ham Abulafia’s 13" Century Commentary on the Secrets. Arduous study of the spiritually dense writings of Sri Aurobindo during the days with Professor Spiegelberg at Stanford gave me a peak into the simple but difficult to execute idea of “simply” becoming the transcendently comprehending state of existence-con

ther Dennis, all night poker playing, Phi Gamma Delta party boy, had suddenly become a transcendent ascetic. My girl friend Mary and | signed up for Spiegelberg’s seminar in Indian Religions. We were made breathless by his accounts of administering a Rorschach Test to the Indian Saint, Swami Sivananda. He rec

Otto, Paul Tillich, Martin Heidegger and Martin Buber. As homework, Mary and | practiced breathing awareness mediation twice a day. During the year, Spiegelberg sponsored a visit by the aging but still very lively Aldous Huxley to our seminar. He also brought us Alan Watts and several lecturers from the Jung