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Title Psychedelic prophets : the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond / edited by Cynthia Carson Bisbee [and 4 others]
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (lxxix, 644 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
Series McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 48
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 48.
Contents Cover; PSYCHEDELIC PROPHETS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; Editors' Note; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; Epilogue; Note on the Appendices; Appendix 1: Letters between Humphry Osmond and Maria Huxley, 1953-1955; Appendix 2: LSD Experience of 7 November 1956: Letters between Humphry Osmond and Matthew, Ellen, and Francis Huxley; Appendix 3: Aldous Huxley's Account of Maria Huxley's Last Days, ca. 15 February 1955; Appendix 4: Humphry Osmond's Statement on Peyote, 5 November 1955; Bibliography
Summary Letters between the men who coined the term ""psychedelic"" and opened doors to a different way of thinking about human consciousness
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Nov. 5, 2018)
Subject Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 -- Correspondence
Osmond, Humphry -- Correspondence
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Osmond, Humphry
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Osmond, Humphry
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Psychiatrists -- Saskatchewan -- Correspondence
Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use
LSD (Drug) -- Therapeutic use
Schizophrenia -- Treatment
Mental illness -- Treatment.
Psychiatry
Hallucinogens -- therapeutic use
Schizophrenia -- therapy
Mental Disorders -- therapy
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Mental illness -- Treatment
Authors, English
Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use
LSD (Drug) -- Therapeutic use
Psychiatrists
Schizophrenia -- Treatment
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Genre/Form Electronic books
personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.
Form Electronic book
Author Bisbee, Cynthia Carson, editor.
ISBN 9780773556027
0773556028
9780773556034
0773556036
Other Titles Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond