LEADER 03335nam 2200517 450 001 9910809437803321 005 20230124193434.0 010 $a1-63388-117-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000515280 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001581026 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16260589 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001581026 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14820422 035 $a(PQKB)10488569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5890594 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000515280 100 $a20190930d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAldous Huxley's hands $ehis quest for perception and the origin and return of psychedelic science /$fAllene Symons 210 1$aAmherst, New York :$cPrometheus Books,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-63388-116-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index. 330 $a"Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrated author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. Allene Symons had no inkling that Aldous Huxley was once a friend of her father's until the summer of 2001 when she discovered a box of her dad's old photographs. For years in the 1940s and '50s, her father had meticulously photographed human hands in the hope of developing a science of predicting human aptitudes and even mental illness. In the box, along with all the other hand images, was one with the name of Aldous Huxley on the back. How was it possible for two such unlikely people to cross paths--her aircraft-engineer father and the famous author? This question sparked a journalist's quest to understand what clearly seemed to be a little-known interest of Aldous Huxley. Through interviews, road trips, and family documents, the author reconstructs a time peaking in mid-1950s Los Angeles when Huxley experimented with psychedelic substances, ran afoul of gatekeepers, and advocated responsible use of such hallucinogens to treat mental illness as well as to achieve states of mind called mystical. Because the author's father had studied hundreds of hands, including those of schizophrenics, he was invited into Huxley's research and discussion circle. This intriguing narrative about the early psychedelic era throws new light on one of the 20th-century's foremost intellectuals, showing that his experiments in consciousness presaged pivotal scientific research underway today"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAuthors, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aHallucinogenic drugs$xResearch$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aConsciousness$xResearch x History$y20th century 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aHallucinogenic drugs$xResearch$xHistory 615 0$aConsciousness$xResearch x History 676 $a823/.912 686 $aSCI034000$aBIO007000$2bisacsh 700 $aSymons$b Allene$01648616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809437803321 996 $aAldous Huxley's hands$93996893 997 $aUNINA