Talk:The Doors of Perception

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This must be similar to how manic-depressive people feel and helps to understand them and their way of perceiving and reacting to their environment.

Really? Cite, please?

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Mention of walt disney's involvement with Aldous Huxley? Is this just a rumor, or are there any reputable sources avalible?

While I'm sure Jim Morrison was familiar with this book, I'm also pretty sure he knew Blake, so without a citation I'm not sure if it's clear that he named The Doors after this book or after the quotation from Blake's poem. Does anyone have a citation for that claim? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.42.129.30 (talk) 14:41, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I don't much like this article

Because it taught me nothing about the Doors of Perception. Where is the summary? You just have a few quotes written by Huxley himself. Please, a synopsis. What is Aldy's philosophy in this book? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanpatnaude (talk • contribs) 22:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] did Huxley write this while ON mescaline?

The quotes are rather...obscure, not to mention verbose. It sounds like he wrote it while high on whatever drug he was taking (mescaline or otherwise). Or perhaps he did write it while sober, but no one who has taken such perception altering drugs could possibly understand what he's really trying to say. 72.92.173.86 (talk) 05:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)