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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

Aldous Huxley

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary." Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—

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Aldous Huxley, a novelist, was mentioned as having died while under the influence of LSD, which he requested be administered to him shortly before his death.

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He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

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Aldous Huxley, a novelist, was mentioned as having died while under the influence of LSD, which he requested be administered to him shortly before his death.

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He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

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It was mentioned as being about Aldous Huxley's first mescaline trip, which is where the band The Doors got their name.

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Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception. He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip. Right and that's where the Doors got their name.

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It was mentioned that Aldous Huxley died while under the influence of LSD, which he had requested before his death.

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He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

Episode: How Peyote Works

It was mentioned as being about Aldous Huxley's first mescaline trip, and the source of the band The Doors' name.

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Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception. He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip. Right and that's where the Doors got their name.

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It was mentioned that Aldous Huxley died while under the influence of LSD, having requested a dose before his death.

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He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

Episode: How Peyote Works

It was mentioned as being about Aldous Huxley's first mescaline trip, which is where the band, The Doors, got their name.

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Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception.

He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip.

And that's where the Doors got their name.

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

It was mentioned as a book that sparked Dr. Weil's interest in mescaline after he read about a student's death allegedly caused by mescaline.

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And when I got to Harvard, I had the very good fortune to become associated with Richard Evans Schultes, who was the director of the Harvard Botanical Museum.

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It was mentioned as a book that sparked Dr. Weil's interest in mescaline after he read about a student's death allegedly caused by mescaline.

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And when I got to Harvard, I had the very good fortune to become associated with Richard Evans Schultes, who was the director of the Harvard Botanical Museum.

And he had been one of the great explorers of the Amazon and discovered a lot of hallucinogenic plants down there.

So he really, through him, I became very interested in psychedelic plants.

I came across Aldous Huxley's book, The Doors of Perception, which had been written a few years before.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Huxley's work was cited as essential reading for anyone interested in consciousness and the effects of psychedelics on perception.

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The Doors of Perception, essential reading to anyone interested in consciousness

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Huxley's work was cited as essential reading for anyone interested in consciousness and the effects of psychedelics on perception.

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The Doors of Perception, essential reading to anyone interested in consciousness

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

It was mentioned in the context of Aldous Huxley's writing on the psychedelic experience and the concept of consciousness as a 'reducing valve', referencing Henri Bergson's ideas.

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When Huxley wrote about the psychedelic experience in 'The Doors of Perception', he referred to Bergson who made the claim that in some real sense consciousness was like a reducing valve.

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It was mentioned in the context of Aldous Huxley's writing on the psychedelic experience and the concept of consciousness as a 'reducing valve', referencing Henri Bergson's ideas.

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When Huxley wrote about the psychedelic experience in 'The Doors of Perception', he referred to Bergson who made the claim that in some real sense consciousness was like a reducing valve.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

It was mentioned as the first time adrenochrome was discussed as a drug. Hunter S. Thompson later built on Huxley's ideas in his own work.

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Aldous Huxley was the first one to talk about it as a drug

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It was mentioned as the first time adrenochrome was discussed as a drug. Hunter S. Thompson later built on Huxley's ideas in his own work.

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Aldous Huxley was the first one to talk about it as a drug

He talked about it in doors of perception

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It was mentioned as the first time adrenochrome was talked about as a drug. Hunter S. Thompson later cemented the myth of adrenochrome in his own work.

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Aldous Huxley was the first one to talk about it as a drug

He talked about it in doors of perception and then Hunter S Thompson in fear and loathing in Las Vegas he's really the one who Cemented the myth of adrenochrome as a drug because he turned it into this kind of immortality drug

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

The book was suggested as a reading for a guard, noted as being about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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Rivers should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, which is all about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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The book was suggested as a reading for a guard, noted as being about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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Rivers should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, which is all about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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The book Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley was suggested as reading material for a guard to consider.

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read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, which is all about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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The hosts suggested that a guard should read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, describing it as a book about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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He should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, which is all about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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The book was suggested as reading material for a guard during the conversation.

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Rivers should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley.

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It was suggested that the guard Thomas Rivers should read this classic work by Aldous Huxley.

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Rivers should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

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The classic work was suggested as reading material for a guard, implying its content on psychedelic experiences.

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Rivers should really read Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley which is all about psychedelic drug trips and mystical interpretations.

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