Moksha

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Pub. Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher(s): Park Street Pr
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

<p><b>Moksha</b> <br><i>Aldous Huxley's classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience</i> <p>Foreword by Humphry Osmond <br>Preface by Albert Hofmann <br>Introduction by Alexander Shulgin <br>Part I: Precognition <br>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1931&nbsp; A Treatise on Drugs <br>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1931&nbsp; Wantwed, a New Pleasure <br>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1932&nbsp; Soma <br>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1936&nbsp; Propaganda and Pharmacology <br>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1944&nbsp; A Boundless Absence <br>6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1952&nbsp; Downward Transcendence <br>Part II: Psychedelic and Visionary Experience <br>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1953&nbsp; Letters <br>8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1953&nbsp; May Morning in Hollywood <br>9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1953&nbsp; Letters <br>10&nbsp; 1954&nbsp; The Door of Perception <br>11&nbsp; 1954&nbsp; Letters <br>12&nbsp; 1954&nbsp; The Far Continents of the Mind <br>13&nbsp; 1955&nbsp; Mescaline and the "Other World" <br>14&nbsp; 1955&nbsp; Letters <br>15&nbsp; 1955&nbsp; Disregarded in the Darkness <br>16&nbsp; 1955&nbsp; Letters <br>17&nbsp; 1956 Heaven and Hell <br>18&nbsp; 1956&nbsp; Brave New World Revisited <br>19&nbsp; 1956&nbsp; Letters <br>20&nbsp; 1956&nbsp; History of Tension <br>21&nbsp; 1957&nbsp; Letters <br>22&nbsp; 1958&nbsp; Chemical Persuasion <br>23&nbsp; 1958&nbsp; Letters <br>24&nbsp; 1958&nbsp; Drugs That Shape Men's Minds <br>25&nbsp; 1959&nbsp; Letters <br>26&nbsp; 1959&nbsp; The Final Revolution <br>27&nbsp; 1960&nbsp;&nbsp; Letters <br>28&nbsp; 1960&nbsp; The Art of Fiction <br>29&nbsp; 1960&nbsp; Mushroom for Lunch <br>30&nbsp; 1960&nbsp; Harvard Session Report <br>31&nbsp; 1961&nbsp; Letters <br>32&nbsp; 1961&nbsp; London Interview <br>33&nbsp; 1961&nbsp; Visionary Experience (Copenhagen) <br>34&nbsp; 1961&nbsp; Exploring the Borderlands of the Mind <br>35&nbsp; 1962&nbsp; Love and Work <br>36&nbsp; 1962&nbsp;&nbsp; Letters <br>37&nbsp; Moksha <br>38&nbsp;&nbsp; Letters <br>39&nbsp; 1963&nbsp; Culture and the Individual <br>40&nbsp; 1963&nbsp; O Nobly Born! <br>Appendixes <br>Source Notes <br>Index&nbsp;

Table of Contents


Foreword by Humphry Osmond

Preface by Albert Hofmann

Introduction by Alexander Shulgin


Part I: Precognition
1    1931  A Treatise on Drugs
2    1931  Wantwed, a New Pleasure
3    1932  Soma
4    1936  Propaganda and Pharmacology
   1944  A Boundless Absence
   1952  Downward Transcendence

Part II: Psychedelic and Visionary Experience

   1953  Letters
8    1953  May Morning in Hollywood
9    1953  Letters
10  1954  The Door of Perception
11  1954  Letters
12  1954  The Far Continents of the Mind
13  1955  Mescaline and the "Other World"
14  1955  Letters
15  1955  Disregarded in the Darkness
16  1955  Letters
17  1956 Heaven and Hell
18  1956  Brave New World Revisited
19  1956  Letters
20  1956  History of Tension
21  1957  Letters
22  1958  Chemical Persuasion
23  1958  Letters
24  1958  Drugs That Shape Men's Minds
25  1959  Letters
26  1959  The Final Revolution
27  1960  Letters
28  1960  The Art of Fiction
29  1960  Mushroom for Lunch
30  1960  Harvard Session Report
31  1961  Letters
32  1961  London Interview
33  1961  Visionary Experience (Copenhagen)
34  1961  Exploring the Borderlands of the Mind
35  1962  Love and Work
36  1962  Letters
37  Moksha
38   Letters
39  1963  Culture and the Individual
40  1963  O Nobly Born!

Appendixes

Source Notes

Index

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