--- status: To Read title: The Doors of Perception subtitle: And Heaven and Hell description: Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades. ‘Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece’ Sunday Times In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram 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 most fascinating account of the visionary experience ever written. WITH A FOREWORD J.G. BALLARD categories: - Non-fiction - Personal Development authors: - [[Aldous Huxley]] published_on: 2010-01-26 publisher: Random House pages: 144 isbn: 1,407,020,382 cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=h5mMb-Jbxq4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Doors of Perception (book).jpg link: https://amzn.to/3VKRpmP tags: - type/book - books - summaries - perception - mysticism - reality - understanding - zone/areas - zone/areas/literature_notes created: 2024-07-05T15:43 updated: 2026-04-01T14:44 public_note: true --- # The Doors of Perception (book) - Author(s): [[Aldous Huxley]] - Link: https://amzn.to/3VKRpmP ![[The Doors of Perception (book).jpg|200]] # Brief description # Key quotes > ... # Key ideas ... # Chapter 1: ... ... ## References -