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Aldous Huxley - The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

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Huxley's own account of his experiments with mescaline, a drug derived from peyote and used by Native Americans in Mexico and the southwestern United States in religious ceremonies.
 
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Academic High

Date of Review:  Apr 28, 2000
Review: Written in 1954, Aldous Huxley's analysis of the mescalin experience may seem overly slow when compared to the "it was never too fast" style of Hunter Thompson. But, perhaps that's where the book draw it's comfortable quaintness from: in Huxley's...
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Recommended to buy: No

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Interesting ideas about Western art
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Not what you'd expect from a book about...
 

The Philosophy of Drug Intake

Date of Review:  Mar 2, 2001
The Bottom Line: For fans of the 60's and the New Age movement, approach this book with an open mind and I think you'll like it.
Review: I think most people know Aldous Huxley for his classic, "Brave New World" It sort of takes readers by surprise when they read "The Doors of Perception." People should know, however, that Aldous Huxley was an active participant of the 60's movement...
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Loved the Doors a lot more

Date of Review:  Feb 6, 2009
The Bottom Line: If you're looking to expand your knowledge on perception or psychedelic experience this is the right book. Unless you have a scientific mind, it is a hard read.
Review: I decided to read this book after finding out that it was a major influence for the Door's Jim Morrison. It seemed like this book would be deep and philosophical and a mind-opening read. Unfortunately, the book might need some mind altering drugs to...
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-very detailed and interesting account...
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-hard read because of the language...
 
 
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Authors Aldous Huxley
Nonfiction Category Body, Mind & Spirit • Philosophy • Psychology
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  Times Literary Supplement: "The comparisons which [Huxley] draws between the kind of consciousness that he experienced and the vision of certain artists and mystics throw some new light on the nature of pure perception."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Perennial (May 01, 2004)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.34 lbs.
ISBN: 9780060595180
 
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