<P> `` White Rabbit '' is one of Grace Slick 's earliest songs , written during either late 1965 or early 1966 . It uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll -- 1865 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking - Glass -- such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid . </P>
the lyrics of white rabbit are based on what children 's book
Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking - Glass