[Buddha-l] Query on Non-Local Consciousness

[Franz Metcalf]

Curt,

You wrote,

> Cool! Everything I've ever heard about him (Culianu) - and what I've 
> read by him - indicates that he was a fascinating character, and 
> apparently a very good teacher. Are you familiar with the book about 
> his murder - "Eros, Magic and the Murder of Professor Culianu"? There 
> is a fascinating, and rather disturbing, article by the books author 
> here:
> http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/9209/culianu.html

I would not use the adjective "cool" to describe Professor Culianu's 
untimely death (what kind of "imbalance" must he have had?). You are 
right to use "cool" to describe the man himself, though. I have read 
Anton's book and it is at least as disturbing and ultimately 
unsatisfying as the article you linked (thanks, btw). After knowing 
Ioan (even just slightly, as I did), nothing could satisfy me except 
following his career through decades of provocative and original work. 
Thanks to some very deluded person, that career and those insights will 
never happen.

Sheesh, this is *not* cheering me up. I better pick up my copy of _Out 
of This World_ and see what *that* does.

Franz