I base my ratings on how much I enjoyed reading the book and although I found it mentally stimulating I can't say that I enjoyed it. The reason this gets 2 stars from me is that it is pretty difficult to read. This new edition also features an additional essay, Drugs That Shape Mens Minds, which is now included for the first time. Quite frankly this is not something I necessarily agree with but the premise is an interesting one. Mescalin makes it possible for non-artists to see things as artists see them. Embraced, the lovers desperately try to fuse their insulated ecstasies into. The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena they are crucified alone. We live together, we act on, and react to, one another but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. He also discusses how perhaps artists already see the world in this way to an extent. The Doors of Perception / Heaven and Hell Quotes Showing 1-30 of 160. The main idea that is explored in Doors is that psychoactive drugs, in particular mescalin, allow the user to bypass the brain's natural filters. This book is quite unlike that in both style and substance, I guess this is to be expected, it is non-fiction after all. The only previous Huxley that I have read is Brave New World which I enjoyed a lot and really started my love of fiction. Both are about 50 pages long, with Heaven & Hell having several appendixes afterwards. It's seen as a psychedelic classic along with books like Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna.įirst up, this book is pretty short, my edition was only 120 pages long and contains both The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell. I came across it while browsing books in my local library on Tuesday so I just had to take it out. I have a keen interest in psychoactive drugs (reading about, not doing) and this classic of the scene has been on my wishlist for a while.
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