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Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (Volume 48) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) by Cynthia Carson Bisbee; Paul Bisbee; Erika Dyck; Patrick Farrell; James Sexton; James W Spisak; Aldous Huxley; Humphry Osmond is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (Volume 48) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) about?
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was the author of nearly fifty books and numerous essays, best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World. Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) was a British-trained psychiatrist interested in the biological nature of mental illness and the potential for psychedelic drugs to treat psychoses, especially schizophrenia. In 1953, Huxley sent an appreciative note to Osmond about an article he and a colleague had published on their experiments with mescaline, which inspired an initial meeting and decade-long correspondence. This critical edition provides the complete Huxley-Osmond correspondence, chronicling an exchange between two brilliant thinkers who explored such subjects as psychedelics, the visionary experience, the nature of mind, human potentialities, schizophrenia, death and dying, Indigenous rituals and consciousness, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, power and authority, and human evolution. There are references to mutual friends, colleagues, and eminent figures of the day, as well as details about both men's personal lives. The letters bear witness to the development of mind-altering drugs aimed at discovering the mechanisms of mental illness and eve
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- Author
- Cynthia Carson Bisbee; Paul Bisbee; Erika Dyck; Patrick Farrell; James Sexton; James W Spisak; Aldous Huxley; Humphry Osmond
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780773556027
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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