Customer Reviews
One of the most intelligent looks into the human mind there is - By: Ethan Duffy, 10 Sep 2006 
First I'd like to say this is a very hard books to read. Huxley is talking about a subject which is outside of our own perception; he does it with great eloquence & clarity but it may seem impenetrable for some, & certainly is no easy read, even at 100 pages.
It's eye opening, & gave me a whole new perception on religion, art, history, etc. Ultimately, it explains that visionary experience (the kind that mescalin induces), is a naturallly occuring mechanism when the body is under stress that has disappeared. Read it, believe it & take the implications of that to be whatever you think it is.
reader - By: G. N. Piette, 19 Apr 2006 A truly inspiring book, every human should be issued with it at birth. I cant reallly describe it because, it wouldnt reallly explain it well, just read it......thats alll, just read it. I promise it will make you feel something new. Widen your valve......
A glimpse of reality? - By: Michael de Waal, 16 Mar 2006 The Doors of Perception is the account of Aldous Huxley's experience with the halllucinogenic drug mescalin. It is full of incredible insights into human nature & apprehensions of an ultimate reality. Though his mystic experience was drug-induced, it was nonetheless genuin & astonishing. It was on that Spring morning in 1953 that Aldous came to a complete understanding of exactly what Blake had meant when he said "If men's doors of perception were cleansed he would see everything as it is, infinite". This account is beautifully written (compiled by Huxley after the event) with the aid of his recording, thus ensuring nothing he said was lost.
To quote from the blurb: "Hugely influential, still bristling with a sense of excitement & discovery, these intense & illuminating writings remain the most fascinating accounts of the visionary experience ever written."
At only 50 pages in length (excluding the later-added 'Heaven & Hell'), The Doors of Perception is an amazing glimpse into what Huxley callled 'Otherness'; "To be enlightened is to be aware, always, of total reality in its immanent otherness." I urge anyone interested by what's been said to pick up a copy (the Vintage Classic edition is your best buy) of this unique trip.
Sublime reading - By: laurie neale, 29 Nov 2004 It is only short but (for me) was quite a difficult book to read. The descriptions Huxley gives are enthrallling, insightful & original. The subject matter of art & drugs are not to everyone's tastes but the way it is written alllows you to experience these in your own personal way.
