Teachers

Ostad Elahi

an influential thinker, jurist, and musician who founded an innovative approach to the pursuit of self-knowledge and existential meaning. Born in a remote village in Western Iran, his remarkable journey began as a classic mystic steeped in age-old ascetic practices -- ostadelahi.com

Hadj Nemat (ascetic dervish)

In describing his spiritual illumination, he states that around the age of 29, when he was gravely ill and those around him thought he had died, he had a spiritual vision in which he understood unique and concrete realms in the other world -- hadjnemat.com

Master Zhi Gang Sha

Request: healer, teacher, and author of over 30 books, including 11 New York Times bestsellers. He has an MD degree in Western medicine from China and is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in China and Canada.

Jose Silva

developed an interest in psychology to increase his children's IQ. He experimented with psychic abilities and brain wave activity in the 1940s, eventually developing The Silva Mind Control Method and numerous instructional courses and programs -- amazon

Thomas Merton

Calibrated at 515 in Truth vs. Falsehood, "Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews" -- wikipedia

Mas Sajady

After multiple near-death experiences, Mas came back alive to share wisdom and remarkable abilities that break through the limitations of psychology... to change countless lives in a matter of minutes by helping people shift at their core frequency level -- mas-sajady.com

U. G. Krishnamurti

d.2007. He rejected the very basis of thought and in doing so negated all systems of thought and knowledge -- wikipedia

Bruno Gröning

German mystic who performed faith healings and lectured. He was active in Germany in the 1940s and 1950s after World War II -- wikipedia

Napoleon Hill

He was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature and is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success -- goodreads.com

Terence McKenna

"American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants." --wikipedia

Ray Maor (prana teacher)

"In 2013 I decided to accept the offer to go on a TV show in Israel and stay for 8 days without food or water... It was a very fun experiment in which I proved that breatharianism is not only possible but that many health benefits could be associated with it" -- raymaor.com

Bernadette Roberts (Christian mystic)

"Our passage through consciousness is the gradual return to the divine; we leave the divine unknowingly and in darkness, but we return knowingly and in light."

Richard Rohr

PBS has called him "one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in the world."

Tony Parsons (nonduality teacher)

"Because the separate seeker experiences everything as a subject object reality it is inevitable that it will see nonduality as a something that can be personally attained and experienced. It will also be seen as a state of no-self that can be taught or energetically transferred."

Alan Cohen (spiritual author)

Request: author of 30 popular inspirational books, including the bestselling A Course in Miracles Made Easy. He has a large following.