McKenna wrote that “untrammeled rationalism, male dominance, and attention to the visible surface of things” had rendered society “very, very sick.”
The peak of materialism and ego, and forgetfulness and ignorance
The default modern worldview of our times Atheistic materialism & existential nihilism
Existential nihilism - all events are random and result of materialistic causes. The denial of any inherent value, meaning, purpose or teleos to reality.
Therefore people’s lives have no meaning or purpose, no higher divine aesthetic or love.
Even if you go to church or are nominally religious - you are still operating under the scientific materialism paradigm
Everything is matter and energy, with emphasis on everything is matter
Science is progressing and we know quite a lot
Many people ascribe to the atheistic materialist worldview but carve out a little “I believe in god