Miserable Miracle

Name: Miserable Miracle
Author: Henri Michaux

by Henri Michaux

Belgian poet's account of mescaline experience and its philosophical implications

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Henri Michaux

Belgian-French poet and painter who experimented with altered states of consciousness to expand poetic possibility. His Plume and A Barbarian in Asia show his originality.

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