Third eye drops are intended for open-minded adults.

Now administering the Third-third-eye drops. Greetings Godlings Godlings this is your friend Michael Philip and I am ecstatic that you've

decided to once again plug your consciousness into the conversational coven that is the third eye drops show.

Every week I find myself in this ridiculous position of trying to

distill these long-form organic interdisciplinary rap sessions

into an introductory rant at the top of the show.

And it is definitely an excruciating endeavor, not only because listening back to yourself, pontificating is awful to any rational person.

But because my lovely guests drench me with so much excellence and so many

wonderful ideas that I end up with an embarrassment of riches. I've got way too much goodness to distill down into a brief rant. Trying to do it is like, it's like psychic burpees or something.

But this week, I have got it my friends because when I look at both Dennis McKenna

and Bruce Damer, the answer is right there, glowing in giant, bold neon letters,

because what I find most admirable about them among their many accomplishments and fascinating features is their bold rejection of permission.

These are men who have accomplished a tremendous amount on their own terms. We all know how hard that is.

Every step of the way, society has a hierarchy and a new hoop to jump through and a new game to play. and you've got to play that game to some

extent that's what makes non-conformity and originality and success almost

impossible you got to figure out a way to invert or re-appropriate those constructs on your own terms.

And both Dennis and Bruce were brilliant enough and

brave enough and tenacious enough to do it.

If you're familiar with them, you already know.

If not, you will hear exactly what I am referring to in the coming words that comprise this

chat.

But anyway, Dennis McKenna is a scientist, an ethnopharmacologist to be exact. He is a researcher, a lecturer, and an author. He's really a trailblazer. He has spent decades doing both academic lab work and personal heavy lifting with

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