Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Heaven And Hell

I thought that "Heaven And Hell" was interesting to read, but I found myself getting lost a lot. Huxley made some great connections. I'm assuming that in the beginning of the chapter Huxley was comparing mescalin to hypnosis? If I understood it right, I think he was. Huxley states, "the visions met with under the influence of mescalin or hypnosis are always intensely and, one might say, preternaturally brilliant in color."(89)
I also found it interesting that Professor Calvin Hall states that about two - thirds of all dreams are in black and white. I personally always dream in color. When I was reading this chapter last night, this really caught my attention and I was hoping I would dream last night and remember if it was in color. My dream was all in color. Professor Hall says that only a few people dream in color. Dr. Hall came to the conclusion that, "color in dreams yields no information about the personality of the dreamer."(90) If I'm reading into Dr. Hall's conclusion correctly about dreaming in color, I have no personality!! Could this really be true?
Dr. Kearney, I also found myself reading many many pages over and over again!

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