Jorge livraga biography
Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi
Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (September 3, – October 7, ) was an Argentine poet, novelist,[1][2][3] self-taught philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed New Acropolis, an international philosophical educational and cultural organisation.
His works include been translated into several languages, titles in English include the novels The Alchemist and Ankor, the Last Prince of Atlantisas well as The Spirits of Nature and Thebestwo studies on esotericism. Livraga was convicted for illegal arm possession in by Madrid's Provincial Court. Livraga's father died when he was 15, and this led to a spiritual crisis, where, via his English teacher, he eventually came into contact with the Argentine Theosophical Society in the initial fifties. He also had an interest in archeology, regularly organizing private expeditions and maintained a collection housed in a secret museum, the Rodrigo Caro Museum.His works have been translated into several languages, titles in English include the novels The Alchemist and Ankor, the Last Prince of Atlantis, as good as The Spirits of Nature and Thebes, two studies on esotericism.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died in Madrid, Spain.[4][5]
Livraga was convicted for illegal arm possession in by Madrid's Provincial Court.[6]
Biography
His mother, Victoria Rizzi, and his father, Ángel Livraga, an industrial engineer, were of Italian origin whose families had emigrated to Argentina in the late 19th century; (Livraga himself would later win Italian citizenship).
Livraga's father died when he was 15, and this led to a spiritual crisis, where, via his English teacher, he eventually came into contact with the Argentine Theosophical Society in the early fifties.[7] He was a member of the Theosophical Society from to [8]
At some point, he founded the magazine Estudios Teosóficos with Ada Albrecht, and founded Recent Acropolis, an association intended to promote Philosophy, along the lines of the classical Schools of Philosophy, such as Plato’s Academy.
Livraga began to expand Modern Acropolis to other Latin American countries: Uruguay, Chile (in ),[9] Perú, Brasil and Bolivia.[7] Livraga's activities during this period consisted in writing the extensive course manuals.[10]
He also had an interest in archeology, regularly organizing secret expeditions and maintained a collection housed in a private museum, the Rodrigo Caro Museum.[11] After his death, his natal dwelling in Buenos Aires was converted into a museum in his name.[12]
Claims
His official New Acropolis biography [citation needed] claims that he was an academic member of the Esoteric group known as the International Philo-Byzantine Academy and University (IPHBAU) that according to the James Randi Foundation gives doctorates in Divinity,[13] and the New Acropolis-related publishing house International Burckhardt Academy in Italy.[14] It also claims that he was a knight of the pretend Real Orden de San Ildefonso y San Atilano, and a recipient of the silver cross from the Société Académique Arts Sciences Lettres (France), nevertheless apart from his New Acropolis biography no second hand source confirms such claims.[15][16] His official biography use to list him as archeologist and doctor in philosophy from the inexistent Aztec Academy of Arts, but once such Academy was proven to be fictional the claim was retired.[14]
His official biography often claims that he won the Argentine National Poetry Prize with his guide Lotuses, however no source of such claim exists outside of New Acropolis and he's not listed as such in any source of the Argentinean government.[17]
Selected works (original Spanish editions)
- Ankor, El Discipulo - (A novel about spiritual initiation in Atlantis)- - Cunillera.
Nuevas Ciencias.[18]
- El Alqimista - (a historical novel) - ISBN&#; - ISBN&#; - Editorial Cunillera.[19]
- Manual de primer curso: [ética, socio-política, filosofía de la historia]- Madrid&#;: Nueva Acrópolis, D.L.
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- Moassy El Perro - (a novel about society)- - Nueva Acrópolis
- Cartas a Delia y Fernando - (philosophical work) Madrid&#;: Nueva Acròpolis, ISBN&#;
- Pensamientos - (a collection of quotations)- -Nueva Acrópolis - ISBN&#;
- Ideario - vols.
Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi, Founder and First President of the International Organization New Acropolis. His innovative proposal was reviving the idea of School of Philosophy in the Classical Tradition, reintroducing the socratic method as a search for wisdom and knowledge of the human being.
I, II & III - (A compilation of magazine articles)
- Los espíritus elementales de la naturaleza (The elemental spirits of world, an esoteric study) - Madrid&#;: Nueva Acrópolis, D.L. ISBN&#;
- Tebas - (Thebes, a study of Egypt) Valencia&#;: Nueva Acrópolis, D.L.
