”The doors of perception” and ”Heaven and hell”
by Aldous Huxley
The doors of perception quickly became somewhat of a cult book when it was released in 1954. Jim Morrisson used it for inspiration when he needed a good name for his group, and they became The Doors. For the beat generation, Aldous Huxley was a must-read.
  The book describes and comments Huxley's first encounter with the drug mescalin. What fascinates me most about it are Huxley's theories about perceptional filters, that our brain has been developed to filter away perceptions that contradict "common sense". According to Huxley, mescalin reduces the functionality of those filters, thereby allowing the taker to have experiences beyond "common" perception.
  When on mescalin, Huxley can sit and watch ordinary everyday things and be amazed by their importance and how they are full of meaning. He writes:
A bunch of flowers shining with their own inner light. Those folds - what a labyrinth of endlessly significant complexity! I was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his own creation - the miracle, moment by moment, of naked existence.

  A couple of years after The doors of perception, Huxley writes the follow-up, ”Heaven and hell”. This book is more of an essay about different ways to reach into the hidden areas of perception, to open the doors, and how it is being done in different cultures. Also, it touches upon the negaitve experiences of drugs like mescalin, and what might happen if you are having negative emotions when you take the drug.
  An interesting essay, with a flowing language.


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