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  1. The Doors of Perception is an autobiographical book written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", [1] and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications.

    • Aldous Huxley
    • 1954
  2. Sep 4, 2014 · Explore how Blake's poetry challenges rationality and opens the doors of perception to infinite reality. Learn about his vision of imagination, body, and energy, and how he influenced modern artists and thinkers.

  3. 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 ...

  4. A classic essay by the author of Brave New World, exploring the effects of mescalin and other hallucinogens on consciousness and perception. Learn about the history, chemistry and psychology of these substances, and how they can alter our reality and our understanding of the world.

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  5. A book about Huxley's mescaline trip and its insights on art and religion, inspired by William Blake's poem. Read reviews, ratings, genres, and more on Goodreads.

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  6. Dec 20, 2021 · Huxley’s “Doors of Perception” evoked a gamut of responses: some hostile, some sympathetic, some clearly bewildered. In an April 1954 letter to Dominican priest Victor Francis White, Jung opined that “there is no point in wishing to know more of the collective unconscious than one gets through dreams and intuitions.”

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  8. These two astounding essays are among the most profound studies of the effects of mind-expanding drugs written in this century. Contains the complete texts of The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell , both of which became essential for the counterculture during the 1960s and influenced a generation's perception of life. 187 pages, Paperback.

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