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The Doors of Perception

305 Ratings

4.1

Duration
2H 16min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

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.”

© 2009 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781602836532

Release date

Audiobook: 1 June 2009

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