The Most Dangerous man since Jesus Christ, the Sex Guru, the Ambassador
from Hell, the Black Devil of Ashkhabad, The King of Depravity, and the
Wickedest Man in the World. These were some of the labels given to three
of the most notorious figures of 20th century spirituality: Osho
(formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), G.I. Gurdjieff, and Aleister
Crowley. Beneath the controversies and scandals that swirled around all
three the author argues that these men, egocentric tendencies
notwithstanding, were brilliant thinkers and extraordinary masters of
their craft, that of the science of inner transformation, and in
particular the art of balancing the so called Left and Right Hand
spiritual paths. These men were not humble sages. They were bona fide
crazy wisdom masters and consistently went where angels fear to tread.
They did not teach with the faint praise of new age fluff or the stuffy
platitudes of religious sermons, but rather with a flaming sword, and
were a genuine menace to all seekers who fear to face the abyss of their
own egos.