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brotherguben 's review for:
The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley
If I were an accomplished academic or spiritual leader, I would give this book five stars, because it’s clear how much work went into its making. Huxley integrates hundreds of quotations by the most significant leaders in mystical Christianity and Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, and highlights the common threads between these spiritual traditions: namely, the unitive knowledge of the divine Ground, or call it Enlightenment, or Nirvana, or perfect union with God. But as a young college grad and spiritual seeker of the 21st century, I found Huxley’s writing style wordy, disorganized, and the quotations excessive. Had the book been 80-100 pages, it would be gold. Overall, I appreciated the foundation of Huxley’s project, and the exposure to a multiplicity of spiritual leaders, and the insights it brought to the worldwide pursuit of the Self, Union, God, the Ground of Being, Enlightenment.