| The Doors of Perception Contributor(s): Huxley, Aldous (Author), Schirmer, Rudolph (Read by) |
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ISBN: 160998191X ISBN-13: 9781609981914 Publisher: Audiogo OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Body, Mind & Spirit | Entheogens & Visionary Substances |
| Dewey: 615.788 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.14" W x 5.87" (0.21 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern." |
Contributor Bio(s): Schirmer, Rudolph: - Rudolph Schirmer (1919-2000) was educated at St. 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. A talented poet and writer, he was published in various journals and had a long association with the Huxley family. Huxley, Aldous: -Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was an English poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and humanist philosopher. He attended Eton and Oxford and briefly taught at Eton before devoting himself solely to writing. His fifth novel, Brave New World, is one of the most read books in literary history. |