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Samael Aun Weor

1917 - 1977

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Samael Aun Weor (Hebrew: סמאל און ואור; March 6, 1917 – December 24, 1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was a teacher and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He formed a prominent movement which he formed under the banner of "Universal Gnosticism", or simply gnosis. A prolific author, Gómez taught the practical & esoteric principles to awaken & fundamentally change the psychological condition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samael Aun Weor has received more than 500,047 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samael Aun Weor is the 2,086th most popular writer (down from 2,041st in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Writer.

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  • 500k

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  • 54.79

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samael Aun Weor ranks 2,086 out of 5,755. Before him are Gurju Khatun, João Guimarães Rosa, Nicholas Rémy, Maurice Sendak, Miloš Crnjanski, and Almeida Garrett. After him are Hermas, José Zorrilla, Sébastien Japrisot, Georges Ohnet, Flannery O'Connor, and James Hilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Samael Aun Weor ranks 123. Before him are Cyrus Vance, Petar Brzica, John Connally, Carlos Puebla, El Santo, and Katharine Graham. After him are Kirk Kerkorian, Văn Tiến Dũng, Heinrich Ehrler, Semyon Kurkotkin, Mak Dizdar, and Sharof Rashidov. Among people deceased in 1977, Samael Aun Weor ranks 81. Before him are Džemal Bijedić, John Edensor Littlewood, James M. Cain, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Miloš Crnjanski, and Delmer Daves. After him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Arsenio Erico, Alfred Lunt, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Alexander Rodimtsev, and Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Samael Aun Weor ranks 30 out of 306. Before him are Manuel Marulanda (1930), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Radamel Falcao (1986), and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919). After him are Álvaro Mutis (1923), Luis Garavito (1957), John Leguizamo (1964), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), and Juan Pablo Montoya (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Samael Aun Weor ranks 3. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927) and Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913). After him are Álvaro Mutis (1923), Jorge Isaacs (1837), Fernando Vallejo (1942), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973).

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