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Publication
HarperCollins (1956), Edition: First Edition, 103 pages
Description
Aldous Huxley, one of the most daring intellectuals of our time, collects in this book two articles about hallucinogenic drugs and their influence on various artistic manifestations, from painting to literature. Through the documentation available in the 1950s and the testimony of doctors and scientists who had experimented with drugs, Huxley recounted the history of peyotl, its social consideration in old American cultures, and recounted his own experiences with hallucinogens. A fundamental work in the debate on drugs.
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LibraryThing member karnoefel
Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychadelic 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
"A genuine spiritual quest. ... Extraordinary." — New York Times (less)
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human consciousness. This new edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for the first time."A genuine spiritual quest. ... Extraordinary." — New York Times (less)
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Original publication date
1956
Physical description
103 p.; 6.9 inches
ISBN
0060802197 / 9780060802196
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