However, he never advertised Heroin and Crack, but tries to show ways to trick our limited ability of perception. The theory that drugs could be used to expand the mental horizon was widely tried during that time and if you take a look at the results Huxley's ideas were clearly proven false. I actually bought this volume because it is one of the key books of the Hippie movement. The effects are compared to those of hypnosis and certain forms of schizophrenia which form the hell part to the heavenly mescalin. Users are therefore able to access their unconscious. The second essay forms a twin to this theory by pointing to the ability of mescalin to burst the inner barriers of the brain. This substance would be his drug of choice because it is not addictive, the reaction to it are mostly pleasant and it does not influence the ability to think rationally. Formally, the author basically links his theoretical approach to the topic with the description of his experiments with mescalin. Huxley believes that all men are able to see what artists, prophets and fools see, if they are willing to disable the brain's function to block 'unnecessary' impulses from its surroundings. The first piece centers on the possibility to experience our environment in an uninhibited way. The little volume contains two essays of Huxley which are concerned with the conscious use of drugs to expand men's vision and range of possible experience.
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