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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature

Name: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
Author: William James

William James

Read by JoeD and musil · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Contents and Preface (17:17)
01 - Religion and Neurology (1:00:15)
02 - Circumscription of the Topic (1:04:10)
03 - The Reality of the Unseen (1:04:19)
04 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness (1:02:05)
05 - The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness (1:08:51)
06 - The Sick Soul (53:38)
07 - The Sick Soul (47:08)
08 - The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification (1:01:07)
09 - Conversion (1:08:16)
10-1 - Conversion - Concluded, part 1 (53:40)
10-2 - Conversion - Concluded, part 2 (51:51)
11 - Saintliness (1:08:41)
12 - Saintliness (1:03:26)
13 - Saintliness (38:05)
14 - The Value of Sainliness (52:43)
15 - The Value of Saintliness (1:12:23)
16 - Mysticism (1:15:14)
17 - Mysticism (57:49)
18 - Philosophy (1:06:17)
19 - Other Characteristics (1:05:30)
20-1 Part 1 - Conclusions (37:27)
20-2 Part 2 - Conclusions (55:52)
21 - Postscript (17:00)

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