Via Mescalin to Swedenborg

Heaven and Hell, by Aldous Huxley. 103 pp. New York: Harper & Brothers. $2.00

In The Doors of Perception, Mr. Huxley described the effects of the drug mescalin, which sometimes can transport the person who uses it into a realm of vision and peace, marked by brilliantly colored images. Heaven and Hell is related to that previous little book, carrying further Mr. Huxley’s psychological and even theological speculations upon this and similar themes. With his friend Mr. Gerald Heard, Mr. Huxley has been seeking to transcend the boundaries of ordinary sensory experience, so as to attain a state approaching mystical ecstasy.

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Heaven and Hell, by Aldous Huxley. 103 pp. New York: Harper & Brothers. $2.00

In The Doors of Perception, Mr. Huxley described the effects of the drug mescalin, which sometimes can transport the person who uses it into a realm of vision and peace, marked by brilliantly colored images. Heaven and Hell is related to that previous little book, carrying further Mr. Huxley’s psychological and even theological speculations upon this and similar themes. With his friend Mr. Gerald Heard, Mr. Huxley has been seeking to transcend the boundaries of ordinary sensory experience, so as to attain a state approaching mystical ecstasy.