Socks For Laura

That's what Ram Dass is showing to the amused audience which is there to listen to his remarks in honour of the late Aldous Huxley, the author of the dystopian novel Brave New World. Mr. Huxley was so good with words I heard Alan Watts say that mescaline was given to him so he could give the best description of the effects of the mind-altering drug – the result was Doors of Perception. I haven't read any books by AH but I was blown away by his description of the Nataraj. That was given in 1961 when he had already been diagnosed with laryngeal cancer. 

Huxley has had an interesting influence on the world through his writing and the people who pushed in the same direction like Tim Leary, Ram Dass and later Steve Jobs. And 60 years ago today he left this world hours after Laura had acceded to his written request for a 100 microgram injection of LSD. The timing of his departure was not exactly extraordinary given what had happened a bit earlier in Dallas.