Aldous Huxley: The Doors of Perception, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Doors of Perception
Buch
- And Heaven and Hell
- Publisher:
- Random House UK Ltd, 09/2004
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099458203
- Item number:
- 2023063
- Volume:
- 144 Pages
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2004
- Weight:
- 109 g
- Format:
- 195 x 128 mm
- Thickness:
- 12 mm
- Release date:
- 2.9.2004
- Series:
- Vintage Classics
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Short description
May 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Huxley's famous mescalin experiment and the genesis of this profoundly wise and humane book about his experienceDescription
WITH A FORWARD BY J. G. BALLARDIn 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. Huxley described his experience with breathtaking immediacy in The Doors of Perception. In its sequel Heaven and Hell, he goes on to explore the history and nature of mysticism. Still bristling with a sense of excitement and discovery, these illuminating and influential writings remain the most fascinating account of the visionary experience ever written.
Review
"The Doors of Perception is a poignant book, partly because it reveals the human frailties and yearnings of a very cerebral writer" Financial TimesBlurb
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Besetzung: Akkordeon & diatonische Handharmonika
Biography
Aldous Huxley wurde 1894 in Godalming / Surrey geboren. Er wurde in Eton erzogen und studierte in Oxford. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg arbeitete er als Journalist und Kunstkritiker. Unter dem Einfluß der buddhistischen Lehre und der politischen Ereignisse in Europa entwickelte er sich in den dreißiger Jahren vom amüsiert beobachtenden Satiriker zum leidenschaftlichen Reformator, der die Welt durch eine universale mystische Religion zu heilen versucht. Huxley starb im Jahre 1963.
Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception
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