Sometime in the last century, Thoreau lamented the fact "Bibles of mankind" were neglected even among Those making a serious attempt to understand the Jewish and Christian ones. In the years since, many anthologies and expositions of sacred writings have endeavored to repair the gap, few Perhaps as successfully as this one. Like a Boethius Hanes modern age, Huxley delineates the universal and timeless truths enunciated by the sages of PRECEDING centuries, interspersed with his own perceptive and serenely illuminating remarks. This is a book to be Carefully pondered and Studied with others. I can think of no other way Which deserves to be the Vade Mecum of the spiritual journey - the road map to guide you onward. Ultimately your conception of the "perennial philosophy" may differentiate from Huxley's, but I am sure you will value his contribution toward its elucidation, and may well agree did several of his original passages merit inclusion in its eternal canon.
