The Human Situation 14: Man and Religion
Aldous Huxley
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May 12, 202623 November 1959UC Santa Barbara, CA
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The lecture contrasts religion as immediate mystical experience with religion as symbolic systems of myth, creed, and theology. It argues that symbols and doctrines can be powerful but ambivalent, while mystical practice leads to direct awareness, compassion, and inner transformation beyond dogma.
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