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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.

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“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)

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Half an hour after swallowing the drug I became aware of a slow dance of golden lights . . .

Among the most profound explorations of the effects of mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author of the bestselling Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This new edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," which is now included for the first time.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Later Printing edition (July 28, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061729078
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061729072
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 0.53 x 7.87 inches

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Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles.

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JDavid Cooper
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Published in 1954, this remains a classic in the literature of psychedelia and spirituality
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I first read this book when I was 13. I am now 66. Did it influence my life? Looking back, perhaps even more so than I had realized. It was 1963 when I read it. I had been reading dystopias and had just finished "Brave New World." There was so much talk about LSD, mescaline, peyote and other hallucinogens as being "mind-expanding" and all that stuff that is now history. One interesting point of history regarding Aldous Huxley's life. He died the day JFK was shot. He was taking LSD at the time because he wanted to experience death as fully as he could.
The title was taken from William Blake who had said, "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite." That quote and this book would later help Jim Morrison in naming his band, "The Doors."
I read it with rapt attention. I was entranced. When I reread it recently, I was amazed at how much I remembered and how much of my life choices it had influenced.
I do remember that I promised myself at that young age, that when I was older, I would try these drugs as the search for "God" and spirituality was very important to me then and is still now.
In particular, I recall the passage where, staring at a simple chair, Huxley waxed eloquently about what the chair revealed about its maker. Most of all, I recall his referring to perceiving the "isness" of the chair.
This book was originally published in 1954. It was an important book then and it remains so now. It is a "must-have" for the library of any seeker of the truth, any who seek "higher learning", (pun intended and not), any who are investigators of world spirituality. Very highly recommended.

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Was recommended to me, and now I know why!
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014
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In this book, Huxley describes his high off the drug Mescalin, and how it affected his ways of thinking, opening the Doors of Perception. Lots of background. Lots of comparisons to art that I have never heard of, but looked up to understand a little clearer. The author is obviously extremely smart, which is apparent through his amazing writing. It's not a quick blog about his personal experimentation with psychedelic drugs, it is a quite detailed account of the psychedelic experience. He also talks about how it is possible that schizophrenia could be related to effects of psychedelic drug, not in a sense of cause and effect, but in a sense of comparing the high that it is produced by mescalin and the experience of being schizophrenic. I think if you have an open mind, this will definitely be enjoyable to read and even if you are iffy about reading up on drug experiences, it is so well written and knowledgeable you will probably still love it.

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this book is good reading, the author he is from before the baby boomers writes in a older style
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
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interesting reading from the early sixties, been wanting to delve into this for book forsome time.

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It’s almost as if, in "Brave New World,” Aldous Huxley actually foresaw what society might be beginning to feel like by this time. Considering the totality of his writings, it’s easy to wonder whether or not he could have been onto something throughout his career or just “on” something a lot.

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Doors of Perception
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Seems silly to review a book 83 years after it has been written. anyway, it certainly is more relevant today that since 1966 when the powers that be made most entheogenic, even naturally occurring alkaloids illegal, as now there is finally renewed interest is seeing whether these drugs improve man's lot in life---and a fairly recent Hopkins study has shown that it does, just provides a different framework and experiential component for an individual and basically makes them better adjusted. This book is important is that we see that serious minded intellectuals used this as well as "dirty hippies", for different purposes altogether. Bill W., the cofounder of A.A. used LSD for 5 years, many actors artists and musicians did as well to improve creativity, two Nobel Laureates, Francis Crick (the idea of a double helix came to him on LSD) and Kerry Mullin credit the drugs. Certainly untold advances in computers, film, visual arts, even engineering have come from the cultural impact of these substances. We are not talking about a drug of abuse, although the propaganda of the govt. contributed to much negative press. I hope to provide a little positive!

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about what I should've expected by a person on drugs
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years ago I read Brave New World by the same author and really enjoyed it. Also, years ago, I enjoyed the rock band The Doors. I believe they chose the name of their group based on this book so I was mildly curious to read it.....I gave it a 3 as to call it average. it was ok. probably a hard topic to write a book about. glad I finally got around to reading it but it just barely held my attention to the end....but, it is a short book. give it a try if you like. disclaimer; never done any hard hallucinogenic drugs so maybe I missed a lot of the relevance.

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A classic
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2024
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Since I hadn't read this in a long time and lost my copy over the years, I decided to buy it again. Can't go wrong with Huxley.

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Arrived on time
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Lo volví a leer después de 40 años y me volvió a fascinar.

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Un autore troppo spesso dimenticato
Reviewed in Italy on October 24, 2020
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Un libro fondamentale per conoscere il pensiero di Huxley, da unire - a mio avviso - alla lettura di un altro suo saggio, 'La filosofia perenne'.
Benché sia stato scritto oltre mezzo secolo fa, è un saggio che presenta ancora interessanti analisi, sia soggettive che oggettive (queste ultime riprese da studi dell'epoca). Risulta inoltre un documento importantissimo per comprendere più a fondo la cultura hippie, che da questi due testi prese grande ispirazione.
In merito allo stile, Huxley si distingue sempre per chiarezza e sinteticità, tratti ancora più apprezzabili di fronte ad un argomento che nelle parti scientifiche potrebbe risultare sterile a un lettore comune.

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