Review of “The Essential Whitall Perry” by Harry Oldmeadow

Samuel Bendeck Sotillos

doi:10.15575/jcrt.690

Review of “The Essential Whitall Perry” by Harry Oldmeadow

Authors

Samuel Bendeck Sotillos Institute of Traditional Psychology, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7356-6775

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15575/jcrt.690

Abstract

Whitall N. Perry (1920–2005) deserves wider recognition given the profundity of his insights, and the discernment he displays with respect to humanity’s great wisdom traditions. The editor of this volume has referred to him as “[t]he most authoritative traditionalist of American background” (Oldmeadow, 2000, p. 48). Readers may have encountered Perry’s work through A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom (1971)—a monumental compilation of spiritual texts from all the world’s religions. It is worth citing the following passage taken from the introduction to this landmark publication

References

Oldmeadow, H. (ed.) (2024) ‘The Essential Whitall Perry’, in. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom.

Oldmeadow, K. (2000) ‘Other Traditionalists and the forums of traditionalist thought’, in Traditionalism: Religion in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy. Colombo: Sri Lanka Institute of Traditional Studies.

Perry, W.N. (1971) ‘Introduction’, in W.N. Perry (ed.) A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Schuon, F. (1966) ‘The Psychological Imposture’, Tomorrow, 14(2), pp. 98–102.