Eastern wisdom and western thoughts

Whereas Western philosophical thought is still in ,terms of 'either-or', good or bad, Eastern philosophy, which is still pregnant with genuine spirituality, is in terms of 'both and the dots refer to the essence of Being, God, or however you choose to express that which cannot be put into words. This book is a plea for the latter approach as a basis for a new synthesis called World philosophy. Saher traces the idea of the soul as the Higher Self in man through Zoroaster to Western thought. He ties it in with Vedanta and the 'Christian gospels and points out the irrefutable Christian parallels with .• Yoga, Zen and Sufi Mysticism.

Mutual misunderstandings between East and West, caused by a too one-sided view of vital values, are cleared up through an analogical comparison between Confucius and Lao Tse. Radhakrishnan and Aldous Huxley receive special treatment as representatives of an integral view of life, and it is .shown how Isherwood, Heard, Fernando, Van Druten, Coomeraswamy, Gebser and others seek the possibility of a fusion in which the wisdom of the East revitalizes the dogma-sick but inherently healthy Christian spirituality.