The Doors of Perception is a book by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it details his taking mescaline in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "e;purely aest[...]
Two classic complete books -- "The Doors of Perception (originally published in 1954) and "Heaven and Hell (originally published in 1956) -- in which Aldous Huxley, author of the bestselling "Brave New World, explores, as only he can, the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consc[...]
Honored by UNESCOs Memory of the World designation, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayalas Nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615) rewrites Andean history in accordance with the authors goals of reforming Spanish colonial rule in the continent-spanning viceroyalty of Peru. Housed at the Royal Library of Denmark[...]
Each doorway represents a journey - from birth to death, love to rancour, solitude into friendship. These physical and metaphorical gates are represented here in this wonderfully illustrated tarot deck. 78 colour cards and instructions.[...]
Open Doors presents a diversity of essays written both in English and Swedish by The Lords New Churchs pastor of sixty years Olle Hjern. The volume in hand includes a variation of Emanuel Swedenborg related themes: from the light gained by the near death experience in this eighteenth century philoso[...]