From its earliest days, America served as an arena for the revolutions in alternative spirituality that eventually swept the globe. Esoteric philosophies and personas – from Freemasonry to Spiritualism, from Madame H. P. Blavatsky to Edgar Cayce – dramatically altered the nation’s culture, politics, and religion. Yet the mystical roots of our identity are often ignored or overlooked.
Distilled Spirits blends the stories of three men – Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson – who transformed the twentieth century landscape of spirituality. Huxley, author of Brave New World, ignited a generation that sought enlightenment through psychedelic drugs. Heard, an Anglo-Irish mystic, journeyed to California with Huxley to lay the foundations for the New Age and human potential movements. Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, joined forces with Huxley and Heard to see if LSD could be used to help diehard drunks.
While quantum mechanics, relativity, non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic, and General Semantics have revolutionized our view of the world, the habits of everyday thought remain deeply rooted in the thought patterns and linguistic conventions of the Middle Ages. Through an introduction to E-Prime (English without use of the verb “to be”), the Eight Circuits of the Brain Model, and the labyrinth of Quantum Mechanics’ various views of reality, Quantum Psychology can help your brain improve your perception of yourself and the world.
