Spiders, Jesus, and Henry Ford

Given the nature of spiders, webs are inevitable. And given the nature of human beings, so are religions. Spiders can’t help making flytraps, and men can’t help making symbols. That’s what the human brain is there for—to turn the chaos of given experiences into a set of fairly manageable symbols. Sometimes the symbols correspond fairly closely to some of the aspects of the external reality behind our experience; then you have …

…religion in the works of Aldous Huxley is shown through the ceremonies, icons, and curses of his religions. These are not the causes, but only the symptoms of the diseases that are runnign rampant through Huxley’s societies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Birnbaum, Milton. ALDOUS HUXLEY”S QUEST FOR VALUES. Huxley, Aldous. BRAVE NEW WORLD. New York; Harper & Row. 1969. Huxley, Aldous. ISLAND. New York; Harper & Row. 1972. Huxley, Aldous. HUXLEY AND GOD: ESSAYS. San Francisco; Harper San Francisco. 1991.