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The Doors of Perception

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 Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Thought-Provoking
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Eloquent, thought provoking and packed with interesting ideas - including the use of "speaker pillows" to reassure the mentally fragile while they sleep!

Profound and lyrical

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A profund journey of alternating perception under mescaline, through which many questions arise, most notably: what is sanity, what is insanity?

Beautiful description of the changes we go though once we come out the door are

What’s been seen can’t be unseen

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Excellent short book that I wanted to listen to again but this versions audio crackles a bit. It’s not unlistenable and would “highly” recommend. Badum Tssss

3/5 for quality

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Very interesting & informative. Unfortunately the droning way in which it is narrated makes it difficult to stay concentrated.

Stands the test of time

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What a huge book, so much told in so little words. Fantastic, it’ll stick with me forever

Mindblowing

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