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Samael Aun Weor (March 6, 1917 – December 24, 1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was an author, lecturer and founder of the Universal Christian Gnostic Movement. His teaching of 'The Doctrine of Synthesis' of all religions in both their esoteric and exoteric aspects〔J. Gordon Melton & Martin Baumann ''Religions of the World'', p. 553, ABC-Clio, 2002 ISBN 1-57607-223-1〕 has been called neo-Gnostic by the historian of esotericism Arthur Versluis and called by the historian Jean-François Mayer "a science of consciousness or knowledge that may be attained through certain techniques." In his over sixty books and hundreds of held conferences, he describes a teaching called "gnosis", the Greek word for "knowledge", from which is derived the name "Gnosticism". == Biography == Victor Manuel Gómez Rodriguez was born in Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Republic of Colombia, son of Manuel Gómez Quijano and Francisca Rodríguez de Gómez. He was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church but later rejected the Church of Rome. His childhood and family life are not well known, except that he had a brother, and his father remarried after a divorce. He was sent to a Roman Catholic Jesuit school but soon quit disillusioned by religion; he was twelve years old at the time. Instead he invested most of his time in the study of metaphysical and esoteric treatises. Arnold Krumm-Heller founded the ''Iglesia Gnostica'' (Gnostic Church) in Mexico in 1910 and in Brazil he founded the ''Fraternidad de Rosacruz Antiqua'' (Fraternity of the Ancient Rosicrucians), following Randolph's usage. Between the time after world war II and his death in 1949, Krumm-Heller resumed contact with his Latin America students, where he encountered and subsequently mentored Victor Rodriguez who would subsequently take the name Samael Aun Weor.〔Dawson (2007) p. 55-57 *〕 Later in life, as writer, lecturer and Gnostic teacher, he would demonstrate a profound esoteric knowledge of both Eastern and Western classics. In his autobiographical account, ''The Three Mountains'', Samael Aun Weor stated that because he was born with an awakened consciousness, he was analyzing the previous lives in which he awakened his consciousness before mastering how to walk.〔 At the age of 17, he was asked to lecture at the local Theosophical Chapter, and a year later was admitted into the occult society Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua (F.R.A.). While a student in the F.R.A., Samael Aun Weor methodically studied the entire Rosicrucian library and it was here that he allegedly learned the secret of the "Great Arcanum", or white Sexual Magic – the esoteric key which purportedly underpins all of the world's great religions.〔 Few details of his life are known between the mid-1930s and 1950. He became a spiritual vagabond of sorts, traveling with neither home nor income. At one point he lived with a tribe of indigenous people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, learning the healing secrets which would later form the foundation of his medical treatise, ''Occult Medicine and Practical Magic''. It was also during these years that he claimed to have had his first experience of the Illuminating Void meeting his "Inner Being" or Atman whose name is "Aun Weor", meaning in Hebrew "Light and Strength." He was briefly married to Sara Dueños and they had a son named "Imperator". However, in 1946, he met and married the Lady-Adept "Litelantes" (born Arnolda Garro Mora) with whom he lived for 35 years and had four children: Osiris, Isis, Iris, Hypatia. Samael Aun Weor explains that as soon as he met her, this "Lady-Adept" Genie began to instruct him in the Science of Jinnestan or Jinn State also known as Djinn State or Djinnestan, which he claims involved placing the physical body in the fourth dimension. In the Nahuatl Aztec religion this practice is known as Nahuatlism, and according to Aun Weor is related with hyperspace. In 1948 he began teaching a small group of students. In 1950, under the name "Aun Weor", he managed to publish ''The Perfect Matrimony, or The Door to Enter into Initiation'' with the help of his close disciples.〔Andrew Dawson ''New Era, New Religions'', p. 56, Ashgate Publishing Co., 2007 ISBN 978-0-7546-5433-9〕 The book, later entitled ''The Perfect Matrimony,'' claimed to unveil the secret of sexuality as the cornerstone of the world's great religions. In it he elucidated topics such as sexual transmutation, "white tantra", and esoteric initiation. Writing in such a candid manner regarding sex was met with disdain by the majority of the public at the time. Seen as immoral and pornographic, Aun Weor found himself fleeing angry mobs attempting to silence him through violent means. From March 14 to 19 of 1952 Aun Weor spends five days in jail for "committing the crime of healing the sick".