Aldous Huxley — Heaven & Hell

London, Chatto & Windus, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this companion volume to Huxley's book 'The Doors of Perception&apos. First edition. A companion volume to Huxley's challenging book 'The Doors of Perception', an autobiographical work published in 1954 which elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Heaven and Hell follows as a philosophical essay that discusses the relationship between bright, colorful objects, geometric designs, psychoactives, art, and profound experience. Huxley uses the term antipodes to describe the "regions of the mind" that one can reach via meditation, vitamin deficiencies, self-flagellation, fasting, sleep deprivation, or with the aid of chemical substances like LSD or mescaline. Written by Aldous Leonard Huxley, an English writer and philosopher. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear and marks to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.