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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Curses. I have been unmasked !

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Jim Morrison ?
Who he ?

ohman · Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 239 Location: B' Um Fouk, Egypt

Jim Morrison was into William Blake. William Blake was not in Morrison.

johnslat · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:05 am Post subject: The Doors

Dear ohman,
Hmm, I wouldn't be too sure about that. Perhaps the mystical Blake was able to peer into the future, caught a glimpse of Morrison's group and was inspired to write this in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell":

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

Regards,
John

J-Pop · Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 215 Location: USA

johnslat · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:24 am Post subject: Heaven and Hell

Dear J-Pop,
Back in the late 60s, I (and just about everybody else, it sometimes seemed) did some "experimentation" with various drugs, including mescaline. At the time, I have to admit I found it fascinating. There were moments when I had the "secret of the universe" within my grasp; unfortunately that "secret" seemed to dissolve into nothingness upon my return to what's commonly called reality. I'm not going to say I got nothing out of it, but these days, if someone offered me a hit, I'd turn it down. For a while now, I've found "reality" even more fascinating and rewarding than even the best of my hallucinagenic highs ever was. And
I find one thing that Huxley wrote especially revealing:

"The need for frequent chemical vacations from intolerable selfhood and repulsive surroundings will undoubtedly remain."

Intolerable selfhood - well, my selfhood nowadays is downright tolerable;
in fact, I'm so comfortable in my skin it's almost scary.
Repulsive surroundings - I don't doubt there are such places, but I didn't find even Riyadh fit into that category. "The mind, in its own place and in itself. can make heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven". And that, actually, segues nicely into what's the full title of Huxley's book:

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

Regards,
John