The Resource Aldous Huxley's hands : his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science, Allene Symons
Aldous Huxley's hands : his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science, Allene Symons
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- Summary
- "Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrated author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. Allene Symons had no inkling that Aldous Huxley was once a friend of her father's until the summer of 2001 when she discovered a box of her dad's old photographs. For years in the 1940s and '50s, her father had meticulously photographed human hands in the hope of developing a science of predicting human aptitudes and even mental illness. In the box, along with all the other hand images, was one with the name of Aldous Huxley on the back. How was it possible for two such unlikely people to cross paths--her aircraft-engineer father and the famous author? This question sparked a journalist's quest to understand what clearly seemed to be a little-known interest of Aldous Huxley. Through interviews, road trips, and family documents, the author reconstructs a time peaking in mid-1950s Los Angeles when Huxley experimented with psychedelic substances, ran afoul of gatekeepers, and advocated responsible use of such hallucinogens to treat mental illness as well as to achieve states of mind called mystical. Because the author's father had studied hundreds of hands, including those of schizophrenics, he was invited into Huxley's research and discussion circle. This intriguing narrative about the early psychedelic era throws new light on one of the 20th-century's foremost intellectuals, showing that his experiments in consciousness presaged pivotal scientific research underway today"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Contents
-
- The world's biggest drugstore. Adaptation ; Seekers of peace ; Jacob's hands ; Chasing schizophrenia ; Stranded in the Studebaker ; Tuesday nights on North Kings Road
- One bright May morning. Take a sip of amazement ; Mescalin and Marilyn Monroe ; Slamming the doors ; The French connection ; Aldous goes rogue ; Maria ; Consternation at Menninger and Miramar ; Successor wife ; Take a pinch of psychedelic ; Convergence in Cambridge ; Purifying fire
- After Aldous. Backpedal on LSD ; With Laura under the Hollywood sign ; The visionary experience ; The return of psychedelic science ; Beside psychedelics
- Isbn
- 9781633881167
- Link
- 9781633881167.jpg
- Label
- Aldous Huxley's hands : his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science
- Title
- Aldous Huxley's hands
- Title remainder
- his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science
- Statement of responsibility
- Allene Symons
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrated author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. Allene Symons had no inkling that Aldous Huxley was once a friend of her father's until the summer of 2001 when she discovered a box of her dad's old photographs. For years in the 1940s and '50s, her father had meticulously photographed human hands in the hope of developing a science of predicting human aptitudes and even mental illness. In the box, along with all the other hand images, was one with the name of Aldous Huxley on the back. How was it possible for two such unlikely people to cross paths--her aircraft-engineer father and the famous author? This question sparked a journalist's quest to understand what clearly seemed to be a little-known interest of Aldous Huxley. Through interviews, road trips, and family documents, the author reconstructs a time peaking in mid-1950s Los Angeles when Huxley experimented with psychedelic substances, ran afoul of gatekeepers, and advocated responsible use of such hallucinogens to treat mental illness as well as to achieve states of mind called mystical. Because the author's father had studied hundreds of hands, including those of schizophrenics, he was invited into Huxley's research and discussion circle. This intriguing narrative about the early psychedelic era throws new light on one of the 20th-century's foremost intellectuals, showing that his experiments in consciousness presaged pivotal scientific research underway today"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Symons, Allene
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6015.U9
- LC item number
- Z885 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Huxley, Aldous
- Huxley, Aldous
- Authors, English
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Consciousness
- Label
- Aldous Huxley's hands : his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science, Allene Symons
- Link
- 9781633881167.jpg
- Bar code
-
- 31223112575635
- 31223112575650
- 31223112575759
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world's biggest drugstore. Adaptation ; Seekers of peace ; Jacob's hands ; Chasing schizophrenia ; Stranded in the Studebaker ; Tuesday nights on North Kings Road -- One bright May morning. Take a sip of amazement ; Mescalin and Marilyn Monroe ; Slamming the doors ; The French connection ; Aldous goes rogue ; Maria ; Consternation at Menninger and Miramar ; Successor wife ; Take a pinch of psychedelic ; Convergence in Cambridge ; Purifying fire -- After Aldous. Backpedal on LSD ; With Laura under the Hollywood sign ; The visionary experience ; The return of psychedelic science ; Beside psychedelics
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781633881167
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015027146
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 905518357
- (OCoLC)905518357
- Label
- Aldous Huxley's hands : his quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science, Allene Symons
- Link
- 9781633881167.jpg
- Bar code
-
- 31223112575635
- 31223112575650
- 31223112575759
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world's biggest drugstore. Adaptation ; Seekers of peace ; Jacob's hands ; Chasing schizophrenia ; Stranded in the Studebaker ; Tuesday nights on North Kings Road -- One bright May morning. Take a sip of amazement ; Mescalin and Marilyn Monroe ; Slamming the doors ; The French connection ; Aldous goes rogue ; Maria ; Consternation at Menninger and Miramar ; Successor wife ; Take a pinch of psychedelic ; Convergence in Cambridge ; Purifying fire -- After Aldous. Backpedal on LSD ; With Laura under the Hollywood sign ; The visionary experience ; The return of psychedelic science ; Beside psychedelics
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781633881167
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2015027146
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 905518357
- (OCoLC)905518357
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