| The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell Contributor(s): Huxley, Aldous (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061729078 ISBN-13: 9780061729072 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: In 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of the drug Mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. He describes his experience in The Doors of Perception and its sequel Heaven and Hell. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Body, Mind & Spirit | Entheogens & Visionary Substances - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 615.788 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.36 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
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| Publisher Description: A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary. -- New York Times Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books--The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell--in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This edition also features an additional essay, Drugs That Shape Men's Minds, now included for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Huxley, Aldous: - Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California. |