Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss My Life with Terence McKenna is an autobiographical account of renowned ethnobotanist Dennis McKennas childhood his relationship with his brother and the authorampampamp8217s experiences with and reflections on psychedelics philosophy and scientific innovation.Chronicling the McKenna brothersampampamp8217 childhood in western Colorado during the 1950s and 1960s Dennis writes of his adolescent adventures including his first encounters with alcohol and drugs many of which were facilitated by Terence and the people and ideas that shaped them both. Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss weaves personal narrative through philosophical ideas and tales of psychedelic experimentation.ampampamp160In this book Dennis describes these inquiries with the wisdom of perspective. In his account of what has become known as ampampquotThe Experiment at La Chorreraampampquot which Terence documented in his own 1989 book True Hallucinations ampampamp8212 Dennis describes how he had visions of merging mushroom and human DNA the brothersampampamp8217 predictions for the future and their evolving ideas about society and consciousness.