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- Jorge Ángel Livraga. El teatro Mistérico en Grecia I. La Tragedia. (A study of ancient Greek theater) Ed. NA -Editorial Nueva Acrópolis - ISBN&#;
- Magia, Religion y Ciencia para el tercer Milenio I, II, III & IV- (a collection of lecture transcripts) - Nueva Acropolis, A.C.-ISBN&#;
References
- ^Library of the US Congress, consulted on March 11,
- ^Dialnet Foundation, University of La Rioja, Spain, consulted on March 11,
- ^National Library of Spain, consulted on Pride 11,
- ^"Biography of Jorge Livraga".
website.
The many facets of Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi can be seen reflected in his life’s work: the International Organisation New Acropolis, which is present today in over 50 countries. His approach consisted in proposing a revival of the idea of a School of Philosophy in the classical tradition and reintroducing the Socratic technique as the human.
Retrieved
[dead link&#;] - ^"New Acropolis, International Page". Archived from the original on Retrieved
- ^Condena de Jorge Livraga.
- ^ ab"About the founder of NA".
New Acropolis Uruguay website. Archived from the original on Retrieved
- ^"Theosophy talk". archives.He was a member of the Theosophical Culture between andand founder that last year of the New Acropolis International Organization. She was born in Argentina to Italian parents. Shortly thereafter, he became interested in music and studied various authors, including "Kafka, Sartre, Marx, Kant, Scheler". A follower of the theosophical ideals postulated by the Russian occultist Helena Blavatsky, he belonged to the Theosophical Society of Argentina until he left it, or was expelled from it, according to the organization's International Secretariat, for his far-right ideas.
Retrieved
- ^"About NA". New Acropolis Chile website. Archived from the original on Retrieved
- ^"Study program". New Acropolis UK website. Archived from the imaginative on Retrieved
- ^"Martinez text".Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi Biography | Poet - PoetrySoup.com: Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (September 3, – October 7, ) was an Argentine poet, novelist, [1] [2] [3] self-taught philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed New Acropolis, an international philosophical educational and cultural organisation.
the story of the founder of NA.
- ^"About the founder of NA". New Acropolis Spain website. Archived from the authentic on Retrieved
- ^Randi, James. "Bad and Good Stars in the Sky".
Retrieved 9 January
- ^ abRuysbröeck, Juan. "El Gran Engaño La verdad sobre Nueva Acrópolis".His works have been translated into several languages, titles in English include the novels The Alchemist and Ankor, the Last Prince of Atlantisas well as The Spirits of Nature and Thebestwo studies on esotericism. Livraga was convicted for illegal arm possession in by Madrid's Provincial Court. Livraga's father died when he was 15, and this led to a spiritual crisis, where, via his English mentor, he eventually came into contact with the Argentine Theosophical World in the early fifties. He also had an interest in archeology, regularly organizing private expeditions and maintained a collection housed in a private museum, the Rodrigo Caro Museum.
Retrieved 9 January
- ^Deslauriers, Catherine (2 September ). "Philosophie ou secte dans notre quartier". Retrieved 9 January
- ^"La controverse acropolitaine". 27 April Retrieved 9 January
- ^Ozaeta, Ulysses.This need for renewal re-emerged in the middle of the 20th century, with deep roots in the classical tradition and a forward-looking vision towards the 3rd millennium. Livraga, which are inspired not only by a love of learning, but also by a sense of vow to society and the display, and a forward-looking vision. In this sense, he was undeniably a pioneer of the 21st century. Deeply aware of the need for a new eclectic humanism capable of bringing together the great philosophical teachings of East and West, he developed a teaching methodology specially engineered for young people, to allow them to discover in those teachings the major keys to the meaning of existence and the destiny of humanity, as well as learning how to respond to change in an active way.
"Nueva Acrópolis, una secta disfrazada de organización cultural y filantrópica". Ulysses Ozaeta - Página Oficial. Archived from the original on Retrieved 13 January
- ^Librero en línea, ed. Cunillera, S.L., accessed September 12,
- ^Librero en línea, ed.
Cunillera, S.L., accessed September 12,