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Alien Dreamtime

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My friend gave me a warning before popping this tape in, that it might be a bit intoxicating. That was one of the biggest understatements I have ever heard. The slow soft techno twinkles you along, you feel soothed by the meanderings. The stage undarkens & McKenna is on board. You focus on the qualities of his voice & what he is saying. This soon leads you to a trance/meditative state. You feel calmed by this sensory tooling around with the kboards & digeridoo. The message is ultamitely a positive one, focusing on mankind's primal spirituality. Along with this great affirming vibe is the Visual aspect (which I neglected to mention til now). The visuals are phenomenal. There are several "layers" of video that keep getting pulled through one another... ie mckenna will show up in the silhouette of sensous dances, then one particular color of the shot will melt out with fractalbleeding patterns. Inside these patterns, parts will dissolve to form newer patterns that surface, all in time with the music & words. The visuals could be likened to placing objects (pattern 1) in a bathtub and filling the tub up (the water is pattern 2). new objects (patterns) emerge from beneath the water... Its so hard to describe, but the whole video is very meditative/energetic at the same time. I had to take a break because my brain was spinning too hard.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this video for anyone who needs a little vacation from reality & some healthy affirmation of the spirit of mankind.

On one level, this production is somewhat cheesy: the tone of McKenna's voice seems purposely annoying, except when he's speaking enchanting nonsense, and the visuals have a somewhat sexist bent, with naked ladies in bellydancing costumes gyrating around phallic-shaped candles. But on another level, it really works, actually providing the launching pad for a pseudo-psychedelic experience. The best part of it, though, is McKenna's message: the human race is evolving into higher levels of consciousness and psychedelics give us a glmpse of this essential reality. The visuals could be more technically advanced and complex, but one gets the sense that their hearts were in the effort and that makes them okay. There are parts of McKenna's sermons (for they are essentially psychedelic sermons) that will make you nod your head in astonished agreement--that is, if you are one of those people who happen to KNOW what he's talking about! Highly recommended for the subversive and positive-minded.

You may or may not have heard about Terrence Mckenna. He is, or perhaps was, the only logical predecessor to Leary. At the time I am reviewing this, in the new millenium, I feel it necessary to note that McKenna information I have heard diagnosed him with a brain tumor sometime last year. It is a sad and terrible thing that the world should lose such a metaphysical prankster as McKenna, but at least he can live on through his books and documented recordings. This video is superb viewing, whether you agree with his take on reality or not. The multi dimensional visual layering is entrancing, the electronic/tribal based music is meditative but gripping, and McKenna intentionally juxtaposes vocal experimentation to enhance his story-like meanderings. It will belly roll your mind inside out and through the wormhole pocket in your favorite jeans. Fortunately, the video is cleverly lengthened to exactly an hour, should you yourself have any trouble telling time. Of special interest is McKenna's relating his first DMT experience. At some point he seems to lose the power of speech, or perhaps bump it up to another level. You must must must see this video. You don't even have to pretend to understand it eveytime you watch, just enjoy the ride!

In a word - amazing, but like the psilocybin and dmt expereinces discussed, words cannot describe it. McKenna was an amazing man and will be sincerely missed. Alien Dreamtime is an adventure all its own - not only do we have one of Terence McKenna's vivid and insightful speaches, it is accompanied by the perfect didj music of Space Time Continuum and crazy trippy visuals - not the synthetic ... kind that look acid inspired, beautiful shroom inspired sights made me wonder whether or not they were in my head!

Capturing a night of Terence Mckenna speaking at a Rave, Alien Dreamtime is a mind blowing experience. As Terence raps, and the music flows, Rose X mixes hallucinatory images in a symbolic logic that the initiated and uninitiated can enjoy. Anyone who has heard only the censored(!) audio CD from this event is missing out.

Covering topics from sacred planets, the three M's, and DMT elves, Alien Dreamtime is at bottom line an instructional video on life.

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Hopeful, visionary, enlightened, stimulating, mind-expanding media upon which the viewer parks his ego/social games at the door and steps into wonderfully bizarre and edifying territory, indeed.

Works well with "Male or Female, Primitive Reflections Twisted From Sound."

For anyone interested in human consiousness, psychology, botany (study of plants), and for anyone who likes psychoactive plats. Awesome speaker I have watched this 5 times! I showed all my friends, this is like no other movie out there, cannot explain you must watch it, and pay attention to what he says. This is my new favorite movie!

Great graphics, interesting music, brilliant narration. This is a live show. It might be too trippy for some. But I thought it was great.

Amazing video featuring terence mckenna as m.c. Rose X created the graphics and visuals, while terence mckenna communicates his strange views over themusic.

If at all interested in Terence McKenna, you should probably check this DVD out. The visuals aren't very complex, but the speech is a classic (on the Archaic Revival). There is one sequence which features crude, psychedelic images of phallics, which makes me feel uncomfortable on viewing. I don't understand why it's there. Anyways, when you get past the phallic scene, it's a classic psychedelic tale set to some decent visuals.