Aldous Huxley Speaks University California Berkeley ........ Camp FEMA, and Social Control predictions .. our present from the past ...... our road determined by bygone thinkers, for better or worse !!! ????
He was one of the seminal figures of 20th century literature. Born in England in 1894, he was the grandson of Thomas Huxley, a biologist who influenced Darwin, (Darwin's grandfather wrote "the book" before Darwin) ...and the great nephew of Matthew Arnold
During the 1930s Huxley actively crusaded on behalf of pacifism. It was pointless to meet militarism with might, he believed: wars were only "won" by bankers and manufacturers. Moreover, society's emphasis on competition and success was at the root of war, Huxley argued, and peace could only be achieved by repudiating these values. Huxley's views were influenced by a close friend, Gerald Heard, who urged individuals to seek world peace through meditation "to cure their own inner conflict."
Alas ... we see, from many areas of literature &science fiction, present day conditions arise .. Life in the narrow lane built by Commerce
Huxley died on November 22, 1963 (the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) just as he had lived: in an experiment of expanding consciousness. He battled throat cancer for several years, so on his deathbed he was unable to speak. By writing a note, he asked his second wife, Laura, to administer LSD to him. She honoured his wishes and also engaged in a ceremonial farewell to her husband which she described later in her biography of him
***** ""Light and free you let go, darling; forward and up. You are going forward and up; you are going toward the light. . . .You are doing it so beautifully, so easily. Light and free. Forward and up. . . .You are going toward a greater love than you have ever known. You are going toward the best, the greatest love, and it is easy, it is so easy, and you are doing it so beautifully."" (L. Huxley, 1968, p. 286) *****
Huxleys life and work has had a profound impact on modern thought, social criticism, and contemporary movements in psychology and philosophy
@syberraith May I just correct something you said 1 year ago? You commented how good it was to hear Aldous Huxley discussing questions at Berkeley 80 years ago. This recording dates from around 50 years ago; from around 1960 I would think.
DrZenith 8 months ago
What an opportunity to hear Mr Huxley speak from eighty years ago. What insight he had.
Dictatorships, because of the paranoia of their leaders naturally self-destruct in due time.
Brilliant!
Thank you for posting this.
syberraith 2 years ago 2
at 3:55 a chart shows US Census international database Dec. 08 update. 6/09 totally different. I can't post link but go to census website and see. Can vid poster show source? Thanks.
observationman 2 years ago