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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
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"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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: Jul 28th, 2009
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.50in - 0.36lb
- EAN: 9780061729072
- Categories: • Mind & Body• Entheogens & Visionary Substances• Religious
About the Author
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.
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What people are saying
"Huxley, as always, is a skilled essayist, and he makes some stunning leaps, including his recognition that the utility of psychedelics resides less in derangement than in the way they may return us to the world of being, provoking us to feel and see."
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My life, and the things that I have done are all a series of wild guesses. Anyone who says they sincerely know what they’re doing is lying. Writing is an import
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Praise for this book
"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." -- New York Times
"Evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece" -- Sunday Times (London)
"Wonderfully entertaining." -- The New Yorker
"The book that launched a thousand trips." -- Daily Telegraph (London)
What people are saying
"Huxley, as always, is a skilled essayist, and he makes some stunning leaps, including his recognition that the utility of psychedelics resides less in derangement than in the way they may return us to the world of being, provoking us to feel and see."