Psychedelic prophets: the letters of 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...
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| Schriftenreihe: | McGill-Queen's / Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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 with mescaline, which inspired an initial meeting and decade-long correspondence. This critical edition provides the complete Huxley-Osmond correspondence, chronicling an exchange between two brilliant thinkers who explored such subjects as psychedelics, the visionary experience, the nature of mind, human potentialities, schizophrenia, death and dying, Indigenous rituals and consciousness, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, power and authority, and human evolution. There are references to mutual friends, colleagues, and eminent figures of the day, as well as details about both men's personal lives. The letters bear witness to the development of mind-altering drugs aimed at discovering the mechanisms of mental illness and eventually its treatment. A detailed introduction situates the letters in their historical, social, and literary context, explores how Huxley and Osmond first coined the term "psychedelic," contextualizes their work in mid-century psychiatry, and reflects on their legacy as contributors to the science of mind-altering substances. Psychedelic Prophets is an extraordinary record of a full correspondence between two leading minds and a testment to friendship, intellectualism, empathy, and tolerance. The fact that these sentiments emerge so clearly from the letters, at a historical moment best known for polarizing ideological conflict, threats of nuclear war, and the rise of post-modernism, reveals much about the personalities of the authors and the persistence of these themes in the modern world."-- |
| Beschreibung: | lxxix, 644 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780773555068 |
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| spelling | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond edited by Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton, and James W. Spisak Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago McGill-Queen's University Press [2018] © 2018 lxxix, 644 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier McGill-Queen's / Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society 48 "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 with mescaline, which inspired an initial meeting and decade-long correspondence. This critical edition provides the complete Huxley-Osmond correspondence, chronicling an exchange between two brilliant thinkers who explored such subjects as psychedelics, the visionary experience, the nature of mind, human potentialities, schizophrenia, death and dying, Indigenous rituals and consciousness, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, power and authority, and human evolution. There are references to mutual friends, colleagues, and eminent figures of the day, as well as details about both men's personal lives. The letters bear witness to the development of mind-altering drugs aimed at discovering the mechanisms of mental illness and eventually its treatment. A detailed introduction situates the letters in their historical, social, and literary context, explores how Huxley and Osmond first coined the term "psychedelic," contextualizes their work in mid-century psychiatry, and reflects on their legacy as contributors to the science of mind-altering substances. Psychedelic Prophets is an extraordinary record of a full correspondence between two leading minds and a testment to friendship, intellectualism, empathy, and tolerance. The fact that these sentiments emerge so clearly from the letters, at a historical moment best known for polarizing ideological conflict, threats of nuclear war, and the rise of post-modernism, reveals much about the personalities of the authors and the persistence of these themes in the modern world."-- Osmond, Humphry 1917-2004 (DE-588)128823984 gnd rswk-swf Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 (DE-588)118555081 gnd rswk-swf Huxley, Aldous / 1894-1963 / Correspondence Osmond, Humphry / Correspondence Authors, English / 20th century / Correspondence Psychiatrists / Saskatchewan / Correspondence Hallucinogenic drugs / Therapeutic use LSD (Drug) / Therapeutic use Schizophrenia / Treatment Mental illness / Treatment Huxley, Aldous / 1894-1963 Osmond, Humphry Psychiatry Hallucinogens / therapeutic use Schizophrenia / therapy Mental Disorders / therapy Saskatchewan Huxley, Aldous / 1894-1963 / Correspondance Osmond, Humphry / Correspondance Écrivains anglais / 20e siècle / Correspondance Psychiatres / Saskatchewan / Correspondance Hallucinogènes / Emploi en thérapeutique LSD (Drogue) / Emploi en thérapeutique Schizophrénie / Traitement Maladies mentales / Traitement Authors, English Psychiatrists 1900-1999 Collected Correspondence Personal correspondence Records and correspondence Correspondance privée (DE-588)4146609-3 Briefsammlung gnd-content Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 (DE-588)118555081 p Osmond, Humphry 1917-2004 (DE-588)128823984 p DE-604 Bisbee, Cynthia Carson (DE-588)1204462712 edt Bisbee, Paul 1945- (DE-588)1204462763 edt Dyck, Erika 1975- (DE-588)110507773X edt Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 Correspondence Selections Osmond, Humphry Correspondence Selections Erscheint auch als 978-0-7735-5602-7 Online-Ausgabe, PDF Erscheint auch als 978-0-7735-5603-4 Online-Ausgabe, EPUB Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society McGill-Queen's 48 (DE-604)BV050034285 48 |
| spellingShingle | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond Osmond, Humphry 1917-2004 (DE-588)128823984 gnd Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 (DE-588)118555081 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)128823984 (DE-588)118555081 (DE-588)4146609-3 |
| title | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond |
| title_alt | Correspondence |
| title_auth | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond |
| title_exact_search | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond |
| title_full | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond edited by Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton, and James W. Spisak |
| title_fullStr | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond edited by Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton, and James W. Spisak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychedelic prophets the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond edited by Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton, and James W. Spisak |
| title_short | Psychedelic prophets |
| title_sort | psychedelic prophets the letters of aldous huxley and humphry osmond |
| title_sub | the letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond |
| topic | Osmond, Humphry 1917-2004 (DE-588)128823984 gnd Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 (DE-588)118555081 gnd |
| topic_facet | Osmond, Humphry 1917-2004 Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 Briefsammlung |
| volume_link | (DE-604)BV050034285 |
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