Paul Brunton helps us hear the melody behind the medley of today's "spiritual marketplace." His late writings raise the bar for what we can expect of spiritual teachings and teachers, and what we can do for ourselves. Born in London in 1898, he soon became a leading pioneer of much of what we now take for granted. He traveled widely throughout the world (long before it was fashionable) to meet living masters of various traditions with whom he then lived and studied. His eleven early books from 1934-1952 shared much of what he learned, and helped set the stage for dramatic east-west exchanges of the late 20th century.
"[Paul Brunton is] a person of rare intelligence ... thoroughly
alive, and whole in the most significant, 'holy' sense of the
word."
—Yoga Journal
“Brunton has penetrated further than many others who are writing in
his line. He has touched the heights of overcoming even meditative
mysticism and its achievements, as Brunton calls it, in order to
arrive at 'philosophy,' by which he means the realization that Yoga
is means, not ends.… Brunton has successfully avoided any
conventional or worn out religious terminology—even the word 'God'
is not used."
—Review of Religion, Prof. Frederic Spiegelberg, Stanford
University
“[Dr. Brunton] is an indefatigable and well-balanced expounder of
the half-forgotten thought of the ancient world, and a stimulating
guide to those who would be initiated into the Wisdom of the
East.”
—Buffalo News [New York]
“Not withstanding the difficulty of the subject presented, it is
written in a most lucid manner which could be comprehended by
everyone, even if this is their first book on the higher
philosophy. Dr. Brunton applies this ancient wisdom to the great
philosophical problems which have been cause for inquiry throughout
the ages. His analyses … are masterly.”
—Occult Review [London]
“Dr. Brunton has made a deep exploration into the metaphysical …
and has created a work of considerable importance in this present
age. The author's message is intended to create a transformation in
both mind and body, a mystical asceticism which transcends all
personal self-interest.”
—The Border Standard [England]
“Dr. Brunton emphasizes the mystical nature of grace … it will be
gratifying to many students and practitioners of spiritual life to
find it here revived in its own name and proper nature. Dr.
Brunton's work has now become a full philosophical system of
thought, a definitely modern teaching, in which the ancient Wisdom
is transposed for realization by these times.”
—The Beacon [New York City]
“The book is an interesting and clear statement of orthodox Yoga.
The virtue of Dr. Brunton's books is their freedom from the usual
esoteric decoration. The vocabulary, both verbally and
ideologically, is modern … and his ideas and expressions
thought-provoking.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
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