The Major Ordeals of the Mind, and the Countless Minor Ones

Item Number

PQ2625.I2Z5213

Author/Artist/Editor

Henri Michaux

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

1974

Press/Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Language

English

Description

An account of Michaux's experiences with drugs taken primarily to explore, by way of the abnormal mind, the functioning of what he calls "the marvelous normal." Rather than searching for escapist highs, he underlines the tormented, negative side of his findings, and he stresses throughout this account the necessity of keeping alert a center of awareness within the turbulence of artificially achieved disorientation. 

Keywords

Counterculture, Drug Culture

ISSN/ISBN

0-15-655250-7

Availability

Available

OCLC

707434