Perennial philosophers like Aldous Huxley and Frithjof Schuon identify a transcendent unity of religions at the esoteric level, where salvific realization shares a common metaphysical structure across traditions.
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Transcendent unity of religions(The main claim of perennial philosophy)
The idea that despite their different outward forms, all religions are actually united by sharing the same ultimate spiritual truth that goes beyond the physical world.
esoteric(describing a type of knowledge or practice)
Something known or understood by only a small group of people; deliberately kept secret or hidden from the general public.
metaphysical(Ayer's Logical Positivist usage)
Language that purports to refer beyond the physical world and lacks empirical consequences, which Ayer classifies as not literally significant