布洛斯的毒品实验主要在追求布莱克(William Blake)的教诲:「如果众妙之门豁然,万物还得本性:即是无穷无限。」(If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.)读者可用此句比较《裸体午餐》(◎Naked Lunch◎)书名之义:在冻结的瞬间,人人可见叉子的尽头实为赤裸的肉。换言之,感官之门(doors of perception)涤清了,尽管永恆有如叉子尽头的真相一般丑陋。