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Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss. Dennis J. The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss reveals the story of the McKenna brothers' eye-opening expedition to the Amazon in for psychedelic research. Once introduced by famed psychedelics advocate Timothy Leary as 'one of the most important people on the planet,' radical philosopher Terence McKenna was an iconic legend in the psychedelic community. He died in , but his ideas live on in the writings of author Dennis McKenna. On their Amazonian journey together, the brothers explored the outer limits of psychedelic experience and were haunted ever since by the curious events that overtook them in that primeval rainforest. Loading interface About the author. McKenna 14 books followers. Dennis Jon McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist, lecturer and author. He who has studied plant hallucinogens for over forty years. Since that time, he has conducted extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon. He is the brother of well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna. He is a founding board member and the director of ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute, a non-profit organization concerned with the investigation of the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic medicines. Write a Review. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Community Reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 30 of 56 reviews. Ross Heaven. The chorizo was needed for stamina, the coffee to keep me awake because as soon as I picked this book up I couldn't put it down - and at over pages all told, this is no skimpy volume so it took me two days and two all-night sessions to get through it. In the absence of amphetamine, thank God and the swine for chorizo. Ripped on coffee and sausaged-out in the cold light of my last day with Dennis, the question is 'Was it worth it? Parallels for me are 'One River', Dale Pendell's 'Pharmo' books and 'The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky' - not because they're similar but because I stayed up nights with them as well, but it's rare. In fact, if anything, the subtitle could be 'His Life with ME' since it really is Dennis' story - and better for it. Dennis has a wonderful writing style and, while Terence much like Leary was always ready with a soundbite, a cackling eldritch laugh and the story of another hero's journey to a place no map has seen, some of it was as Dennis admits more down to the blarney than the facts of the matter, whereas I believed every word that Dennis said. Of course we all want to know 'what the hell was going on' at La Chorrera to use Dennis' words but take your time with this book and don't rush ahead to that. The early sections on family life and ancestry make for an admittedly slow start, but I see why Dennis included them, because they are a valuable record in their own right and also help to explain what comes later for both the brothers. As an archive of how the boar ate the cabbage or whatever the saying is , they're essential. And then there are some wonderful essays on Jung and Eliade for example which are insightful, eminently re-readable, and which demonstrate Dennis' uniquely thoughtful and intelligent nature. The stories of Dennis' work and relationships post-Chorrera in fact, throughout are equally riveting. There are whole sections where Terence isn't mentioned at all in fact - and, as much as I respect the man, I, for one, didn't miss him. Towards the end of the book where Dennis draws some conclusions about his life, his work - and in particular the messages of the teacher plants he has worked with - my mouth fell open more than once because they are exactly the same conclusions I have reached, most notably in my latest book on Salvia; even the words sound like mine. It just goes to show that when the plants have a message they make sure it's heard and there's even a consistency to the language they use Or if not real, then at least right. If I could give this more than 5 stars I'd do it - and that's for Dennis not Terence, and the nights we shared on my sofa with a sausage and a flask of coffee. At the end of this book I had the sense of Terence giving Dennis a big high-five across dimensions and passing him the bud and the baton, and I really hope we get to hear more from Dennis in his own write soon. Currently reading this book after waiting over a year when I first heard Dennis talk about the project. I don't want to reveal the contents of the book - it's just too good to 'spill the beans' on, let me just say that it's been hard to put down and I've fallen asleep reading this book more than a few times Let me finish this chapter! Zzz and I'm asleep :- Dennis McKenna is, in my mind, and I'm sure that of many others, somewhat of a myth, legend and psychonaut. He's also very human, a father, a son, a brother, and many other things. Read this book to find out more! Update: November Finally finished this after reading, and re-reading a few chapters. I am very lucky in that I have met Dr. McKenna and talked with him in person - this book gave me the 'back story' of his life. Really well written, not exactly what you think it will be, truthful, speaks to the soul and lots of fun. Well worth buying and adding to your library. Having familiarized myself with Terence's side of the story over the past several years, it was very enlightening and rewarding to look at things from Dennis' eyes. Terence McKenna was a well-known Irish bard who travelled the world during the '80s and '90s on a lecture circuit, speaking about esoteric subjects and advocating the use of psychedelics. I was first introduced to his work by Lorenzo Hagerty's 'Psychedelic Salon' podcast in , and since then have listened to many hours of Terence's lectures, watched dozens of his videos, and devoured most of