Article July 30, 1984 Issue

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Alister Hardy

The Spiritual Nature of Man

From The Spiritual Nature of Man by Alister Hardy [Emeritus Professor of Zoology, Oxford; founder of Religious Experience Research Unit, Oxford] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), pp. 137–140.

"I certainly believe that the phenomenon of prayer, as demonstrated in the experience of man, reveals a fundamental fact about the nature of the universe and tells us more about the mystery we call God.

"The effect of general prayer is the sense of receiving help, strength and encouragement, power, and a great zest to do much that one feels is worth doing for the good of the world and one's fellows.

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