Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

Huxley and God : essays / Aldous Huxley ; edited by Jacqueline Hazard Bridgeman ; introduction by Huston Smith. - First edition. - x, 286 pages ; 21 cm

The minimum working hypothesis -- Seven meditations -- Religion and temperament -- Who are we? -- The philosophy of the saints -- Religion and time -- Some reflections on time -- On a sentence from Shakespeare -- Man and reality -- Reflections on progress -- Further reflections on progress -- Substitutes for liberation -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer I -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer II -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer III -- Distractions I -- Distractions II -- Idolatry -- Action and contemplation -- Knowledge and understanding -- The sixth patriarch -- Notes on Zen -- The "inanimate" is alive -- Readings in mysticism -- Symbol and immediate experience -- Shakespeare and religion -- The yellow mustard -- Lines.

In this anthology of 26 essays, Huxley discusses the nature of spiritual practice, good and evil, religion and magic, and the best texts of the various religious traditions. This is Huxley's celebration of the "ultimate reality".

006250536X 9780062505361

91055324


Religion.

BL50 / .H88 1992

200.1