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The Doors of Perception

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The Doors of Perception

By: Aldous Huxley
Narrated by: Rudolph Schirmer
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The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley, describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this classic comes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern."©1954 Aldous Huxley (P)2009 BBC Audio Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Thought-Provoking Inspiring Funny Suspenseful
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Profound Philosophical Insights • Vivid Experiential Descriptions • Soothing Baritone Voice • Enlightening Perspective
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If you have even the slightest interest in consciousness expansion, this is a great listen. Very Dry, but I still enjoyed it.

Very Dry, but still good

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Very much insightful.

He focused on the fact, for most of it. This' a great quality content!

Very much insightful.

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The story is great, but I am so distracted by the person narrating that I cannot focus on the content. I have misophonia, so I get immensely irritated and distracted by certain sounds. The narrator has this raspy, heavy breath and it sounds like he’s gasping for air with every inhale.

The narrator is bad for those with misophonia

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Amazing book about modified perception perfectly read by Rudolph Schirmer. I'm even able to visualize the Mescaline Trip

Amazing book & amazing lecture

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I re-read this after a 50 year gap. It is difficult to assess how I might have ranked a first reading. As of 2022, it seems dated both culturally and scientifically.

Seems very dated

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this is a book for those of us that have gone through the transmutation that's brought by mezcaline, psilocybin, DMT, et al... it's a beautiful piece of insight only understood on its most profound meaning by the brave that have been initiated. if you find this book dull or boring, you have yet to live and experience the communion.

trip report for those that have seen God themselve

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To all my fellow psychonauts out there this reading of Huxley’s brilliant work is fantastic. I’ve never seen or heard such a intelligently written and logically interpreted vision of subjective reality, mind altering substances, and “mind at large”. While my own experiences are still in their infancy, this work has greatly expanded my understanding. It may be worth buying this work in print because many of the ideas and quotes are mind bending. Meaning that after hearing it spoken once, I wanted to see the phrase or quote in writing to confirm and reflect on exactly what I had heard and what this new perspective might mean. If you are new to Huxley’s works as I am then new concepts might be coming at you too fast to properly absorb and you might be better served seeing his insight in print. I’ll be starting it over to listen again very soon.

Insightful and fascinating

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Mind blown. Read up on mescaline, a natural substance found in peyote. Native Americans used it for religious purposes. Ask yourself why. Best of all it was free!

Mind blown

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The beginning is interesting and written with Huxley's usual dry with, but it seems to degrade into a justification for peyote use. The narrator saved me from nodding off.

Soporific

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Much more than a mescaline trip through the Doors of Perception Huxley reveals the eternal human desire to experience wonder and awe of the natural world - sadly his message is still lost for many seeking respite through addiction and substance abuse - existentialism is a black hole from which one will do almost anything to escape

Humans seek Transcendence

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