Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953 in the presence of an investigator Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin sat down & waited to see what would happen When he opened his eyes everything from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers was transformed His account of his experience & his vision for all that psychedelics could offer to mankind has influenced writers artists & thinkers around the world The unabridged text of The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley VINTAGE MINIS GREAT MINDS BIG IDEAS LITTLE BOOKS A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series Drinking by John Cheever Swimming by Roger Deakin Eating by Nigella Lawson Desire by Haruki Murakami