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1. Music at Night and Other Essays

   Aldous Huxley

   “The universe throws down a challenge to the human spirit… We have a right to our moods of sober exultation.”

   Aldous Huxley on how the Moon illuminates the complementarity of science and spirituality – immensely poetic read from 1931:

2. The Divine Within: Selected Writings on Enlightenment

   Aldous Huxley

   “In all the activities of life, from the simplest physical activities to the highest intellectual and spiritual activities, our whole effort must be to get out of our own light.”

   Aldous Huxley on the trap of language, the need for a mind-body education, and how to get out of your own light: