hollyanns 's review for:

Psychedelics by Aldous Huxley

3.0

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A re-packaged copy of The Doors of Perception (unabridged), this is Huxley’s exploration of mescaline and its effects from…well, firsthand experience. Famously inspiring bands like The Beatles and The Doors, it feels like talking to your friend that got just a little too high at the party and is being pretentious, but in a lovable way. It’s a little insufferable at times, but by and large it offered decent insight into the mind of someone on psychedelics. I was interested by his argument that alcohol and tobacco are less eco-friendly due to how much agricultural space they take up in comparison to peyote — I went down a rabbit hole mentally wondering about access to these non-essential vices when climate change has flooded many of our coasts and people are forced to move inland. 

I’d recommend this to those interested in works about substance use and personal perspectives.