Half an hour after swallowing the drug I became aware of a slow dance of golden lights . . . Among the most profound explorations of the effects of mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two c
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 was transformed. H
In 1954 Aldous Huxley’s hugely influential book “The Doors of Perception” was published. Huxley’s title is taken from William Blake’s 1793 book “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”. In this Blake makes t
