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The Perennial Philosophy
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The Perennial Philosophy, Aldous Huxley's 1945 anthology and commentary from Harper and Brothers, draws passages from Christian, Vedantic, Sufi, Taoist and Zen mystical writers under shared themes, arguing that the traditions converge on one underlying mystical reality. Its strength is that it is a widely read and historically influential work that shaped mid twentieth century popular understanding of comparative mysticism. Its limit is that it has been criticized by historians of religion for flattening real doctrinal differences between the traditions it compares; treat it as an influential synthesis for spiritual seekers, not as a neutral comparative religion reference.
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Trade-press primary philosophical work (Harper and Brothers) by Aldous Huxley; not an academic/peer-reviewed source and not any one tradition's own account. NotesAn anthology and commentary drawing passages from Christian, Vedantic, Sufi, Taoist and Zen mystical writers under shared themes, arguing the traditions converge on one underlying mystical reality. Widely read by spiritual seekers and criticized by historians of religion for flattening real doctrinal differences between the traditions it compares.
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AuthorAldous Huxley
PublisherHarper and Brothers
Publication Year1945
Source Typeprimary-text
Huxley's own primary work of comparative-religion philosophy, not a secondary study of one; matched to the dominant "primary-text" value. Cross-Tradition Connections
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