Terence's books. Oss and O. I must admit that I had placed Terence on a psychedelic pedestal of sorts; his gift of gab has a way of anesthetizing its listeners, and I have not placed as much energy into seriously investigating Terence's wild ideas as maybe I should have. This book opened my eyes to a lot more of the McKenna mindset and has further developed my understanding of Terence's work, in addition to providing background information that could only come from someone as close to him as his brother. Dennis' attention to detail and ability to remain honest, often blunt at times, in his description of his and his brother's lives, makes for an extremely interesting read. I read this book fairly quickly, considering the extreme depths it plunges and the complex topics and events it describes. I would recommend it to anyone familiar with Terence's work or an interest in psychedelics. There are several great suggestions for reading material found within the book that I will be following up on during the next few years. In this sense it makes a great resource for someone who wants to know more about the psychedelic tribe. A many-layered, multi-dimensional narrative that chronicles the early life, formative influences, and lifelong if erratic interplay of ideas between the McKenna brothers. This book is a labor of love, catharsis, and integration. Dennis's story is at times slowed down by an overabundance of personal detail, but ultimately it succeeds in bringing the reader to a deeper appreciation of his views on many of Terence's ideas, as well as the trajectory and impact of his own career. Their life-changing adventure in the Amazon is recounted from Dennis's perspective, which brings new dimension, if not clarity, to the famous Experiment at La Chorrera. I was particularly touched by Dennis' description of Terence's battle with brain cancer and their last days together. Knowing of Terence's lifelong affinity for plant medicines, I wondered at the time why he didn't appear to consider a shamanic approach to dealing with the tumor. It turns out that while Terence, the spokesman for psychedelic shamanism, pretty much stuck with Western allopathic treatment gamma knife surgery, chemotherapy , Dennis, the scientist, wanted to try a shamanic treatment involving tryptamines and vocal toning. In the end, sadly, neither approach worked, and Terence departed this world Dennis's book, released just in time for the long-awaited Winter Solstice, and funded by a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, is a fine tribute and celebration of two lives in and out of time, entwined like strands of DNA or a woody liana vine, opening our minds and hearts to the mysteries of healing and love -- for each other, for life, and for our planet. As another one-star review said, you can tell the importance of a professional editor in books like these. His storytelling is verbose and boring, choosing to go off on uninteresting tangents. If he doesn't want to go to a certain city, why is he describing it to us? He glosses over the entire point of the book and leaves people in the dark about the brotherhood of the screaming abyss, simply stating it was something he did with his brother in the forest. It's clear he has resentment towards Terrance and his success. Seems like he wrote this book so he could get acclaim through him and finally take his turn in the spotlight Maybe someone else will be able to write a proper biography of the psychedelic archeologist. Jim Brannon. As the author reflects, 'Time, in its way, just keeps flowing,' in this epic memoir that spans a man and his brother's journey from innocent beginnings to childhood's end, from the peaks and valleys of his everyday experiences to their combined attempts to chart a vast unmapped hyperspace. This is The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, and it was a hell of a ride. Along the way, Scientist and Ethnobotanist Dennis J. McKenna and his famous raconteur brother Terence McKenna written from the perspective Dennis who authored the book after a successful kickstarter campaign made the project possible details circumstances surrounding their early lives and the events leading up to and following 'the Experiment at La Chorrera' that has come to define them and their impact on the world. The result is an attempt by Dennis to point out themes of interconnectedness and the quest for the philosopher's stone in a series of inward journeys via psychedelic drugs; he points out that his and Terence's mutual love of science fiction, Jungian psychology, Eliade's definition of shamanism via states of drug-induced ecstasy and many more influences no doubt shaped the mind that was transformed by mushroom trips and Ayahuasca sessions, while also making note of the universality of many particular aspects or characteristics of psychonautic excursions by all human beings. While Terence is known and infamous to some for the allegedly 'psuedoscientific' Timewave theory for the countless hours of speech available freely on the internet which have captivated many millenials in particular many of whom Dennis remarks, in that wonderful and distinct McKenna sense of humor, were in diapers when Terence was in his prime the fact that Dennis set out to do his best to objectively recount their experiences lends a credibility to the book that wouldn't be there had his artistic, bardic brother endeavored to do the same. Which is not to suggest any dishonesty in Terence's work, rather it was a willingness to embellish some 'funny ideas' for the sake of weaving a more entertaining and entrancing story. The book was a thrilling and somber look at one of the most charismatic minds of the information age, whose effects on human society have arguably only begun to have an effect on the public consciousness. But it also did so much more than that. The abyss could be considered a psychological state that the author thankfully emerged from