"The definitive biography of Terence. Indispensable!" --Dennis McKenna, president of the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy "Graham St John is our best contemporary historian of psychedelic culture. This biography is filled with wonders, striking the perfect balance between historical accuracy and sympathetic engagement." --Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam "This enrapturing book is psychoactive in all the best ways. You don't know Terence McKenna until you've read Strange Attractor ." --R. U.

Sirius, cofounder of Mondo 2000 "The life and work of Terence McKenna have been largely unchronicled. Until now. This hugely enjoyable book is required reading for anyone with an interest in psychedelic experiences, altered states, and countercultural thought." --Christopher Partridge, Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University "When Terence passed in 2000, we all thought that Humpty Dumpty had fallen and lay shattered everywhere. With painstaking diligence, St John has put him back together again for the benefit of generations to come." --Dr. Bruce Damer, Astrobiologist and President of The Center for MINDS "A monumental work of epic proportions. Terence McKenna could not have found a more capable chronicler.

With discernment and flair, St John deftly peels back the layers of legend to reveal the fascinating, complex human beneath. Meticulously researched and exquisitely written, this is the definitive portrait of the tryptamine elf king." --David Jay Brown, author of Dreaming Wide Awake and The Illustrated Field Guide to DMT Entities "An immense accomplishment. Beautifully written, painstakingly researched, fascinating, insightful and, at times, deeply moving. I can't imagine another author improving upon this definitive biography of the late psychedelic bard. It is done." --Andrew R. Gallimore, author of Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World's Strangest Drug "A deeply human examination of a figure who wandered the edge of the known and spoke to a generation seeking meaning in chaos.

This is not just McKenna's story. It is the song of a life lived in reverence--to the Earth, to the ineffable, and to love." --William Leonard Pickard, author of The Rose of Paracelsus "The life and lore of a countercultural icon is finally laid bare, with all of its shadows and contradictions, in this brilliant biography." --Michelle Lhooq, journalist and founder of Rave New World "Beautifully written and impossible to put down . A real triumph in the art of biography." -- Libbie Grant, bestselling author of The Prophet's Wife, The Ragged Edge of Night (as Olivia Hawker), and other novels.