Searching for Maitreya

About the Book

Who is Maitreya and who are the ‘Masters of the Wisdom’? Are they among us now? What do they teach, what is their purpose and how do these relate to our modern concerns? Maitreya has been given many descriptive titles, such as ‘The Lord of Love’, the ‘Christ of the Aquarian Age’, an incarnation of Krishna, the forthcoming Buddha, a Bodhisattva or ‘perfected man’ as he appears in early prophecies, later Buddhist works and esoteric nineteenth and twentieth century writings. The author describes her search for this mysterious spiritual teacher, through practical and theoretical research, observation and participant observation.

About the Author

Patricia Pitchon was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1944. She worked for El Tiempo, Colombia’s main daily paper, and later read Philosophy at Bedford College, University of London. She has written for various publications including Latin American Newsletters, the Guardian, and Le Monde Diplomatique. Her translations (into English) include Fiestas, by the anthropologist Nina S. de Friedemann; The Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique, by Dr. Horacio Etchegoyen, and, with Juan Alonso, The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of the Wisdom, by Benjamin Creme (into Spanish). She has also worked as a hospital volunteer and with charities assisting refugees.