About the Book: Doors of Perception and Art of Seeing
Both a document and a handbook The Art of Seeing records Aldous Huxleys victory
over near-blindness and details the simple exercises anyone can follow to
improve eyesight. Using the method devised by Dr. William H. Bates and heeding
the advice of Dr. Bates disciple Margaret D. Corbett, Aldous Huxley conquered a
vision problem that had plagued him for more than a quarter century. The Doors
of Perception is an autobiographical account and was first published in 1954. It
elaborates on Huxleys psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in
May 1953. He recalls the insights