Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond Volume 48

by Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was the author of nearly fifty books and numerous essays, best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World. Humphry Osmond (1917-2004) was a British-trained psychiatrist interested in the biological nature of mental illness and the potential for psychedelic drugs to treat psychoses, especially schizophrenia. In 1953, Huxley sent an appreciative note to Osmond about an article he and a colleague had published on their experiments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773555064
• ISBN13: 9780773555068
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.2" x 9.3"