Uspensky, PD - Uspensky

...It included practices that freed the body and mind from gravity and bad habits, and as a whole aimed to create a Western Zen that added group therapy and art therapy, which are now considered part of psychiatry. As a 20th century mysticism activist, he was on a par with Steiner, and gained disciples such as P.D. Ouspensky (1878-1947) and J.G. Bennett (1897-), as well as followers such as architect FL Wright and novelist DH Lawrence. His major works include the cosmological fable "A Tale of Beelzebub to His Grandson" (1950) and his autobiography "Encounters with Remarkable Men" (1964). ...

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…重力と陋習（ろうしゆう）から肉体と精神を解放していく行法が含まれ，全体として今日の精神医学にいう集団療法，芸術療法を加えた西洋的禅が目ざされた。20世紀の神秘主義運動家としてシュタイナーと双へきをなす人物で，ウスペンスキーP.D.Ouspensky(1878‐1947)やベネットJ.G.Bennet(1897‐　)等の弟子，ならびに建築家F.L.ライトや小説家D.H.ロレンス等の信奉者を得た。主著に宇宙論的寓話《ベルゼブブが孫に与える物語》(1950)，自伝《注目すべき人々との出合い》(1964)がある。…

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