Monday, February 1, 2010

Question - 419

Connect the images in that order.

Answer: William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell contains the line "if the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite". Aldous Huxley (2nd visual) described his experiences while taking the psychedelic drug Mescaline in a book titled "Doors of perception" taken from Blake's work. The band Doors (3rd visual) took its name from Huxley's book. This turned out to be a popular question. Raghu, v.chandrashekar, Iam, Vetti, AJ, Karthik, Manix, Ajinkya, Rajesh, Amresh, Kamal Rathi, Rithwik, Anand, Hasan, Rajeev, Arvind, Prachi, Hari, Jaggi, Mekie and Divya got it. Well done.

20 comments:

Kaushik said...

origin of names of bands - heaven 17, Green Day, the doors and rolling stones

Raghu said...

William Blake's "Marriage of Heaven and Hell", which inspired Aldous Huxley's "Doors of perception", which gave The Doors their name.

Anonymous said...

'the doors'band took their name from aldous huxley book 'the doors of perception'--this book title was
taken from william blake's book--
-'the marriage of heaven & hell'



--------------------v.chandrashekar

Iam said...

The Doors got their name from Aldous Huxley's 'Doors of perception' whose name was an inspiration from the book in the pic.

Vetti said...

William Blakes novel inspired Aldous Huxley to write "The doors of perception" which inturn inspired the band "The doors"

AJ said...

The Doors (3rd pic) took their name from Aldous Huxley's (2nd pic) "The Doors of Perception" whose name in turn was inspired by William Blake's "The marriage of heaven and hell".

Unknown said...

William Blake's work inspired doors of perception of Aldous Huxley from where The Doors lifted their name

Anonymous said...

Doors of Perception

Unknown said...

Aldous Huxley (Second pic) took the name of his book "The doors of perception" from William Blake's book "The marriage of heaven and hell" (first pic) and The rock band "The doors" (third pic) took their name from Huxley's book.

rajesh said...

William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell --> Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception --> The Doors

Amresh said...

The marriage of heaven and hell is a book by William Blake (1st pic). Aldous Huxley(2nd pic) wrote The door of perception influenced by Blake's work. Jim Morrison named his rock band 'The Doors' (3rd pic) inspired by Huxley's book.

Kamal Rathi said...

1.The Marriage of Heaven and Hell vby William Blake
2.Aldous Huxley
3.The Doors (Band)

The Doors of Perception is a 1954 book by Aldous Huxley detailing his experiences when taking mescaline. Mescaline is the principle agent of the psychedelic cactus peyote, which has been used in American religious ceremonies for thousands of years.
The title comes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell:
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern."

Huxley's book inspired the young Jim Morrison to name his rock band The Doors. Morrison himself would quote Huxley at length.

Anonymous said...

William Blake : Aldous Huxley , doors of perception >> The Doors




Rithwik

Anand said...

William Blake's novel inspired Huxley (of Q345 fame) to name his work Doors of Perception and the name of the rock band was influenced by these titles!

Anonymous said...

Marriage of heaven and hell by William Blake gives title for The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley (image2) gives title for band The Doors (image3)

Hasan

rajeev said...

blake/huxley/doors

Arvind said...

Marriage of Heaven and Hell -> Doors of Perception -> Aldous Huxley -> Doors (The Band)

Prachi said...

The book 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' was written by William Blake.
This book inspired Aldous Huxley (second picture)to name his work 'The Doors of Perception'.
The band 'The Doors' took their name from Huxley's work.

Hari said...

William Blake's poem which gave the title to Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception which gave The Doors their name

Jaggi said...

The Doors -> took the name from "The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley. This title comes from -> The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake.