The Perennial PhilosophyThe Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds." With great wit and stunning intellect, Aldous Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains them in terms that are personally meaningful. |
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... theologians . The middle gate gives entrance to the exponents of what has been called " spiritual religion " -the devout contemplatives of India , the Sufis of Islam , the Catholic mystics of the later Middle Ages , and , in the ...
... theologians . The middle gate gives entrance to the exponents of what has been called " spiritual religion " -the devout contemplatives of India , the Sufis of Islam , the Catholic mystics of the later Middle Ages , and , in the ...
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... theology that had, of course, to be considerably stretched and trimmed before it could fit the facts. Man, he declared in his famous theses, is a fallen being, incapable of good, unless united to the Divine Light. This Divine Light is ...
... theology that had, of course, to be considerably stretched and trimmed before it could fit the facts. Man, he declared in his famous theses, is a fallen being, incapable of good, unless united to the Divine Light. This Divine Light is ...
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... theologians of the present century ; or alternatively He might be an emergent God , start- ing unspiritually at Alpha and becoming gradually more divine as the aeons rolled on towards some hypothetical Omega . ( Why the movement should ...
... theologians of the present century ; or alternatively He might be an emergent God , start- ing unspiritually at Alpha and becoming gradually more divine as the aeons rolled on towards some hypothetical Omega . ( Why the movement should ...
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... theology, St. Gertrude's revela- tions of the incarnate and even physiological aspects of the deity. In Olier's opinion, as in that of most directors of souls, whether Catholic or Indian, it was mere folly to recommend. THE NATURE OF THE ...
... theology, St. Gertrude's revela- tions of the incarnate and even physiological aspects of the deity. In Olier's opinion, as in that of most directors of souls, whether Catholic or Indian, it was mere folly to recommend. THE NATURE OF THE ...
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... Theology" and the "Divine Names" of the fifth-century author who wrote under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite that mediaeval Christendom established contact with Neoplatonism and thus, at several removes, with the metaphysical ...
... Theology" and the "Divine Names" of the fifth-century author who wrote under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite that mediaeval Christendom established contact with Neoplatonism and thus, at several removes, with the metaphysical ...
Contents
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Personality Sanctity Divine Incarnation | 35 |
God in the World | 56 |
Charity | 80 |
Mortification NonAttachment Right Livelihood | 96 |
Truth | 125 |
Religion and Temperament | 146 |
Prayer | 219 |
Suffering | 227 |
Faith | 234 |
God Is Not Mocked | 238 |
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum | 243 |
Idolatry | 250 |
Emotionalism | 253 |
The Miraculous | 259 |
SelfKnowledge | 161 |
Grace and Free Will | 165 |
Good and Evil | 175 |
Time and Eternity | 184 |
Salvation Deliverance Enlightenment | 200 |
Immortality and Survival | 211 |
Silence | 216 |
Ritual Symbol Sacrament | 262 |
Spiritual Exercises | 273 |
Perseverance and Regularity | 292 |
Contemplation Action and Social Utility | 294 |
Bibliography | 303 |
Index | 307 |
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