Distilled SpiritsDistilled Spirits blends a religion reporter's memoir with the compelling stories of three men Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson who transformed the landscape of Western religion and spirituality in the twentieth century. Huxley, celebrated author of Brave New World, ignited a generation that chased utopian dreams and sought enlightenment through psychedelic drugs. Heard, an Anglo Irish mystic, journeyed to California with Huxley in the