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'''The Doors of Perception''' is a 1954 book-length essay by the English
writer '''Aldous Huxley''', describing his experience taking
[[Mescaline|mescaline]] under the supervision of the psychiatrist Humphry
Osmond. It was published in London by Chatto & Windus and remains the most
widely read literary account of a psychedelic experience in English. The
title is taken from a line in William Blake's ''The Marriage of Heaven and
Hell''. The book later gave its name to the American rock band The Doors.
Huxley followed it in 1956 with a companion essay, ''Heaven and Hell'',
treating the visionary tradition more broadly; the two are often published
together. The book is cited as a primary literary source on the
[[:Category:Phenethylamines|psychedelic phenethylamines]] page.

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