Terence McKenna, an author and explorer, has spent time working and living among shamans all around the world. He has contributed his personal efforts to preserve the plants used in these ceremonies to their shared understanding of rituals. Terence mesmerizes his many lecture audiences with tales of science and shamanism, as coauthor of The Invisible Landscape and Psilocybin: The Magic Mushroom Grower's Handbook. He lives in Occidental, California, and is the co-manager of an endangered tropical plant botanical garden in Hawaii.