title: The Divine Within: Selected Writings on Enlightenment
author:  Aldous Huxley 
description: That Aldous Huxley knew the reality of God is beautifully expressed in these essays. (JACQUELINE HAZARD BRIDGEMAN, from the Preface)<br /><br />A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine. (The New Yorker)<br /><br />Altogether excellent. ... <i>The Divine Within</i> is an illuminating read in its totality, exploring such subjects as time, religion, distraction, death, and the nature of reality. (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings)
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  GREY EMINENCE 
  A Study in Religion 
  and Politics 
  by 
  Aldous Huxley 
  Harper & Brothers Publishers 
  NEW YORK AND LONDON 
  
  GREY EMINENCE 
  Copyright, 1941, by Aldous Leonard Huxley 
  Printed in the United States of America 
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  Contents 
  I ON THE ROAD TO ROME i 
  II CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 16 
  III THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND 59 
  IV THE EVANGELIST 105 
  V THE APPROACH TO POLITICS 123 
  VI THE TWO COLLABORATORS 162 
  VII LA ROCHELLE 181 
  VIII THE DIET OF RATISBON 204 
  IX NOTHING FAILS LIKE SUCCESS 241 
  X POLITICS AND RELIGION 288 
  XI THE FINAL SCENE 322 
  APPENDIX 331 
  INDEX 339 
  
  List of Illustrations 
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