Ways of Knowing

The world faces a crisis of meaning. The old stories - whether the exclusive claims of rival religions or the grand schemes of perennial philosophy - seem bankrupt to many. The editorial stance of this book is that mysticism and science offer a way forward here, but only if they abandon the idol of a single logical synthesis and acknowledge the diversity of different ways of knowing. The contributors, from disciplines as diverse as music, psychology, mathematics and religion, build a vision that honours diversity while pointing to an implicit unity.

Keywords: Meaning, spirituality, perennial philosophy, mysticism, science, psychology, mathematics, religion, knowing, scientism, creativity, soul, physics, pluralistic universe, reality