Cleansing the Doors of Perception – Huston Smith
F/NF Signed Limited

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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional signed and numbered Limited Edition, first printing of Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals by  Huston Smith.  First Edition – unstated, 2000 Council on Spiritual Practices.

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 Leary—a meeting arranged by Aldous Huxley—and the profound effect it had on his understanding of reality. In wrestling with the question—Do drugs have religious import?—he draws on history, theology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology.

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