Abdullah Dougan

Abdullah Dougan was born in 1918 in NZ. He was a man of good heart and deep spiritual attainment. While drawing on many traditions of self-development, his base was that of the Gnostic lineage. While his early teaching relied more on the methods of Gurdjieff, he later taught more of the Naqshibandi Sufi methods. The Sufi tradition traces itself back through the Greek Gnostics to the Egyptians, then to Abraham and before that to Zoroaster. As a trained hypnotherapist Abdullah competently incorporated self-suggestion and self-hypnosis into his beginning methods of self-refinement.

I first met him in 1974, as he was about to embark on a 40 day fast on water alone, while travelling through the Middle East. His main teacher at that time was Shaikh Abdul al Khyum of Kandahar, Afghanistan. He wrote several books including one detailing his experiences while on the 40 day fast. On meeting him we recognised a long past connection and he became my spiritual guide until his death at the age of 69. Beyond the body, his spiritual influence remains undiminished and all who come in contact openly with myself receive his help on the world wide way.

Abdullah's teachings. Tracing his roots back through the Greek Gnostics of Alexandria to Hermes Trismegistos (Thrice Great Hermes, Master of the Egyption Mysteries) and beyond to Zoroaster, Abdullah called his group the "Gnostic Society". ...more

Abdullah's Writings. Abdullah's main work was "The Quest" in 3 parts - Ideas (600 pages); Negative Attitudes; Positive Attitudes. His other books were "Probings", "Mirrors", "Who is the Potter" and "The Niche for Lights" (Commentaries on the work of Al Gazhali). From "The Quest": Essence. Q. Are we placed in our particular environment to aid work on ourselves? A. Your own actions determine the environment you are placed in. You were born to your parents because those two people put up a vibration which attracted you ...more