The Perennial Philosophy
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The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
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book
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comparative religion book → non-fiction book → work of mysticism → |
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asceticism
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contemplation and prayer → mystical union → nature of the self → nature of ultimate reality → relationship between religion and ethics → relationship between religion and metaphysics → |
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Aldous Huxley
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all major religions share a common metaphysical truth
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direct mystical experience is the core of religious truth → ethical transformation is integral to spiritual realization → |
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United Kingdom
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comparative mysticism
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religious philosophy → spirituality → |
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New Age spirituality
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contemporary interfaith dialogue → perennialist philosophy → |
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anthology of mystical texts
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author commentary → |
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Buddha
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Buddhism → Christian mysticism → Hinduism → Islamic mysticism → Meister Eckhart → Plotinus → Shankara → Sufism → Taoism → Thomas Aquinas → Vedanta → |
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English
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comparative religion
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contemplative practice → ethics → metaphysics → mystical experience → mysticism → perennial philosophy → universalism in religion → |
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extensive use of cross-religious quotations
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influence on 20th-century spirituality → systematic presentation of perennialist thesis → |
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divine Ground
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immanent and transcendent Godhead → unitive mystical experience → |
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1945
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The Perennial Philosophy
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Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley
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