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The Doors Of Perception: And Heaven and Hell

Author: Aldous Huxley. J.G. Ballard, intro.

The Doors Of Perception: And Heaven and Hell

Author: Aldous Huxley. J.G. Ballard, intro.

$1.99
Item #: D23792
Format: Paperback
Pages: 123
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099573883
One morning in 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of the hallucinogen mescaline, and found the world transformed. In this extended essay, Huxley details the experience with intelligence, erudition, and precise prose, and reveals how it helped him to better understand the artistic significance of Vermeer, Botticelli, and Van Gogh. The book became ... More
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One morning in 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of the hallucinogen mescaline, and found the world transformed. In this extended essay, Huxley details the experience with intelligence, erudition, and precise prose, and reveals how it helped him to better understand the artistic significance of Vermeer, Botticelli, and Van Gogh. The book became highly influential, and even inspired Jim Morrison to name his band "The Doors." Also here is the sequel Heaven and Hell, in which Huxley explores the impact of altered states of mind throughout history. In his introduction, J.G. Ballard provides an overview of Huxley's career.


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