{"product_id":"9780586044377","title":"The Doors of Perception (Flamingo Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo classic texts in one volume reveal Huxley's explorations into the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAldous Huxley first took mescalin in 1953 and continued his experiments with hallucinogenic drugs until 1963 when, on his deathbed, he asked for and was given LSD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these short but intensely illuminating essays, Aldous Huxley explores the effects of the mescalin experience, describing how the drug enabled him to discover a 'sacramental vision of reality'. He also discusses the spiritual and moral implications of the experience, demonstrating how negative emotions can transform man's perceptual Nirvana into a 'schizophrenic hell'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFront cover shows a painting by René Magritte, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empty Mask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1928. From the National Museum of Wales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aldous Huxley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58147081486496,"sku":"9780586044377","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/3247264.jpg?v=1783351849","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780586044377","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}