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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 new religious movement under the banner of "Universal Gnosticism", or simply gnosis, and taught the practical and esoteric principles to awaken and fundamentally change the psychological condition. He first made a name in the Gnosticism of his native country of Colombia, before moving to Mexico in 1956, where his movement gained increased popularity, and his works became popular among practitioners of occultism and Western esotericism, and were translated into other languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samael Aun Weor has received more than 555,285 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Samael Aun Weor is the 2,306th most popular writer (down from 2,079th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 30th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Colombian Writer.

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Notable Works

La gran rebelión
Occultism
1979
Gazing at the Mystery
2007
Dream Yoga
2003
The Revolution of Beelzebub
2001
Introduction to Gnosis
2003
The Yellow Book
2004
Revolutionary Psychology
2016
Treatise of revolutionary psychology
Gnosticism, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Self-realization
1995
The Yellow Book
2004
Introduction to Gnosis
2003
Matrimonio perfecto
Marriage, Occultism, Gnosticism
1980
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom
Gnosticism, Occultism, Reincarnation
1993

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samael Aun Weor ranks 2,306 out of 7,302. Before him are Pascal Quignard, Mouloud Feraoun, Stefan Żeromski, Edward FitzGerald, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, and Victorinus of Pettau. After him are Jaggi Vasudev, Mircea Cărtărescu, Indro Montanelli, August Derleth, Uladzimir Karatkievich, and Gabriel Matzneff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Samael Aun Weor ranks 128. Before him are Paul Frère, Yakov Pavlov, Andrew Wyeth, Maya Deren, Wieland Wagner, and Văn Tiến Dũng. After him are Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Semyon Kurkotkin, Raymond Burr, Fulbert Youlou, Mak Dizdar, and Shams Pahlavi. Among people deceased in 1977, Samael Aun Weor ranks 95. Before him are Shogo Kamo, Jacques Tourneur, Alexander Rodimtsev, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Pierre Clastres, and Erroll Garner. After him are Pan Yuliang, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Ba Maw, Son Ngoc Thanh, Nathan Homer Knorr, and Sergei Kruglov.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Samael Aun Weor ranks 36 out of 356. Before him are Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Laura Montoya (1874), and Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929). After him are Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Omayra Sánchez (1972), and Faustino Asprilla (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Colombia

Among writers born in Colombia, Samael Aun Weor ranks 4. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), and Álvaro Mutis (1923). After him are Jorge Isaacs (1837), Fernando Vallejo (1942), José Eustasio Rivera (1888), Laura Restrepo (1950), and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (1973).

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