Editor: Jacob Needleman

A compilation of Huxley’s essays and lectures focused on spiritual, religious, and philosophical themes. Edited by Jacob Needleman, the volume highlights Huxley’s lifelong exploration of the divine, mysticism, and the role of religion in human life.

Contents

Preface

Introduction by Huston Smith

The Minimum Working Hypothesis (1944)

Seven Meditations (1943)

Religion and Temperament (1943)

Who Are We? (1955)

The Philosophy of the Saints (1944)

Religion and Time (1943)

Some Reflections on Time (1946)

On a Sentence from Shakespeare (1944)

Man and Reality (1942)

Reflections on Progress (1947)

Further Reflections on Progress (1947)

Substitutes for Liberation (1952)

Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer—I (1942)

Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer—II (1942)

Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer—III (1942)

Distractions—I (1941)

Distractions—II (1941)

Idolatry (1943)

Action and Contemplation (1941)

Knowledge and Understanding (1956)

The Sixth Patriarch (1946)

Notes on Zen (1947)

The “Inanimate” Is Alive (1957)

Readings in Mysticism (1942)

Symbol and Immediate Experience (1960)

Shakespeare and Religion (1964)

The Yellow Mustard

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