〔 The account of his incarceration is recounted in a personal diary he later published as ''Secret Notes of a Guru''. After March 19, 1952, Aun Weor and some disciples build and live near the ''Summum Supremum Sanctuarium'', an "underground temple" in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. On October 27, 1954, Aun Weor received what is referred to as the "Initiation of Tiphereth", which, according to his doctrine, is the beginning of the incarnation of the Logos or "Glorian" within the soul. He states that in his case the name of his Glorian has always been called "Samael" through the ages. From then on, he would sign his name Samael Aun Weor. Thus he states that this union of Samael (the Logos) with Aun Weor (the human soul) is the Maitreya Buddha Kalki Avatar of the New Age of Aquarius. Upon being asked exactly what such a title meant, he responded: Although he would declare himself as the true Kalki Avatar many times throughout his works, he also regularly rejected the worship of his personality: In 1956, he left Colombia and went to Costa Rica and El Salvador. Later in 1956, he settled down for good in Mexico City, where he would begin his public life. Before 1960, he had published 20 more books with topics ranging from ''Endocrinology and Criminology'' to ''Kundalini Yoga''. He founded numerous Gnostic Institutions and created Gnostic centers in Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela. A "triangle" relationship was established between the Universal Gnostic Movement founded by Samael Aun Weor, the South American Liberation Action (ALAS) in Argentina headed by Francisco A. Propato Ph.D.〔(Prof. Dr. Francisco A. Propato, Ph. D. curriculum vitae )〕 (graduate of La Sorbonne and Spanish translator of ''The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam''〔(Francisco A. Propato Spanish translation of the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam )〕), and the Sivananda Aryabarta Ashram directed by Swami Sivananda in India. In spite of the victories, the development of the Gnostic Movement was not without dramatic setbacks. At the time of publishing the revised edition of ''The Perfect Matrimony'' (1961), the movement had fallen apart. He wrote that "those who did not leave the Gnostic Movement can be counted on the fingers of one hand." However by the time of his death, Samael Aun Weor had completely re-established the broad international reaches the movement previously held. Into the 1960s, he continued to write many books on topics, such as Hermetic Astrology, Flying Saucers, and the Kabbalah. However, he also wrote sociopolitical works such as the ''Platform of POSCLA'' (Partido Socialista Cristiano Latinoamericano, or Latin-American Christian Socialist Party) and ''The Social Christ''. Topics such as the "false" doctrines of wall street materialism, atheism, and particularly Marxism-Leninism are discussed. POSCLA's motto was given as, "All for one and one for all," and its method, the conscious practice of Ahimsa. In what was to be the last decade of his life, he penned works such as ''Parsifal Unveiled'', which details the esoteric symbolism of the Wagner opera, and ''Gnostic Anthropology'' in which he heavily criticizes the theories of Darwin, Haeckel, "and their followers". The books ''The Great Rebellion'', ''Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology'', and ''The Revolution of the Dialectic'' provide a ground work for the vast knowledge of esoteric psychology purported to be found rooted in every genuine religion. During this time, he was preparing the highest vehicle of his doctrine, ''The Pistis Sophia Unveiled'',〔Samael Aun Weor ''Pistis Sophia Unveiled'', Thelema/Glorian, 2005 ISBN 978-0-9745916-8-1〕 in which he meditated, verse-by-verse, upon the extremely esoteric Gnostic text ''Pistis Sophia''. ;Renunciation of Copyrights Although he never formally received any income from his works - he lived off the charity of his students - at the 1976 International Gnostic Congress Samael Aun Weor he clarified his stance on the copyright of his works by stating: ;Prediction of Death By 1972, Samael Aun Weor referenced that his death and resurrection would be occurring before 1978. In the chapter entitled ''The Resurrection'' in his work ''The Three Mountains'' (1972), he stated that the eight years of ordeals within the Trial of Job would occur between his 53rd and 61st birthdays. Furthermore, in the same work, it is stated that this ordeal occurs prior to resurrection, and the one going through it is "deprived of everything, even of his own sons, and is afflicted by an impure sickness."〔 By August 1977 he had developed stomach cancer. During this time he continued to speak to both his students and the general public, giving radio and television interviews while touring Mexico. Eventually he was forced to stop, due to debilitating stomach pain. As his condition steadily worsened he would mention to those at his bedside, "Don't cling to my battered body, instead cling to my doctrinal body." Samael Aun Weor died on December 24, 1977. He was survived by his wife and children. Years before his death, he declared he would adopt the use of a duly prepared ancient Egyptian "mummy" as a vehicle for further work, a vehicle better prepared than his own "physical body". Many of his followers expected him to return publicly shortly after his death. According to his own statements he planned to remain incognito for a certain time so that “the leaven will ferment." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samael Aun Weor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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