I recently posted about Lee Harvey Oswald, remembering the assassination of JFK on November 22, 1963. I wonder how many readers know that the visionary author Aldous Huxley died that same day, tripping on acid as he finally gave way to the laryngeal cancer that had mostly taken his voice. Huxley’s The Doors of Perception is a central tome in any psychedelic library — the philosophical essay recounts Huxley’s first mescaline trip. The book gave The Doors their name, and it furthered the entheogenic understanding of hallucinogenic drugs, which examines psychedelic substances within a spiritual context.
Here’s a documentary that traces the history of these substances which Huxley helped to illuminate…
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