intact with the aid of his brother as they became entangled at La Chorrera after conducting an experiment utilizing psilocybin mushrooms and Dimethyltriptamine known colloquially as DMT that did not exactly fulfill their hypothesis, however, it did recount some interesting phenomena taking place in the aftermath such as telepathy. Essentially, Dennis believes, he became what some cultures refer in no certain terms to as 'shaman' and because of his close link to his brother could hear his thoughts and became privy to details of Terence's life that he couldn't possibly know. Dennis choose to become a Scientist to become more grounded in reality and contribute to actual science which he explains in understandable terms and teaches a great deal about to the reader in the course of the story, as the science does hold, in his opinion, great importance in the context of those journeys while Terence railed against Science as an institution and what he viewed as an over-emphasis on Western Materialism; that Science could not possibly ever explain many of the key aspects of his life's work, while he held out hope for reason itself as a vehicle to navigate toward the truth. Sadly, the brothers drifted apart as we all do as life happens, and Dennis relives the emotional turmoil of a difficult and turbulent relationship with his older brother, who is described as an emotionally-guarded, but brilliant and lovable, trickster. When Terence tragically passed away in 2ooo, Dennis lost a piece of himself. This book is must-read for those who want to learn more about the psychedelic community, for these McKenna brothers have become giants after standing on the shoulders of the giants who came before them, scientific figures such as Richard E. The McKenna brothers are two sides of the same coin, one put into a psychedelic machine we call history and interacting with the gears of technology in the same way these different drugs interact with our neurotransmitters, revealing light and darkness, not inherently good nor evil but always carrying the potential to change one's entire mode of thinking. I am convinced of one thing that Dennis suspected throughout the book: that Dennis and Terence we almost one person between the both of them, that he suspected that there must be some special connection between siblings who share the same mother and sometimes that bond can become so strong that it defies the conventional wisdom about the limits of reality which we are encouraged to accept without question. Reading this book will not only give you insight about Terence and Dennis McKenna or the influence of psychedelic thinking about a society or the community, it will also provide you with historical context, a survey of the landscape of works for the reader to examine further concerning these subjects, an introduction to pharmacology and ethnobotany and the virtues of the scientific method, but it also connects you emotionally to all of these fields and adventures through the experiences of a modest and wise mentor. The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss is the hero's journey as two brothers make a formal attempt to re-introduce shamanism and neoplatonism to a western mind which desperately needs it now more than ever. Perhaps the 'end of the world' or the end of history of some specific event did not take place in December as Terence had predicted, however, it is the opinion of this reviewer that the combination of the publication of this book along with the legalization of Marijuana in Washington and Colorado and worldwide protests and public demonstrations such as Occupy Wall Street and the Arab spring may have precipitated an upcoming global transformation. As McLuhan and the McKenna brothers observed: we will live in a global village. It is how I now share this review with you, possibly separated by many miles and existing in a different language domain. The psychedelic characteristics of future technology and their potential to break down cultural barriers is one of the best hopes we have for saving our species from extinction and charting the stars as our forefathers had only dreamed. Will we fulfill their vision, or go extinct trying but failing to realize it? As the author remarks, once again: 'Time, in its way, just keeps flowing, no matter how much we might wish it would stop for a moment and let us catch our breath and gaze back along the distance we have traveled. It is an observation that reminds me of another quote, this one by Nietzsche: 'He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. Theresa Jump. He continues to produce important and relevant work based on scientific research and personal experience. He writes like he interviews — I love the words he chooses in the order he delivers. As I read, I heard his voice telling the story. I resorted to reading more slowly in order to prolong the ride. Navigating the waters of family dynamics can be tricky. I appreciate the breadth, depth and clarity of his narrative. I loved this story. Nikita Petrov. Just finished the book and am left with a sentimental feeling. There's a soothing element to how matter-of-factly the remaining McKenna tells his and his brother's story—the way your grandpa would tell stories of his youth—except these particular stories include an abundance of magic mushrooms and DMT, wacky adventures in the jungles, a story of going legitimately mad for a couple of weeks, some drug smuggling, a UFO, a fake passport, issues with Interpol, a number of scientific discoveries, friendships with shamans, a good deal of 'funny ideas' that combine philosophy, alchemy, and science fiction—and also some death. A very touching and somehow reassuring read. I couldn't put it down, partly because of the voyeuristic thrill of getting closer to a brotherhood that has touched my lifecourse in so many ways. Psychedelic delusions. Powerful substances. But that is not the case. What they have discovered is