Aldous Huxley Footnote

Aldous Huxley experimented with the drug known as mescaline. Mescaline is a hallucinogenic drug that comes from the cactus peyote.  The effects of mescaline are visual hallucinations, visualizations, euphoria, dream-like state and laughter.  the mescaline allowed him to open up his mind and heighten his senses. It also allowed him to go on a path of self discovery.  These positive effects that he got from taking mescaline had him encouraging other to try it, this is what he called a "chemical vacation."