VIII The Atheistic Interpretation of Religion

higher reality. One must be content with having an operational concept of such an experience. Mysticism is splendidly generous. It brings to man the fulfillment of his highest desires: inner strength, spiritual light, divine love, ineffable peace. Religious intuition is as real as aesthetic inspiration. Through the contemplation of superhuman beauty mystics and poets may reach the ultimate truth. (p.132) 1. An Historian’s Approach to Religion. p. 123. 2. Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences. Vol. 13, p. 230