the fallibility of the human mind. And because that organ is home to our perceptions of the universe, delusions of grandeur can emerge. Yet, the discovery of our fallibility is powerful. It can help us to grow, to change, to love, to be compassionate, and to create. Thus, in terms of psychedelics, one should focus on the mental processes it reveals, not the actual thoughts it creates. McKenna is pretty damn cynical about a the future though makes sense considering his hippie roots , and this book is full of speculative tangents on a wide variety of issues. Robin Billings. Terence and Dennis deeply influenced my life from afar in , with the publication of their first book, and again in , when I heard Terence interviewed on New Dimensions radio with Michael Toms. I subsequently read their second work, The Invisible Landscape, carefully following Dennis' method to achieve 'hypercarbolation,' and was forever changed. I corresponded with Terence via snail mail throughout the mid 80's before the internet , finally meeting him in Chicago in Dennis' book puts much in perspective and brings clarity to the life journey of not only the McKenna brothers, but to all of us who journeyed with them into the uncharted territories calling our generation of explorers to take the plunge into the depths of the Soul. It is a must read for everyone who has been called into a relationship with the ancient teaching plants of the Earth. All the rest, yawn. Do you really want to know about the grandparents of Terrance McKenna? Do you really want to hear interspersed with almost every fact, the opinion of Dennis McKenna about the state of the world? This is what happens when you take a non-writer artist and give them the biggest ever crowdfunding advance on their book, before they have written it. Wow, when I put it that way, it actually comes off OK. Still, just those three chapters. Niketa Malhotra. The book is a great read to understand Dennis and the life of those he is surrounded with. It gives a perspective on why he does what he does along with his brother Terrence McKenna. The author has a flair for writing and writes beautifully and eloquently most times. I also learnt a lot of new phrases and got an understanding of Catholic life and its impact on children. The book seemed to have hints of the privileges, biases of heteropatriarchal, cisgendered, able-bodied White men. The book furthers his interest with the science in Ayahuasca and does not include the stories of those who consume and use it and their relationship to it. I wasn't looking for an anthropological perspective but rather a note on Dennis' understanding of the relevance of ayahuasca in the lives of the Indigenous people. With this other narrative missing, this book comes across to glorify Western-backed scientific experiments rather than understand and consume Ayahuasca with the respect and trust that the Amazonians do. Otherwise a well-written biography of their lives. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Emily Butler. Author 1 book 49 followers. DNFing for now I will definitely return to this, but I will be skimming it. I agree with many others who have pointed out that this book needed editing- namely, cutting. I highly respect and admire both Dennis and Terence McKenna. But this book feels like a draft. Aleksa Rakic. If you are interested in what was it like to grow up as an open-minded nerd in the heart of psychedelic revolution, during the amazing period that seventies were, essential read! Dennis is good story teller almost good as his brother Terrence was :. Willem Myburgh. Dennis's retelling of the pivotal moments that shaped his life and career is at times mundane and at others filled with sheer awe. His passion for his search for knowledge and understanding is inspiring and I deeply appreciated vulnerability. Maros Pekarik. I really enjoyed this journey. Dennis's life is inspiring and unusual. There are some interesting anecdotes in this page autobiography but the main things that stands out are the lack of an editor and abundance of information of interest only to Dennis McKenna. Author 1 book 18 followers. The book could have needed some heavy cutting, but it is still a five star read. Joshua Crawford. What a crazy story! It probably helps to know a bit about these two before reading the book, and it definitely helps to have some experience with the experiences. Very thoughtful and genuine. A must read for any psychonaut or anyone whose a fan of his older brother Terence McKenna. Chris Hall. Interesting at times but often dull. There's also this irritating habit of repeating set phrases throughout the book. Dennis has said that he didn't really want to write this book but ended up having to because the work had met it's crowdfunding target and I think it shows. Open Books. Obiectively speaking, we are drops of protein, self-replicating on provintional planet revolving around one of lesser stars in the far corner of insignificant Milky Way galaxy. The civilisation we have created can be destroyed in a collision with a middle sized meteorite. What makes human being great is a power of his imagination and curiosity that leads us to stating big questions and courage in looking for the answers. Reaching beyond limitations not only of our bodies and senses, but also our beliefs, traditions and thinking schemes. It's been almost half a century ago when Dennis McKenna together with his brother Terrence set off a journey, that made them legends later on. A deep, inevitable need to find the answers to basic questions lead them to far corners of South America but also to even further twisted nooks of human mind. Their quest demanded not only a courage of venturing into the dark paths of unexplored lands of knowledge, but also courage of undermining social, religious and scientific defaults of that era. The sign of that is a fact that one of books by Dennis and Terrence sold , copies since it's release