Perennial Wisdom with Huston Smith, Ph.D.

MP3 Download "A new wind is blowing ... and the future is radically open," says the eminent philosopher, professor and author of the now-classic Religions of Man (republished as The World's Religions, HarperSanFrancisco 1992), as he recalls his spiritual roots and points to a new balance between the worlds of science and mysticism. Smith is both eloquent and captivating as he speaks of memorable times with Robert Hutchins, Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard and Alan Watts, and recounts his long-term apprenticeship with Vedanta Swami Prakashananda and Zen master and scholar D.T. Suzuki. He describes the pitfalls of the "Modern Western Mindset" and suggests that true wisdom is "profoundly shocking." (hosted by Michael Toms) Bio Former professor at Washington University, M.I.T., and U.C. Berkeley, Smith was also the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Syracuse University. His compelling classic, The World’s Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions, has been the preeminent text for