenna

1946 - 2000

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Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946–April 3, 2000) was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, ethnomycology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence McKenna has received more than 5,403,978 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Terence McKenna is the 2,338th most popular writer (down from 2,264th in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,919th in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Writer.

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  • 5.4M

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  • 55.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The archaic revival
Mysticism, Shamanism, Hallucinogenic drugs
1991
The Invisible Landscape
1994
The invisible landscape
Entheogens, Mind and body, Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)
1975
Food of the gods
1992
True hallucinations
Description and travel, Hallucinations and illusions, Hallucinogenic drugs
1993

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terence McKenna ranks 2,338 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Baker Eddy, Elizabeth von Arnim, Niccolò de' Niccoli, Frederic W. H. Myers, Andrei Voznesensky, and Tullia d'Aragona. After him are Kathy Reichs, William Peter Blatty, Nennius, Terry Eagleton, Marius Aventicensis, and Jean-Jacques Barthélemy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Terence McKenna ranks 216. Before him are Udo Lindenberg, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Duane Allman, Rita Marley, Patrick Head, and Eugene Levy. After him are Jean-Luc Marion, Andrzej Seweryn, Antony Beevor, Norio Yoshimizu, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Michael Radford. Among people deceased in 2000, Terence McKenna ranks 89. Before him are José Águas, Patrick O'Brian, Pierre Pflimlin, Roger Peyrefitte, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, and Tito Puente. After him are Steven Runciman, Walter Krupinski, Hendrik Casimir, Charles M. Schulz, George Volkoff, and Ahmad Shamlou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terence McKenna ranks 2,916 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Ellen Church (1904), King C. Gillette (1855), Dean Norris (1963), and Karen Black (1939). After him are William Levada (1936), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Natalie Cole (1950), and Winfield Scott (1786).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Terence McKenna ranks 256. Before him are Robert Ressler (1937), Harold Bloom (1930), William Steig (1907), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), August Derleth (1909), and Mary Baker Eddy (1821). After him are Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Terry Bisson (1942), Frank McCourt (1930), Neil Postman (1931), and Charles Berlitz (1913).

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