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Doors of Perception

Book • 2009

In this book, Huxley recounts his first psychedelic experience with mescaline in May 1953.

He describes how the drug altered his perception of the world, making ordinary objects and experiences take on profound aesthetic and philosophical significance.

Huxley draws on various philosophical and spiritual traditions, including those of William Blake, Meister Eckhart, Plato, and Buddhism, to contextualize his insights.

The book challenges conventional views on perception and reality, suggesting that certain substances can reveal deeper aspects of existence that are normally filtered out by the human brain's 'reducing valve'

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