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![]() ![]() ![]() Well publicized by newspapermen who suggested the trip was inappropriate and dangerous for women, stories written at the time underscored how females were then viewed and diminished. They were the only women on the small excursion to “botanize” the Grand Canyon. ![]() The bookish Jotter, then 23, joined Clover, an old school but stylish scientist who was then 41. Sevigny draws on the diaries of Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter to trace their 43-day sojourn in the summer of 1938. In “Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon,” science journalist Melissa L. ![]() ![]() ![]() Huxley describes the visions he has while under mescalin in very vivid terms. Huxley also broadly explores why people take drugs, some of what they experience when they are under the influence of drugs, and the need for all people to have visionary experiences. The essay explains how the author comes to be involved in the experiment and what happens while he is under the influence of the drug. The first essay in this book, "The Doors of Perception," describes an experiment that the author enters into in 1953 to test the effects of mescalin (more commonly spelled mescaline, but mescalin is what Huxley uses throughout), the psychedelic ingredient in peyote. The main themes of the book are transcendence, utility, thought, and self-awareness. Huxley's experiences and opinions with the subject matter make him an informative author. The work is philosophical in nature and presents many ideas that may seem controversial or difficult to understand. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley is a volume containing two essays on the subject of visionary experiences, transcendence, and truth. ![]() |