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Aldous Huxley in, "The Brave New World," defines how easily people can be distracted from actuality. Not only is his dystopian reality plausible, it resembles the here and now. Especially, in a world where the ideal of tacit consent is ignored. Reality is simple, don't be fooled!
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Archer27
You may be interested in his "Doors of Perception," where he recounts his experiences with mescaline.
It's on the list TY ;0 He caught a lot of flack and his career suffered a bit from his drug exploration stage.
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How would you say it suffered? It could certainly be said that his themes regarding drugs in his writings were influenced by his experiences with them.
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I'll need to refresh my mind on this, however, I believe I was mistaken. He was involved in Hollywood screenplays/movies in the 40s and this was when his experimentation with meditation and Hinduism began. Some of the authors at the time took issue with both and in turn, had effects on potential career paths, not the drugs. I confused the two ;0
~On a side note, I believe as observers/readers we highly benefited from his mystical change of scope brought on by Mescaline and LSD, and it bears witness in "Brave New World Revisited" and especially "Island," with his reverence towards Buddhism and the "Moksha Medicine."
by Newfreewill; ; Report
Interesting
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