A brilliant overview of the spiritual heritage of all the world's religions, supported by excerpts from canonical texts belonging to various religious traditions, presented by the masterful pen of the polymath, intellectual and acclaimed stylist Aldous Huxley, provides excellent insight into such issues as self-knowledge, enlightenment, free will, the descent of grace and other aspects associated with higher consciousness. Aldous Huxley. The Perennial PhilosophyTerminological correction by V. DanchenkoPSYLIB, 2005