the model set forth by the Native American Church, where religion, spirituality and chemical transcendence are all happily united in one common ritual. Aldous Huxley was a unique individual in his thinking and in his courage to express ideas not always popular within mainstream media. His views were seen as extreme by many conservatives and inspirational by the new breed of free thinkers coming up in his shadow. His influence can be seen in many prominent "Beat" generation figures and 60s icons such as Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsburg and others. It is this deification by his successors that have led many to discount him as a quack the same as the others. But for one who has truly read The Doors of Perception with an open mind, it becomes readily apparent that Huxley was no drug fiend or pseudo-psychologist. He is rather a brilliant writer with a good sense of history and the needs of man who found in a substance something more than Dope. ...
