Heaven and Hell

Huxley's Heaven and Hell is an amazing read. I found myself often lost in his descriptions and arguments. I really liked how analytical this work was. He made some very convincing claims with evidence from around the world to support them. It’s almost as though he’s written a paper on our entire class; in the sense that Heaven and Hell is encompassing as it looks to altered states of consciousness from all the angles. I also like how Huxley makes it known in the begging of the essay that we have quite a ways to go in the exploration of the mind. He makes no attempt to cover up of the vast unknown that we call our brains. This really sets the tone for the rest of the paper; that for those searching for the key to the mysteries of the mind, a great understanding of the rituals of the past is needed, as well as a current understanding of the scientific research that is available to you. Huxley did a fantastic job of combining the old and the new for what makes a truly thought provoking essay on the abyss inside our skulls