Religion & Mysticism (General & Comparative)

An impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time that argues not only that science and religion are compatible, but that they complement each otherand that the world needs both.

The Mystery of Individuality explores the nature of human individuality through twelve chapter-mirrors, whose main focal points are spirituality, psychology, sociology, and love, and also the meaning of sacred art.

This book explores three themes: the timeless messages of traditional Religion; the modern obscuration of this perennial Wisdom; and the spiritual encounter between East and West. Topics include the Australian Aborigines, the Bodhisattva in Buddhism, and key Perennialist figures such as Frithjof Schuon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Huston Smith.

Though greatly influenced by modern teachers of Eastern spirituality such as Ram Dass, Mirabai Starr has spent her life responding to the call to honour the diversity and celebrate the unity between all paths that lead us home to love.

For more than sixty years, Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world's religions, he has lived them. ThisReaderpresents a rich selection of Smith's writings, covering six decades of inquiry and exploration, and ranging from scholarship to memoir.