Approaching
The Eschaton
Terence McKenna
Everyone's lives are touched
by deep magic.
What the universe is doing is
it is under the sway of what we call
the transcendental object at the end of time.
Eschaton is a good word out of theology
it simply means "the last thing."
Concrescence is the idea
of something that grows together
it "concrescences," it becomes more dense,
more connected, more defined in space and time
and when I talk about the
transcendental object at the end of time,
or the coming of the Eschaton,
I mean that the process
of the human and biological
concrescence of intent
reaches some kind of maximum
an we are about
to take the step out of matter.
The planet is on a collision course
with the most profound event
it's possible to imagine --
the freeing of organic life
from the crysalis of matter.
Time is the Catalyst
An event of cosmic significance and importance
is going to occur
not far in the future.
Are we causing it?
No.
Can we stop it?
No.
Can we hurry it?
No.
It's built into the structure
of matter itself.
The laws of physics are evolving
to permit greater freedom.
The Process of Becoming
Concrescence is the end
of the process of becoming
Becoming is not true being.
True Being
exists at the Concrescence.
(love, love is a verb...)
Matter and organizational processes
are about to make some kind a of leap
to a new order of being
and I believe as historical processes intensify,
it is reasonable to believe that we are
ever closer to the Eschaton.
Processes are now in play
which so totally rewrite the script
that the future is exploding in
a-syntotic unfoldment
into a kind of cultural super space.
Novelty increases as we
approach the present moment.
The universe you and I are living in
Is a far more novel and complicated place
than the early universe was.
Well, some people would say,
well that's just a consequence of the
unfolding of developmental processes...
but this ask the question
"What are developmental processess?"
"Why should the universe have a preference
for order over disorder?"
The Shadow of
The Eschaton
...and the psychedelic experience seems to be
the anticipatory experience
of, of this Eschaton that we're headed toward.
It gets you used to the idea
that the world is not what it
appears to be...
and it gets you used to the idea
that the world is somehow
animate, intelligent and proceeding
along its' own agenda.
That that is how you get out
of linear history...
that's how you visit
the realm of the ancestors...
that's how you travel
into the future...
that's how you break up
the tyranny of Newtonian
serial time.
History is the shockwave
which preceeds the Eschaton.
This is what it's like
when a species prepares
to depart for the stars.
The entire destiny of all life
on the planet
is tied up in this.
We happen to be the point species
on a transformation
that will effect every
living organism on this planet
at its conclusion.
We must give
reverence and creedence
to Nature and Nature's methods
because no other methods will
allow us to work
our way out
of the present mess we're in.
We are a part of
a morphogenetic intent
and an unfolding reality
that is larger
than human understanding.
What history is
it's the 25,000 year
transition zone --
before you enter the zone,
you're an animal...
after you leave the zone,
you're a god!
But for 25, 000 years...
you're kinda of an animal...
and kinda of a god!
We can put up with about anything.
and it's a good thing because
we're going to be tested to the limits
ever closer to the Eschaton.
If my ideas seem strange to someone,
I ask them...
"Can you imagine
this planet
in 500 years?"
(Yes.)
Compiled by LelaBear
From images on the world wide web
Audio Clips from The Fire in the Madhouse at the End of Time
Terence McKenna's
Last Video Interview
with John Buzard
Music from~
Starling
Elbow
Teardrop
Massive Attack
Yes
Meet Joe Black
Sacred Geometry Graphics
by
ieoie
www.ieoie.nl
Butterfly Pictures
by Tess
In Lak'ech
I am another yourself
