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How long does it take to read The Archaic Revival?

Terence McKenna

The Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 17 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1991. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 48 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche and the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past and future.

Subjects: Mysticism, Shamanism, Hallucinogenic drugs, Mysticisme, Chamanisme, Hallucinogènes

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