The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Compass) [Paperback]

Kyriacos C. Markides (Author)

Book Description

Series: Compass | Publication Date: February 1, 1989

In this vivid account, Kryiacos C Markides introduces to us the rich and intricate world of Daskalso, The Magus of Strovolos. In what appears at first to be an exercise in fantasy, we see Daskalos draw on seemingly unlimited mixture of esoteric teachings, psychology, reincarnation, demonology, cosmology and mysticism, from both eastern and western traditions. But Daskalos is first and foremost a healer, whose work is firmly rooted in a belied in 'Holyspirit' or absolute love, and whose aim is the expansion of reason and spiritual evolution.

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About the Author

Kyriacos C. Markides was professor of Sociology at the University of Maine. He has also written Homage to the Sun, Fire in the Heart and Riding with the Lion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (February 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140190341
• ISBN-13: 978-0140190342
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a peek into a fantastical world.. to find its ours to claim?, January 9, 2001

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Nipun Saxena (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Compass) (Paperback)

For those with any mystical inclination, this is a mustread.

It reveals the intricate and elaborately detailed constructsof the 'mystical world' of a spiritual healer known as 'Daskalos', asseen by a visiting Cypriot-American professor through his'anthropological glasses'.

The philosophy centers around esotericChristianity, but resonates most because of the excellentparallellisms it draws with other esoteric traditions such as theKabbala, Sufism and Hinduism. It speaks of spiritual healing, thenature of reality, the multiple planes of existence, reincarnation andkarma, and offers numerous incredibly insightful interpretations ofthe proverbs and stories of the bible. It is one of the few booksthat offers insight on the mechanics of death and rebirth, exomatosisand the law of karma.

This book is definitely mind-expandingregardless on your take on mysticism. I consider myself lucky to havecome across it and Daskalos himself in 1987. Though I am still tryingto interpret Daskalos' comment from my one hour meeting with him, thebook was definitely key to opening my mind to questioning mystical,social and political philosophies, the nature of existence andreligion...

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The true priesthood of the world., July 7, 2002

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This review is from: The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Compass) (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Indeed, I went on to read _Homage to the Sun_, _Fire in the Heart_, and _Riding with the Lion_. I recommend them all. I recognised in Daskalos a certain type of rare healer/teacher that can found all over the world. Personally, I think of these natural wise men as the true priest-kings of the world. The professional priests and professors have largely driven them underground or to society's margins, but the people always seem to recognise a man, or woman, of true Spirit. You can find them on the reservation, the ghetto or barrio, the hills of Appalachia, or remote Greek isles. They all seem to mysteriously share quite simular spiritual beliefs- are all united by the same "golden thread."

Of course, they also like to occasionally pull the leg of would-be students- especially gullible academics. This is because they want you to run everything you see and hear through the filters of your own reason and intuition.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Confirms and Provokes..., March 1, 2005

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NRgeticHealer "Healer on a Quest" (Atlanta, GA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Compass) (Paperback)

Have you ever looked into the topic of energetic healing? Have you ever looked at biographies and autobiographies of healers? I have. I've read lots of them. And the "Magus of Strovolos", which is about "Stylianos Atteshlis", a Greek Cypriot healer who lived until the early 1990's, did what no single book has done that I've read so far. It tied everything together and proposed a truly complete view of things, from reincarnation and Karma, to healing, astral projection, to philosophy, to ethics necessary to move into the work. And, it was absolutely hilarious at times...

But before you decide that "funny" isn't a good thing in a book that covers this topic, let me tell you that it's not funny through and through. It's deadly serious at times. And the subject matter is so thought- provoking that I've found myself reading this book (and the subsequent two that are now out of print), several times, just to be sure that I didn't miss anything.

It's THAT good...