Aldous Huxley's Hands : His Quest for Perception and the Origin and Return of Psychedelic Science.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- PART I-THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DRUGSTORE -- Chapter 1-Adaptation -- Chapter 2-Seekers of Peace -- Chapter 3-Jacob's Hands -- Chapter 4-Chasing Schizophrenia -- Chapter 5-Stranded in the Studebaker -- Chapter 6-Tuesday Nights on North Kings Road -- PART II-ONE BRIGHT MAY MORNING -- Chapter 7-Take a Sip of Amazement -- Chapter 8-Mescalin and Marilyn Monroe -- Chapter 9-Slamming the Doors -- Chapter 10-The French Connection -- Chapter 11-Aldous Goes Rogue -- Chapter 12-Maria -- Chapter 13-Consternation at Menninger and Miramar -- Chapter 14-Successor Wife -- Chapter 15-Take a Pinch of Psychedelic -- Chapter 16-Convergence in Cambridge -- Chapter 17-Purifying Fire -- PART III-AFTER ALDOUS -- Chapter 18-Backpedal on LSD -- Chapter 19-With Laura Under the Hollywood Sign -- Chapter 20-The Visionary Experience -- Chapter 21-The Return of Psychedelic Science -- Chapter 22-Beside Psychedelics -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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