The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

Aldous Huxley

Sep 2009 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." — New York Times

Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. This edition also features an additional essay, "Drugs That Shape Men's Minds," now included for the first time.

Ratings and reviews

This is not a textbook about mescaline and the Mind-at-Large, but in narrating his experiences, Aldous Huxley writes a memorable work on the mind's inner workings under chemicals. It may not be entirely accurate or up to date, but it is nevertheless greatly written and very insightful.

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About the author

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.