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  1. May 9, 2024 · The Doors of Perception is a short but dense essay about one sunny, spring morning in Los Angeles in 1953 where Aldous Huxley took mescaline and was driven around the city by his friend and psychiatrist, Humphry Osmond: the man who gave us the terms psychedelic and hallucinogen. It is May the 4th as I am writing this post (I won’t finish it ...

  2. May 9, 2024 · Aldous Huxley (born July 26, 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England—died November 22, 1963, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire.

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  4. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling, on tiptoes and no luggage, not even a sponge bag, completely unencumbered.”. ― Aldous Huxley , Island.

  5. May 3, 2024 · Aldous’s grandfather, the biologist and anthropologist T. H. Huxley, coined the word “agnostic” and was known as “Darwin’s bulldog” for his efforts to defend the theory of evolution from...

  6. 2 days ago · Dana Sawyer on Comparative Mysticism. Sarah Kirton Contributor. Published On May 20, 2024. Dana Sawyer is professor emeritus of philosophy and world religions at the Maine College of Art & Design. He has authored notable biographies of Aldous Huxley and Huston Smith, exploring their contributions to perennial philosophy and psychedelic studies.

  7. Apr 24, 2024 · Huxley’s The Doors of Perception retains enormous relevance for the world that we may now be entering: one not just of psychedelic therapeutics, but psychedelics used in religious and spiritual communities and retreats. Aldous Huxley came to psychedelics late in life.

  8. May 8, 2024 · 05.19.18. Spiritual Odyssey of Aldous Huxley. Listen Download. On the transformation of novelist Aldous Huxley towards a spiritual path. Address 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Phone 510.848.6767 Contact Us. KPFA Public Meetings. KPFA Town Hall Assembly. Saturday, May 18, 2024. 11:00 AM PT.

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