in And also a fact that it was issued under nicknames. The title was Psilocybin - Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide and described first reliable method of home cultivating mushrooms that can open human mind. Well this is our greatness - we can reach the stars without leaving home. It shows that Dennis McKenna is not a shaman who keeps his secret cognizance for himself, but willingly shares it with others. In his memoir, The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, writer shares his memories about his brother and their common quest. They not only explored the secrets of psychedelic trips and biophysical experiments, but also gave them an intellectual and scientific dimension. This made them influential and respected by many different types of people around the world. I wanted to share my own story, from my perspective. It was personally important for me to do that. About La Chorrera Dennis once wrote: 'What began as a search for exotic hallucinogens in the jungles of the Amazon We were right on both counts, though not in the ways we had anticipated. To those who question such experience as 'untrue' I can answer with Morpheus words said to Neo: 'What is real? How you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. You may also copy and share the eBook with no restrictions. It is legal - those who receive file from you can pay after reading also if they decide to do so. Gabrielle Mathieu. Author 7 books 50 followers. The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss is a strange memoir. A Kickstarter project by Dr. Dennis McKenna, this biography not only explores the lives of Dennis and his more famous brother, Terrence, but also contains a fair amount of philosophy and science. It obviously has a niche audience, people who take and enjoy hallucinogens, and see a potential for consciousness-altering botanicals to be ingested as psychic medicine. Because of my own novels in the Falcon series deal with a fictionalized psychedelic toxic botanical, I was obviously curious to see what Dr. McKenna had to say about his experiences with mushrooms and the consciousness-altering brew in use in in Brazil and probably Northern California called ayahuasca. I am open to the idea that plants and animals may be influencing our consciousness and evolution in subtle ways, yet the verbiage emerging from La Chorrero seemed way out. I remember from my own days smoking pot with a troubled Vietnam vet, that things often seemed to make sense when stoned though. What I did like about this book is that Dennis McKenna stayed scrupulously honest. Dennis spoke with heartfelt regret and mature understanding of the various events of a long and rich life. Often, he digressed into philosophical abstractions I barely understood. Other times, his dry sense of humor made me smile. The book was professionally copy-edited, and the writing completely competent. A must read. Lightly details the McKennas' escapades and how it all came to fruition. Their goal at La Chorrera was to end time and enter hyperspace. However, the success of this is debated. Dennis remains critical of Terry's timewave theory. It has been heavily criticized by others too. This book is part autobiography and part biography. Mostly, though, it just details Dennis's life growing up and the women he did and didn't make it with. Not sure why so much space was used for that when the book was supposedly supposed to be about Terence. It was plentily detailed but not as much as I would have thought or expected. Still worth a read for additional insight on the McKenna's including Terence's hash smuggling days where he was, apparently, a fugitive on the run. Well traveled, he had to fake a passport to get back into the states and visit family. People are also fascinated by how well read he is. It sounds like, as is typical, the psychedelics didn't do that much in the long run although he remains grateful for the experiences. Some of this text is just reprints from previous works; Dennis infamously during an ayahuasca session experienced the process of photosynthesis as a water droplet moving through a plant's system. He describes the birth of his daughter as something that can't be replicated. It was the highest he had ever been. While it might be true nothing is like having a child born, psychedelics come close in their message and function. Bryan Winchell. Author 1 book 3 followers. Over the past decade and a half, I've enjoyed listening to the 'bard' Terence McKenna, who is something of a legend in the psychedelic community for his ability to rap poetic on a number of far-out topics. As a result, I was introduced to his more grounded brother Dennis, who I've heard on several podcasts and who, while not as wild as Terence, is still a visionary thinker and can spin a good yarn. I enjoyed the first half of this book more than the latter half, mostly because the craziest stories took place then, but also because I felt letdown by how Dennis didn't address some of the failures of Terence in the latter years, notably how he was preaching the gospel of mushrooms after having sworn them off because of a scary trip he'd had. I would have loved to hear more about this decision and conversations Dennis might have had with Terence about it, but instead we just got a brief mention of it. Anyway, the book is still enjoyable and, considering Dennis is more of a scientist than a writer, well-written. U Recife. If you heard about Terence McKenna, you probably know how weird, and inspiring, his ideas were. So this is it. Well written, engaging at times for all lives have those meh moments that look like filling-ins to a major thrust of the whole story , and providing new insights onto how McKenna deal with his normal life, relations, and people around him. More reviews and ratings. Join the discussion. Can't find what you're looking for? Help center.

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