Heaven and Hell

I really thought that Heaven and Hell was a great read. I love Huxley's writing style. His logical progression is so solid that even if I am questioning the content of what he is saying I still find myself amazed at the clarity and concreteness of his arguments. As I was reading I kept asking myself if the inclusion of statistical or medical data involving brain scans or something like that would enrich the text, but ultimately I feel that being inundated with statistical data would weigh down the poetic nature of his writing. The idea of ancient people seeing color and brightness in an entirely different context than a modern observer has some interesting implications in regards to historical revision. It begs the question of how the conquistadors, encased in reflective armor of polished steel, would have been received by native peoples of the Western hemisphere.