Aldous Huxley and alternative spirituality / by Jake Poller.
| Author/creator | Poller, Jake |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] |
| Description | viii, 356 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aries book series : texts and studies in Western esotericism, 1871-1405 ; volume 27 Aries book series ; v. 27. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-350) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019457619 |
| ISBN | 9789004406896 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9004406891 hardcover |
| ISBN | e-book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |