Originally published as : Huxley and God: essays, 1992.

The minimum working hypothesis -- Seven meditations -- Religion and temperament -- Who are we? -- The philosophy of the saints -- Religion and time -- Some reflections on time -- On a sentence from Shakespeare -- Man and reality -- Reflections on progress -- Further reflections on progress -- Substitutes for liberation -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer I -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer II -- Reflections on the Lord's Prayer III -- Distractions I -- Distractions II -- Idolatry -- Action and contemplation -- Knowledge and understanding -- The sixth patriarch -- Notes on Zen -- The "inanimate" is alive -- Readings in mysticism -- Symbol and immediate experience -- Shakespeare and religion -- The yellow mustard -- Lines .