Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Charity
There are two teachings which deserve a reading in high school, perhaps, but certainly in one’s young adulthood: The Perennial Philosophy, by Aldous Huxley, and The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James. I did not read these until I was … Continue reading
Like a Visit with an Old Friend
This is the phrase that leaped to mind, unbidden, as I read the first few pages of the “Preface” to Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf. The familiarity of the words (for I have read them at least thrice), their poetical presentation (even … Continue reading
