Description: In these two classic books, originally published in the 1950s, Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness. As a user of mind-altering drugs like mescaline and LSD, he came to believe that they gave users essentially the same experiences that mystics attained through fasting, prayer, and meditation. The books became essential texts for the counterculture during the 1960s.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." - New York Times
"Wonderfully entertaining." - The New Yorker
"Evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece" - Sunday Times (London)
"The book that launched a thousand trips." - Daily Telegraph (London)