Publisher: HarperCollins

Copyright Date: 1992

Edition Date: 2013 Release Date: 07/02/13

Pages: ix, 305 pages

ISBN: 0-06-223681-4

ISBN 13: 978-0-06-223681-4

Dewey: 200

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Religion.

Language: English

Reading Level: 9.0

Interest Level: 9-12

“A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.” — The New Yorker

Brave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the "ultimate reality."

In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Aldous Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being, good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual basis of both the individual and human society, always seeking to reach an authentic and clearly defined experience of the divine. Featuring an introduction by renowned religious scholar Huston Smith, this celebration of "ultimate reality" proves relevant and prophetic in addressing the spiritual hunger so many feel today.

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.