In his later years, Aldous Huxley was invited by a friend to personally try mescaline, an active ingredient extracted from a peyote cactus, which resulted in many hallucinations. At the same time, Huxley's friends and wife also recorded the entire process. Afterwards, Huxley, who had experienced the hallucination, could not calm down, so he wrote the book "The Doors of Perception" based on the various memories in his mind, as well as his own murmurs in the re-listening recordings, and his various thoughts about the hallucinations, and later wrote its sequel "Heaven and Hell". The two articles echo each other, and through hallucinations, explore the ultimate human problem that transcends the entire era - "All obstacles are cleared, the door of perception will be opened, and everything will appear as it is: just as it is, endless." When Aldous Huxley was dying, facing great pain, he struggled to write his last words on paper to his wife: "LSD, 100 micrograms, intramuscular injection."
Reader comments
This book is unique as the author explores the mysteries of hallucination and consciousness based on his own personal experience. The writing style is unique and reminds me of "Brave New World", which is also Huxley's work and has profound thoughts on the future world and human nature. "Door of Perception" is like a key, opening the door to the unknown for us, immersing people in a psychedelic world, and at the same time triggering my thinking about reality and illusion. The writing is vivid and full of imagination. It is a book worth reading!
The author is the author of Brave New World. His grandfather was the author of Tianyan Lun. My brother is also a celebrity. In addition, the story of LSD and the Beatles is relatively famous. There are so many famous people who have experienced using LSD, it is said.
The sequel is "Heaven and Hell"
It's so exciting, I really like this kind of books.
I gradually understood everything, but it was all wrong
This book is unique as the author explores the mysteries of hallucination and consciousness based on his own personal experience. The writing style is unique and reminds me of "Brave New World", which is also Huxley's work and has profound thoughts on the future world and human nature. "Door of Perception" is like a key, opening the door to the unknown for us, immersing people in a psychedelic world, and at the same time triggering my thinking about reality and illusion. The writing is vivid and full of imagination. It is a book worth reading!
The author is the author of Brave New World. His grandfather was the author of Tianyan Lun. My brother is also a celebrity. In addition, the story of LSD and the Beatles is relatively famous. There are so many famous people who have experienced using LSD, it is said. The sequel is "Heaven and Hell"
It's so exciting, I really like this kind of books.
I gradually understood everything, but it was all wrong
Saw a new understanding of the spiritual world