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RE: Terence McKenna: "Linear Societies, Nonlinear Drugs"
Over the years I've thought a lot about that idea of Terence's. Today I'd word it a little differently as: Humans think about the world in various languages. Thus language, in a way, shapes our understanding of the world.
Yes. Language is so intertwined with how people understand the world. I've been studying Japanese for many years, and still have not cracked the code, nor do I ever expect to. But I do get insights from time to time. Language learning is another form of mind expansion. Travel is as well, and I think I remember Terrence mentioning this more than once.