Language creates reality.
McKenna’s idea that language is a psychedelic, reality-generating technology.
language is not merely a tool for describing reality—it is the means by which reality itself is constructed.
- McKenna frequently spoke of language as the primary shaper of reality. He saw speech as an act of magic, where meaning itself becomes a living force that affects the world.
- He believed that reality is a construct of linguistic structures—that what we call "the real world" is a story we tell ourselves through words.
- Psychedelics reveal a “linguistic hyperspace”—a realm where words and images fuse into a fluid reality, much like the creative process Tolkien described.