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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
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started a bit nebulous for me. but the end was oh so epic ! I get why this book is a classic

Loved the End

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the best style of narration
easy to listen to and dynamic
excellent and interesting little book

Awesome Narrator

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This brief and very eloquent argument for the use of mescaline is quite convincing. I think anyone could benefit from this account of the substance even if I don't necessarily agree with it.

As for the performance, I found the audible breathing very distracting and the pace of reading dragged. That said, turning to 1.35x speed fixed both those issues.

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This was my second time reading/listening to this book, and I think I got more out of it this time around. It’s short and concise, yet profound.

Great read

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This book about being a guinea pig taking a phsychotic drug in the 50s and its results on him was so boring it put me to sleep in 15 minutes. Couldn't finish it. Narrator droned on.

Boring Phsyco Babble

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