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Aldous Huxley and alternative spirituality
- Title
- Aldous Huxley and alternative spirituality / by Jake Poller.
- Author
- Poller, Jake (Jacob Robert)
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 356 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality offers an incisive analysis of the full range of Huxley's spiritual interests, spanning both mysticism (neo-Vedanta, Taoism, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism) and Western esotericism (mesmerism, spiritualism, the paranormal). Jake Poller examines how Huxley's shifting spiritual convictions influenced his fiction, such as his depiction of the body and sex, and reveals how Huxley's use of psychedelic substances affected his spiritual convictions, resulting in a Tantric turn in his work. Poller demonstrates how Huxley's vision of a new alternative spirituality in Island, in which the Palanese select their beliefs from different religious traditions, anticipates the New Age spiritual supermarket and traces the profound influence of Huxley's ideas on the spiritual seekers of the twentieth century and beyond.
- Series Statement
- Aries book series : texts and studies in Western esotericism, 1871-1405 ; volume 27
- Uniform Title
- Aries book series ; v. 27.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-350) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-3120
- ISBN
- 9789004406896
- 9004406891
- 9789004406902 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019457619
- OCLC
- 1101277653
- Author
- Poller, Jake (Jacob Robert), author.
- Title
- Aldous Huxley and alternative spirituality / by Jake Poller.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Aries book series : texts and studies in Western esotericism, 1871-1405 ; volume 27Aries book series ; v. 27.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-350) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-3120