Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
by Alan Watts
Recommended by Ed Cooke
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and Philosophy.
In describing the effects of mescaline, Aldous Huxley?s The Doors of Perception literally opened a door. Watts walked through it with this classic account of the levels of insight consciousnesschanging drugs can facilitate when accompanied with sustained philosophical reflection by a person who is in search, not of kicks, but of understanding.? W...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and Philosophy.
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