Aldous Huxley (31 kníh)

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  Aldous Huxley, Huston Smith The Divine Within EN

  In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being,good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual basis of both the individual and human society, always seeking to reach an authentic and clearly defined experience of the divine. Featuring an introduction by renowned religious scholar Huston Smith, this…

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  Aldous Huxley The Doors of Perception EN

  In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. Huxley described his experience in The Doors of Perception and its sequel Heaven and Hell.

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  Aldous Huxley The Genius and the Goddess EN

  Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of “half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form.” He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is…

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  Aldous Huxley The Perennial Philosophy EN

  An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the divine reality common to all faiths, collected by Aldous HuxleyThe Perennial Philosophy, Aldous Huxley writes, may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions. With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths,…

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  Aldous Huxley Those Barren Leaves

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  Aldous Huxley Věčná filosofie

     Kniha nás formou citátů seznamuje s pravdami, které po několik tisíciletí ukazovaly cesty spirituality podle kulturní oblasti vzniku rozdílné, které však všechny vedou jakoby z obvodu kruhu do jednoho bodu v centru.

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  Aldous Huxley, Jiří Sopko Vrány z Hruškovic

  Vrány z Hruškovic jsou jedinou dětskou knížkou Aldouse Huxleyho, známého anglického romanopisce, esejisty a kritika a její první vydání ve 20 zemích světa na podzim roku 2005 je velkou událostí v literárním světě. Napsal jio vánočních prázdninách r. 1944 své pětileté neteři Olivii de Haulleville, která jezdívala do jeho domu v Mojavské poušti v Kalifornii. Rukopis téměř zapomenuté knížky byl teprve nedávno nalezen…

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