The Three Dangerous Magi: Osho, Gurdjieff, CrowleyJohn Hunt Publishing, 10.12.2010 - 713 Seiten The Most Dangerous man since Jesus Christ, the Sex Guru, the Ambassador from Hell, the Black Devil of Ashkhabad, The King of Depravity, and the Wickedest Man in the World. These were some of the labels given to three of the most notorious figures of 20th century spirituality: Osho (formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), G.I. Gurdjieff, and Aleister Crowley. Beneath the controversies and scandals that swirled around all three the author argues that these men, egocentric tendencies notwithstanding, were brilliant thinkers and extraordinary masters of their craft, that of the science of inner transformation, and in particular the art of balancing the so called Left and Right Hand spiritual paths. These men were not humble sages. They were bona fide crazy wisdom masters and consistently went where angels fear to tread. They did not teach with the faint praise of new age fluff or the stuffy platitudes of religious sermons, but rather with a flaming sword, and were a genuine menace to all seekers who fear to face the abyss of their own egos. |
Inhalt
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Introduction | 3 |
Biographical Outlines | 11 |
Aleister Crowley Wicked Magus | 12 |
G I Gurdjieff The Black Devil of Ashkhabad | 41 |
Osho The Most Dangerous Man since Jesus Christ | 67 |
Teachings | 95 |
Crowleys Magick and Thelema | 96 |
The Inner Work | 459 |
The Importance of Practice | 460 |
Practice from Oshos Work | 467 |
Practice from Gurdjieffs Work | 480 |
Practice from Crowleys Work | 493 |
Historical Influences | 513 |
Historical Influences on Crowleys Magick and Thelema | 514 |
Historical Influences on the Gurdjieff Work | 547 |
The Gurdjieff Work | 125 |
Oshos Teachings | 154 |
Commentaries | 183 |
Kings of the Night | 184 |
SelfPerfection and the Myth of the Infallible Guru | 209 |
The Spiritual Commune Paradiso and Inferno Part One | 232 |
The Spiritual Commune Paradiso and Inferno Part Two | 269 |
Of Women and Sex | 303 |
Of Drugged Sages Drunken Idiots and Mysterious Deaths | 347 |
Magical Warfare | 386 |
Transmission and Legacy | 408 |
Return of the Magi Of Rogues Prophets and Prophecy | 440 |
Historical Influences on Oshos Teachings | 575 |
The OshoCrowley Parallels | 604 |
Crowley and Chess The Royal Game and the Inner Work | 611 |
Gurdjieff Beelzebub and Zecharia Sitchin | 626 |
Osho John Dee and the Greatest Library in the World | 638 |
Resources | 642 |
Brief Survey of Biographies | 645 |
666 | |
Notes | 675 |
Acknowledgements | 712 |
About the Author | 713 |
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