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This book is super interesting and supportive of experimental drug use. Aldous Huxley took mescalin when he was in his late 50's and wrote this essay, mostly focusing on how it altered his visual perception. He talks a lot about art and relates his connection with color and texture and d...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:33:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 06:35:11 -0700 2008 What he describes is less a mere hallucinatory experience and more an opening of his ability to pe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 20:14:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 23:56:38 -0700 2008
"We live together,...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 07 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Tue Apr 08 02:37:27 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 03:20:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 19:29:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 08:45:24 -0800 2007
first, the idea that the primary function of the brain is as a filter, to reduce the mas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:16:56 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 06:26:39 -0800 2009
The copy I read contained only Doors, no Heaven and Hell, but in it Huxley writes about his controlled experiment with mescaline. It's not surprising what he comes up with, given his work in Brave New World and his stance as a contemplative art...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:06:53 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 22:04:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 20:31:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:59:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 18:43:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 19:17:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 07:57:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:05:29 -0700 2009
Writes Huxley: "To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, not as they appear to an anim...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:45:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:51:20 -0700 2009
the inherent inadequacy of words and language in general to completely convey certain ideas or experiences. And yet words and language are the tools we use to build knowledge and separate us "from the brutes."

For example, it is impossible for yo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 10:11:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 02:20:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Mar 19 10:54:39 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:48:13 -0700 2009 is fascinating, particularly as relates to patterns and colors. The whole thing is a very clinical read, not as "trippy" as I expected it to be (guess I was imagining something like ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:09:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:15:30 -0700 2009
I guess I'm a little dull having never dabbled with drugs (we...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 19:57:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:42:23 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 31 06:04:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 21 19:08:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 06:20:03 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 06:20:13 -0800 2007
"We live together...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Sep 26 20:54:38 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 20:56:06 -0700 2007
people and their selves... restriction of language .. panic experience... generic labels... Huxley's mind works like mine!! This book simply amazed me, and I read every word of it with the intention of reading it over again soon. I am stunned at the similarity be...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jul 18 10:52:23 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 11:19:33 -0700 2007
Between the two essays the unifying argument is that the part of the human brain that processes perception has evolved as a complex filter. I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 09 18:59:41 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 19:11:33 -0700 2008
huxley says that the brain funnels through information...more...]]>