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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... transcendent, the completely other, can be imma- nent without being modified by the becoming of that in which it dwells. The Perennial Philosophy teaches that it is desirable and indeed necessary to know the spiritual Ground of things ...
... transcendent, the completely other, can be imma- nent without being modified by the becoming of that in which it dwells. The Perennial Philosophy teaches that it is desirable and indeed necessary to know the spiritual Ground of things ...
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... transcendent spiritual Ground of all existence. What follows is an extract from one of the great classics of Taoist literature, the Book of Chuang Tzu, most of which seems to have been written around the turn of the fourth and third ...
... transcendent spiritual Ground of all existence. What follows is an extract from one of the great classics of Taoist literature, the Book of Chuang Tzu, most of which seems to have been written around the turn of the fourth and third ...
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... transcendent, while to Mohammedan practice were added the moral disciplines and "spiritual exercises," by means of which the soul is prepared for contemplation or the unitive knowl- edge of the Godhead. It is a significant historical ...
... transcendent, while to Mohammedan practice were added the moral disciplines and "spiritual exercises," by means of which the soul is prepared for contemplation or the unitive knowl- edge of the Godhead. It is a significant historical ...
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... transcendent Absolute Mind of the Perennial Philosophy. But even from the orthodox scribes and Pharisees of that momentous century which witnessed, along with the dissemination of Philo's doctrines, the first beginnings of Christianity ...
... transcendent Absolute Mind of the Perennial Philosophy. But even from the orthodox scribes and Pharisees of that momentous century which witnessed, along with the dissemination of Philo's doctrines, the first beginnings of Christianity ...
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... transcendent personal God is also the immanent-transcendent One, the essence and principle of all existence. And finally God's being is "in heaven"; the divine nature is other than, and incommensurable with, the nature of the creatures ...
... transcendent personal God is also the immanent-transcendent One, the essence and principle of all existence. And finally God's being is "in heaven"; the divine nature is other than, and incommensurable with, the nature of the creatures ...
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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