Spiritual Exercises and Their Results: Psychology and Comparative Religion 1927 Aelfrida Tillyard ~ Prayer, Meditation, etc. ~ East & West

Title: Spiritual Exercises and Their Results: An Essay in Psychology and Comparative Religion

Author: Aelfrida Tillyard

Description: First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Covers show rubbing and some moderate blemishes. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Title page and first few leaves foxed. Extensive pencil underlining/marginalia in a few of the chapters. Index. pp. viii +216.

A scarce copy of Tillyard's comparative survey of spiritual exercises and meditation in the traditional practices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam (Sufism) and Christianity.

Aelfrida Tillyard (1883-1959) was a British author, medium, lecturer on comparative religion, spiritual advisor and self-styled mystic.

Contents:
Preface & Introduction
I. The Result of Spiritual Exercises
II. Hindu Meditations
III. Buddhist Meditations
IV. Mohammedanism
V. Christian Meditations
VI. Conclusion
Index

Bookplate of Thyrza Pelling (1920-2010), world traveler, mountain climber, longtime member of the Mazamas, and Portland Art Museum docent. She was the granddaughter of Robert Hoe III, first president of the Grolier Club.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [SPCK]
Place: London
Year: 1927

Keywords: comparative religion, mysticism, mystics, prayer, meditation, initiation, psychology, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Sufism, Christianity,