This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters -- including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter -- and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.

这部令人着迷的超现实作品讲述了特伦斯-麦肯纳、他的兄弟丹尼斯和他们的一小群朋友的离奇冒险，是一次异国经历和科学探索的狂欢。他们在亚马逊流域寻找神话中的萨满教致幻剂，遇到了许多不寻常的人物--包括一个蘑菇、一个飞碟、来自外太空的海盗螳螂、伪装成家禽的詹姆斯和诺拉-乔伊斯的出现，以及翻译语言物质--并发现了人类意识和语言发展中的缺失环节。