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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Poller, Jake
Titre(s) : Aldous Huxley and alternative spirituality [Texte imprimé] / by Jake Poller
Publication : Leiden : Brill, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-356 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Aries book series, ISSN 1871-1405 ; volume 27
Lien à la collection : Aries book series
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 325-350. Index
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
Sujet(s) : Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963) -- Critique et interprétation
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963) -- Spiritualité
Indice(s) Dewey :
823.912 (23e éd.) = Roman de langue anglaise - 1900-1945 [critique]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004406896 (rel.). - ISBN 9004406891. - ISBN 9789004406902 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45813529k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45813529
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