0027 &L.S.D. doesn't tell them, its' a
0028 passive effect in which there is some
0029 alienation from self . You concentrate
0030 on things (chair, ceiling []),people
0031 become unimportant. []s
0032 effect of listening to music -
0033 intolerable as the sounds lose
0034 their interrelation & form.
0035 Basically, you achieve a mild
0036 degree of schizophrenia. Huxley
0037 did a lot of harm by publishing
0038 his experiences with mescalin,
0039 making people think it is
0040 an artistic experience. W.
0041 had to add colour effects .
0042 Awful story about young people
0043 having gone blind was invented -
0044 quite untrue. He did it in
0045 company with his doctor and
0046 they went round to local pub.
0047 Suddenly saw a postman waving
0048 at him & thought "this is it.-
0049 Later postman said " I waved
0050 at you , why didn't you answer?"

0051 2

0052 Talked with great enthusiasm
0053 about "Mayhew". Said this is the
0054 greatest work of the 19th' century .
0055 Has just reviewed new issue
0056 in 4 Volumes in the New Yorker.
0057 Said how well it pays to do
0058 a lecture / reading tour. In
0059 6 weeks he can clear 15,000 $.
0060 But it's "killing" - the social
0061 lifeside which you can't skip. And
0062 if you do meet someone
0063 interesting your'e torn apart
0064 after 2 or 3 minutes,
0065 W. had flown over for 4 days
0066 to interview couple^1/2 for Kirchstetten ,
0067 & had to return to N_Y.