The Doors of Perception
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (814 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0792764331 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 279 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern. The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this classic comes from William Blake s "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. "
"A trippy read" according to Catherine Kwon. In The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley chronicles his experience with mescaline, the active ingredient in peyote. Huxley ingests mescaline as a test subject and he describes the experience as he is interviewed by the experimenter and presented with various objects. To me, it seems as if the style he wrote this in mimics the high he gained from taking mescaline.He begins the book with various pieces of background information, explaining the current state of mescaline research at the time. This is written in a very straightforward and coherent manner. He then "swallowed four-tenths . "Thrilling and bewildering" according to Natasha Holme. Since I first read The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda in 1998, I've wanted to experience peyote. The Doors of Perception is Aldous Huxley's account of taking mescaline (the active ingredient in the peyote cactus). It's a controlled experiment in which he is interviewed, given objects, played music, taken on a ride, fed, etc.Some of the passages are a thrilling record of euphoria, intensity, and the shifting of perception. Some of them are bewildering."To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, no. FrankZ said Mind Expansion. If you're a throw back from the 60's and still trying to expand your mind with drugs this could be a good read. I purchased this book as a collectable. Due to the fact that the 60's rock band "The Doors" derived their name from a line in this book.
Mark s and Princeton University. His father s music publishing business, G. Schirmer, Inc., was responsible for bringing classical music to America and for nurturing leading composers of the twentieth century. ALDOUS HUXLEY (18941963) was an English writer who spent the latter part of his life in the United States. A talented poet and writer, he was published in various journals and had a long association with the Huxley family. . Though best known for
About the Author ALDOUS HUXLEY (18941963) was an English writer who spent the latter part of his life in the United States. Though best known for Brave New World, he also wrote countless works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and essays. . A talented poet and writer, he was published in various journals and had a long association with the Huxley family. Mark s and Princeton University. Schirmer, Inc., was responsible for bringing classical music to America and for nurturing leading composers of the twentiet