EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY

Grandson of Alexandre Szekely, the eminent poet and Unitarian Bishop of Cluj; a grandson of Csoma de Koros, Transsylvanian traveler and philologist who, more than a century ago, compiled the first grammar of the Tibetan language, an English-Tibetan dictionary, and wrote his unsurpassed work, "Asiatic Researches". He was also Librarian to the Royal Asiatic Society in India. Dr. Bordeaux earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris and other degrees from the Universities of Vienna and Leipzig. He also held professorships of Philosophy and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cluj. A well-known philologist in Sanscrit, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, Dr. Bordeaux spoke ten modern languages. In 1928, he co-founded the International Biogenic Society with French Nobel-Prize winning author Romain Rolland. His most important translations , in addition to selected texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essene Gospel of Peace (over a million copies in 26 languages) are selected texts from the Zend Avesta and from pre-colombian codices of ancient Mexico. His last works on the Essene Way of Biogenic Living have attracted worldwide interest. He is the author of  more than 80 books on philosophy and ancient cultures published in many countries. Professor Székely was also the founder of Archeosophy. N.B.: Click on his portrait above for his explanation on the Essene Principles, and for a  more detailed biography.