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The Doors of Perception

Written by: Aldous Huxley
Narrated by: Rudolph Schirmer
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The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley, describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this classic comes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern."
©1954 Aldous Huxley (P)2009 BBC Audio
Philosophy Biographies & Memoirs Psychology
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Strangely good

The views expressed in this book regarding hallucinogen use is welcomed with subjective changes in thought, emotion, and consciousness that are not typically experienced otherwise and then seen as possible way to transform perception and a path to nirvana

This kind of thinking is very difficult to comprehend, almost ludicrous concept, because we can't understand universe as it is (which can be debated)
But the author uses this debatable concept so well here, drafted and presented in such a way that you can almost see the view of the author

After all is said and done,
I am still not convinced, not one bit,
But would recommend the book, because to look at the ways the author is able to put the point of consumption of hallucinogen drugs as a good thing

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For other psychonauts out there

I suggest try something and have an experience after reading the book. Few key words.
Psilocybin, DMT, dark room therapy, Carl Jung, advaita philosophy

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