The early transhumanists
<p><em>This is the 15th entry in my Spiritual Eugenics project, which looks at the overlap between New Age spirituality and eugenics. For a definition of these terms, an intro to the project, and preceding chapters, go </em><a href="https://medium.com/spiritual-eugenics" rel="noopener"><em>here.</em></a></p>
<p>In this chapter, we will look at how Julian Huxley and his peers developed the religious creed which he would later call <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002216786800800107?journalCode=jhpa" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Transhumanism</a>, and how their visions of scientific utopia inspired his brother’s humorous novel, <em>Brave New World</em>.</p>
<p>We left Julian in the 1920s, working in academia as a young biologist, recovering from a bad nervous breakdown, and looking for a new religion of humanity based on science and evolution. He was already showing signs of seeking a more public role than a life in the lab.</p>
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