Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing of Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals by Huston Smith. First Paperback Edition – described, 2000 Jeremy P. Tarcher. First Printing with complete number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with bright boards, mild surface wear and no creases. Also, a few spots and smudges on page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rubbed spine ends and edges and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
In this book, renowned philosopher and scholar of religion Huston Smith, takes a serious look at the use of psychedelic drugs as a means to achieve mystical union with the divine. In a unique blend of direct experience and academic depth, Smith examines this controversial subject and describes the historic and turbulent academic experiments of the sixties in which he was both a subject and an observer. Smith begins by telling the story of his own initiation into the world of psychedelic drugs in the company of Timothy Learya meeting arranged by Aldous Huxleyand the profound effect it had on his understanding of reality. In wrestling with the questionDo drugs have religious import?he draws on history, theology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
