The perennial philosophy expresses our innate sense that there is more to human beings and to the material world than meets the eye.

NPR: Karen Armstrong: Myths and the Modern World

It has been called the 'perennial philosophy' because it informed the mythology, ritual and social organisation of all societies before the advent of our scientific modernity, and continues to influence more traditional societies today.

NPR: Karen Armstrong: Myths and the Modern World

According to the perennial philosophy, everything that happens in this world, everything that we can hear and see here below has its counterpart in the divine realm, which is richer, stronger and more enduring than our own.

NPR: Karen Armstrong: Myths and the Modern World