Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience
by Michael Horowitz (Editor), Aldous Huxley, Cynthia Palmer (Editor)
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Moksha, a Sanskrit word meaning "liberation, " is a collection of the prophetic and visionary writings of Aldous Huxley. Included are selections from his acclaimed novels Brave New World and Island, envisioning the use of psychedelics as a stabilizing influence, and pieces from The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, his famous works on consciousness expansion.Tags
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> [Question de]. Aldous Huxley, Moksha. In: Question de n°61, 1985 – Tibet, une culture en exil. p.123 (Lectures par Robert Amadou)
Aux éditions du Rocher, qui décidément publient souvent des textes essentiels : Moksha de Aldous Huxley, discours, essais, lettres diverses qui de 1931 à 1963 tracent l'itinéraire d'un cheminement intérieur d'une authenticité remarquable : un précurseur qui nous livre là un témoignage essentiel sur les drogues sacramentelles et la démarche d'un grand écrivain en sa quête de vacuité et de claire lumière.
> [Question de]. Aldous Huxley, Moksha. In: Question de n°61, 1985 – Tibet, une culture en exil. p.123 (Lectures par Robert Amadou)
Aux éditions du Rocher, qui décidément publient souvent des textes essentiels : Moksha de Aldous Huxley, discours, essais, lettres diverses qui de 1931 à 1963 tracent l'itinéraire d'un cheminement intérieur d'une authenticité remarquable : un précurseur qui nous livre là un témoignage essentiel sur les drogues sacramentelles et la démarche d'un grand écrivain en sa quête de vacuité et de claire lumière.
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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and turned instead to literature, attending Oxford show more University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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