Thorwald Dethlefsen (1946-2010) was a German psychologist, esotericist and author of several books. He practiced hypnotherapy, past-life regression and reincarnation therapy. In 1996 he founded a church called Kawwana - Kirche des Neuen Aeons, which was closed after about 10 years after announing that it had moved to a higher level of existence (into the World of Briah, a term of the Kabbalah) because it had fulfilled its wordly purpose. The inspiration behind the church came from Oskar Rudolf Schlag, who was, amongst other things, a German psychotherapist, esotericist and medium. Schlag channeled a being called "Atma" (which first described itself as the 'group spirit of those present at the sessions' and later as someone who 'wanted to incarnate'). The German transcripts are available on Amazon, rather expensive. Schlag however distanced himself from Dethlefsen's Kawwana church.
The following book by Dethlefsen, co-authored with Ruediger Dahlke (who also distanced himself from Dethlefsen in 1989), has been suggested recently here in the forum, it has been translated into several languages, amongst those:
Un chemin vers la santé : Sens caché de la maladie et de ses différents symptômes
The Healing Power of Illness: The Meaning of Symptoms and How to Interpret Them
Krankheit als Weg. Deutung und Be-deutung der Krankheitsbilder
I did not read it entirely, but skimmed through it, and it seems very good. However, I had listened to one of Dethlefsen's talks about self-knowledge about 10 years ago, also seemingly very good, but there was some problematic content. Basically, Dethlefsen's 'cosmology' or 'inspiration' can be summarized in the following sentence:
There is Unity, from which springs Polarity, which is an illusion, therefore there is only Unity.
Added to this are a few Hermetic laws of the Kybalion. A result of the above sentence is a 'blame the victim'-mentality, which he shows clearly in one of his talks ("If you are hit at the head by a bottle from two fighting men behind you, it was your hidden aggression that caused it.")
Therefore I suggest that all his writings be read with a 'caveat lector' attitude. His writings certainly can serve as good inspiration and can help to see things from a different perspective. This is very valuable in my opinion. However, there is said problem at deeper levels that one should be aware of.
Sources:
_http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorwald_Dethlefsen
_http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Rudolf_Schlag
_http://www.thorwald-dethlefsen.de/kawwana.html
_http://www.amazon.de/Die-Lehren-Schlag-Templer-Pistis/dp/3899136136
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvDMMYaTos
The following book by Dethlefsen, co-authored with Ruediger Dahlke (who also distanced himself from Dethlefsen in 1989), has been suggested recently here in the forum, it has been translated into several languages, amongst those:
Un chemin vers la santé : Sens caché de la maladie et de ses différents symptômes
The Healing Power of Illness: The Meaning of Symptoms and How to Interpret Them
Krankheit als Weg. Deutung und Be-deutung der Krankheitsbilder
I did not read it entirely, but skimmed through it, and it seems very good. However, I had listened to one of Dethlefsen's talks about self-knowledge about 10 years ago, also seemingly very good, but there was some problematic content. Basically, Dethlefsen's 'cosmology' or 'inspiration' can be summarized in the following sentence:
There is Unity, from which springs Polarity, which is an illusion, therefore there is only Unity.
Added to this are a few Hermetic laws of the Kybalion. A result of the above sentence is a 'blame the victim'-mentality, which he shows clearly in one of his talks ("If you are hit at the head by a bottle from two fighting men behind you, it was your hidden aggression that caused it.")
Therefore I suggest that all his writings be read with a 'caveat lector' attitude. His writings certainly can serve as good inspiration and can help to see things from a different perspective. This is very valuable in my opinion. However, there is said problem at deeper levels that one should be aware of.
Sources:
_http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorwald_Dethlefsen
_http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Rudolf_Schlag
_http://www.thorwald-dethlefsen.de/kawwana.html
_http://www.amazon.de/Die-Lehren-Schlag-Templer-Pistis/dp/3899136136
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvDMMYaTos