Ron Krumpos

During my career I had traveled to 40 countries, visiting 25 of them* three or more times. Asia: Japan*, Korea, Taiwan*, Hong Kong*, Philippines*, Brunei, Cambodia, Thailand*, Singapore*, Malaysia, Indonesia*, Sri Lanka, Nepal*, India*, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel*, Lebanon*, and Turkey*. Europe: England*, Denmark*, Sweden*, Netherlands, Belgium, France*, Germany*, Switzerland*, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Italy*, Greece*, and Cyprus*. Africa: Egypt*. North America: Canada*, USA (39 states), Mexico*, Guatemala, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. After my retirement I wrote an ebook on comparative mysticism. A revised edition is now in print on Amazon. 180 books were researched and there are 120 quotations of mystics of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. See suprarational.org/gail2012.pdf for the most recent edition or click on the link to the right. It was inspired by my meetings with 19 mystics in 12 countries: A Nobel astrophysicist in Chicago, a Vedanta Society spiritual director and the chairman of a global bank in New York, a professor of philosophy in Kyoto, a Zen abbot and a Cistercian monk on Lantau, a Quaker missionary in Victoria, Hong Kong, a Theravada monk from Chiang Mai, a Hindu priest on Bali, a Vajrayana abbot in Kathmandu, a sadhu/scholar in Lucknow, the President of India in Delhi, a Sufi shaikh in Teheran, a professor of political science (and shaikh) in Cairo, a member of the Knesset, a professor of history and a Greek Orthodox monk in Jerusalem, a retired police inspector in Copenhagen, and an Anglican bishop in Bath, England. The manuscript was sent to 10 religious leaders/scholars of the five faiths and 10 professors who teach comparative mysticism across the U.S.A. Their suggestions led to many revisions prior to posting on the Internet. There have since been more than 70,000 downloads from at least 41 countries. A revised version in print is now available on Amazon.