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Jan 26, 2012 · The Doors of Perception: What did Huxley see in mescaline? Given his damaged sight, the book's emphasis on the visual is all the more piquant, complicating the question of how much its...
The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell. The Doors of Perception. Aldous Huxley. If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. —William Blake. It was in 1886 that the German pharmacologist, Louis Lewin, published the first systematic study of the cactus, to which his own name was subsequently ...
Jul 28, 2009 · The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (P.S.) Paperback – July 28, 2009. by Aldous Huxley (Author) 4.6 4,545 ratings. #1 Best Seller in Religious Philosophy. See all formats and editions. "A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." — New York Times.
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The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline. The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953.
Jan 26, 2010 · Random House, Jan 26, 2010 - Literary Collections - 144 pages. Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades....
Jan 1, 2014 · Written largely from the first-person perspective, The Doors of Perception blends Eastern mysticism with scientific experimentation in equal parts, and what results is one of the most...
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. 20,121 ratings, 3.90 average rating, 1,384 reviews. The Doors of Perception Quotes Showing 1-30 of 72. “We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone.
