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RE: Terence McKenna: "Linear Societies, Nonlinear Drugs"
Just woke up and read this post. That's interesting that your trip led to marriage and quitting your job. Did you have any doubts before you took that plunge?
I'll listen to this episode now.
As far as the SoundCloud player issues, it's probably just that they haven't implemented the code to do that yet. There are a lot of embeds that don't display properly. But hopefully they'll address that when they finally release the interface overhaul.
As for quitting my job and getting married, that all just seemed to flow naturally after that Sunday mushroom trip. When my roommate returned from the Ruins that day and asked about my experience I told him that I "had just taken a hard left turn." And so I did :-).
I think my experiences also led me to a change of career from working with the military in Saudi Arabia to teaching English. I remember changing my mind but don't remember the decision coming after a particular experience.
I did however lose my aversion to peanut butter with the help of mushrooms. It wasn't something I was looking to do, but my best friend, knowing how much I hated the stuff, brought me a big spoonful, actually unaware of my state of mind. In my open state I ate the whole thing and found it absolutely delicious. Not earth shattering but another example of how these things can clear away fears and aversions.