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The Perennial Philosophy
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The Perennial Philosophy is a comparative study of mysticism by the British writer and novelist Aldous Huxley. Its title derives from the theological tradition of the philosophia perennis.

mysticism philosophy

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  1. Huxley, Aldous (1946). The Perennial Philosophy (1st. ed.). London: Chatto and Windus. p. Dust Jacket. 
  2. Colombo, John Robert (16 June 2010). "books, news, reviews". 'THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY' revisited. Gurdjieff Books Wordpress. http://gurdjieffbooks.wordpress.com/category/the-perennial-philosophy-revisited/. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  3. The Perennial Philosophy, page 4.
  4. The Perennial Philosophy, page 95.
  5. A translation of the Sanskrit Tat tvam asi.
  6. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, Book 1, 101.
  7. Contemporary reviews include: Book Week (21 October 1945). Booklist v. 42 (15 November 1945). The Christian Century v. 62 (12 December 1945). Bull VA Kirkus' Bookshop Serv v. 13 (1 August 1945). The Nation v. 161 (27 October 1945). The New Republic v. 113 (5 November 1945). The New Yorker v. 21 (29 September 1945). Saturday Review of Literature v. 28 (3 November 1945). Springfield Republican (14 October 1945). New York Herald Tribune (7 October 1945). Wilson Bulletin (White Plains, N.Y.) v. 41 (Dec. 1945).
  8. Toksvig, Signe (30 September 1945). "Aldous Huxley's prescriptions for spiritual myopia". New York Times: p. 117. 
  9. Huxley, Aldous (1993) Huxley on God, Introduction – Walter Houston Smith p. 9, HarperSanFrancisco ISBN:0-06-250536-X
  10. Walsh, Chad (January 1948). "Journal of Bible and Religion". Pilgrimage to the Perennial Philosophy: The Case of Aldous Huxley (Journal of Bible and Religion. Vol 16, No 1. pp 3–12): 3–12. 
  11. Joad, C.E.M. (5 October 1946) Huxley Gone Sour, The New Statesman and Society, 32, P. 249-50 in Watt, Donald ed. (1997) Aldous Huxley The Critical Heritage, pps 363–365, Routledge, ISBN:0-415-15915-6
  12. Inge, W.R. (April 1947) Perennial Philosophy – Review, Philosophy, XXII, pps 66–70 in Watt, Donald ed. (1997) Aldous Huxley The Critical Heritage, pps 366–368, Routledge, ISBN:0-415-15915-6
  13. (The Perennial Philosophy, Introduction, page 1)
  14. (The Perennial Philosophy, Introduction, pages 5–6.)
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