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One of the best books on the topic of the teacher/student relationship is Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities (1997) by Len Oakes, an Australian psychologist. The excerpt taken from Chapter 2, explains the nature of charisma, describes shamans as charismatic figures, and introduces theories on the development of narcissism. The excerpt taken from Chapter 3 explains the early stage of narcissism in the development of charismatic figures, based on the psychoanalytic theories of Kohut.The excerpt taken from Chapter 7 describes the psychology of the follower: why do intelligent people go through such great lengths to follow charismatic figures? Ex-Andrew Cohen student laffnowl wrote an open letter to those interested in the teachings of Andrew Cohen. Another contribution of laffnowl on the topic of enlightenment: enlightenment is dead!
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