Jan Foudraine

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Jan Foudraine (later: Amrito ; * February 25, 1929 ; † February 27, 2016 ) was a Dutch psychiatrist , psychotherapist , mystic and publicist . Foudraine was counted among the pioneers of antipsychiatry internationally .

The doctorate neurologist Foudraine took over in 1968 the management of the psychotherapeutic center Veluweland . In 1971 he published the book Wie is van hout , which was translated into many languages ​​(German: Wer ist aus Holz? - 1973) and published many times. In this book, Foudraine reassessed the concept of schizophrenia and looked at it less from a medical-psychiatric and more from a social-psychiatric-psychotherapeutic perspective.

After the book's success, Foudraine went to Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh in Poona for a long time . Since then he has called himself Amrito . His consideration of psychological problems ( ego concentration and dualism ), which is based on Far Eastern wisdom teachings , he presented in particular in the book Metanoia . In it he mainly referred to the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti .

Works

  • How is van hout. 1971. (German: Who is made of wood? New ways of psychiatry. 1973, ISBN 3-492-02007-2 )
  • Oorspronkelijk gezicht: een gang naar huis. 1979.
  • Bhagwan ... Notities van een discipel. 1980.
  • Meester / antimeester end de psychotherapy. 1982. (German: Bhagwan, Krishnamurti, CGJung und die Psychotherapie. 1983, ISBN 3-922026-20-6 )
  • Struikelen over Waarheid. 1982.
  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, een introductie. 1983.
  • How is light. 1985.
  • Jaren van voorbereiding. 1988.
  • Bunkerbouwers, ontmoetingen met afgeslotenen. 1997.
  • De man die uit zijn hersenen zakte: vingerwijzingen van een mysticus. 1998.
  • Metanoia: over psychiatrie, psychotherapy en bevrijding. 2004.

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personal data
SURNAME Foudraine, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amrito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch psychiatrist, psychotherapist, mystic and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1929
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2016