/lit/ - Literature

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A man who tried to teach people how to create souls. Because this is a controversial proposition in the modern West, where skeptical technological scientific atheism vs. self-limiting prideful adherence to some church like Judaism or Christianity reigns, he is strongly misinterpreted — the atheists/agnostics/those without a sense of spirituality, simply deducing “he’s nothing more than a conman and cult-leader,” and the religionists also, “He’s a dangerous cult-leader drawing people away from the Truth, which is only to be found in our tradition. The only authentic spiritual development and rebirth of the soul is to be found in our sect. If some random guy claims he’s doing it — he doesn’t have our fame and backing and massive support of billions behind him, so he’s just a ‘cult,’ as opposed to US, who are a genuine church.”

As the reference to existentialist philosopher and writer Colin Wilson makes clear, Gurdjieff can even be read and enjoyed/profited from, as an esoteric, existentialist, and religious philosopher >>20390409.