Andrew Harvey

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Andrew Harvey (born 1952) is a Shakespeare scholar and mystic who was born in India. He envisions true spirituality to be the divinization of earthly life through spiritual practice. These practices can take many forms and can be taken from any religious tradition. The process of divinization would result in the gradual elimination of ecological destruction and of all forms of prejudice, especially racism, misogyny, and homophobia. He lives in Nevada with his husband, the photographer Eryk Hanut.

Harvey sees six poets and religious figures as having universal appeal:

The Dhammapada of Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha
Jesus as portrayed in the Gospel of Thomas
Rumi, 13th century Sufi poet
Kabir, 15th century Indian poet
Ramakrishna, 19th century Hindu sadhu
Aurobindo, 20th century Hindu philosopher-sage

Harvey is a former follower of the Indian guru Mother Meera. He claims that their break was triggered by her unwillingness to accept Harvey's homosexuality. He further claims that because of their break, she cursed him, and he fell into a period of severe depression. He wrote his 2002 book The Sun at Midnight about this period.

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Hidden Journey: A Spiritual Awakening, 1991
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: A New Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West (co-author), 1992
The Divine Feminine: Exploring the Feminine Face of God Throughout the World, 1996 ISBN 1-57324-035-4
The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions, 1997
The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi
The Essential Gay Mystics, 1998 ISBN 0-06-250905-5 (cloth), ISBN 0-06-251524-1(pbk.)
Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ, 1999
The Return of the Mother, 2000
A Journey in Ladakh: Encounters with Buddhism, 2000
The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Through the World's Traditions, 2001 ISBN 0-7679-0299-8
The Sun at Midnight: A Memoir of the Dark Night, 2002 ISBN 1-58542-179-0