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E.J. Gold

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New York City, The United States

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Spirituality, Science Fiction, Art

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Buddhism, Kabbalah, Gurdjieff, post-Einsteinian physics, transpersonal ...more

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E.J. Gold has been a prominent and controversial figure in the Human Potential movement in California for over 45 years. Technically a "shamanic rabbi", he earned respect in the field of transformational psychology by the clarity, profundity, uniqueness and expertise of his writings and thoughts and his emphasis on a practical approach towards transformation.
Thus far he has written dozens of books in his field. The subjects he covers are wide-ranging, from attention and presence, the waking versus sleeping state, death and dying, to shamanism, interdimensional voyaging, artifact reading, imprinting and use, cosmic laws, the suffering of the Absolute, higher bodies, artistic expression, the Tarot, prayer, sufism, shakti, natural childbirth, E.J. Gold has been a prominent and controversial figure in the Human Potential movement in California for over 45 years. Technically a "shamanic rabbi", he earned respect in the field of transformational psychology by the clarity, profundity, uniqueness and expertise of his writings and thoughts and his emphasis on a practical approach towards transformation.
Thus far he has written dozens of books in his field. The subjects he covers are wide-ranging, from attention and presence, the waking versus sleeping state, death and dying, to shamanism, interdimensional voyaging, artifact reading, imprinting and use, cosmic laws, the suffering of the Absolute, higher bodies, artistic expression, the Tarot, prayer, sufism, shakti, natural childbirth, and many more themes. He is recognized as an authority in many of these areas, but death and dying will always be central to his vision, explorations and projects.
Angels Healing Journey is one of several powerful texts he has written to help those interested in healing and working with people going through transition, including the final passage out of this life. His best known book, the American Book of the Dead, is a modern Western version of the Bardo Thodol, or Tibetan Book of the Dead, that has sold over 200,000 copies and been translated into several other languages. It was reprinted by Harper SanFrancisco in 1995.
Described as a teacher's teacher, his influence and association with contemporaries includes Timothy Leary, Dr. John Lilly, Rabbi Zalman Schachter, Robert Anton Wilson, Dr. Claudio Naranjo, Swami Vishnu Devananda, Chogyam Trungpa, Dr. Fritz Perls, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Reshad Feild, Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, Heather Valencia, Robert de Ropp, Joan Halifax, Paul Anderson, Antonio Asin, and many others.
In spite of all these associations and his remarkable list of accomplishments, Gold has preferred to maintain a high level of privacy and isolation from the media. However, he has become very active on the internet, especially since the pandemic years of 2020-21. He meets with students in zoom and has spent years in certain gaming platforms where he is a veteran. For introductory websites, visit www.ejgold.com, www.idhhb.com, and www.gatewaysbooksandtapes.com. He oversees a number of websites including the Galaxy science fiction online magazine, and he continues to work with students via online workshops and interactive computer games. Over the past decade he has been developing his own computer game, G.O.D.D., to enable players to experience and work with the bardo.
Gold attributes much of his skill as a writer and versatility as a transformational psychologist and consciousness explorer to his culturally privileged background. As the son of H.L. Gold, the famous writer and founding editor of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, he grew up surrounded by writers such as Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, to name a few. Other family friends included John Cage, Ben Shahn, Julian Huxley, Orson Welles, Merce Cunningham, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.
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	Sounds of the Inner Golden Opera: An E.J. Gold Quote Collection by E. J. Gold, E.J. Gold (Goodreads Author), Niralee Kamdar (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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