Alex Horn

Alexander Francis Horn (1933–2007), known more often as Alex Horn, was the leader of a series of controversial groups which claimed a linkage to the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. His groups have been classed by some as cults, although others believe he was attempting to promote the Fourth Way, which can involve a degree of intense confrontation on a personal level. Alex was married to Anne Burridge (later Anne Haas) in the 1960's during which time he was running Red Mountain Ranch, a part time commune located on Sonoma Mountain in northern California. The timing is unclear, but Anne left this group in the early 70s around the time that Alex married Sharon Gans. Anne took many of the members from the commune and started The Group, a Gurdjieff inspired community in Sonoma County, CA which has persisted for nearly 40 years. Anne and many of the members of The Group claim that Red Mountain Ranch had become violent and dangerous, and that Alex was becoming a cult figure. Alex and Sharon ran the Theatre of All Possibilities until 1978 when it recieved unfavorable press from the San Francisco Chronicle in the wake of the Jim Jones tragedy in November of 1978. Alex and Sharon both left San Francisco in 1978 and reportedly continued to run various groups in New York and Boston.

Names of Related Groups

• The Theatre of All Possibilities
• Oddysey Study Group
• The Work
• The School
• Fourth Way School
• The Group

Plays by Alexander Horn

• The Fantastic Arising of Padraic Clancy Muldoon
• Adam King
• Journey to Jerusalem
• The Argument
• The Legend of Sharon Shashonovah

Published works by Alexander Horn

• Theatre of All Possibilities Vol 1 San Francisco: Everyman Publications 1978
• In Search of a Solar Hero Shaftesbury: Element Books, 1987
• Ponderings of a Citizen of the Milky Way Shaftesbury: Element Books, 1987

External links

• Rosie, Sharon, Alex, Robert & The Work
• Rick Ross Institute- Cult Awareness
• personal essay from former group member- the theater of all posibilities