Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 35th Printing from 1925

This is the Thirty-Fifth Printing of The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James from May 1925. This is the popular book that is well known in the AA community as it was the book that Ebby T. brought to Bill W. in Towns Hospital in 1934. Bill had his spiritual experience in the hospital while reading this book. This book is also mentioned in the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. This is James' major work on religion, and also one of his most popular books containing the Gifford Lectures that he delivered in Edinburgh in 1901-1902. Originally designed as the psychological part of a more complete treatise on religion (which was never completed) it is an important study in both the psychology and philosophy of religion and also a critical source for the nature and further development of James's philosophy. James was primarily interested in direct religious experiences, considering theology and the organizational aspects of religion as completely secondary