About the Book: The Doors of Perception
With a Forward by J. G. Ballard in 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