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Flavio Geisshuesler

January 01, 1970

Flavio Alessio Geisshuesler is a Swiss-Italian academic and writer. As historian of religions, he specializes in the study of meditation and other contemplative practices in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

Flavio Geisshuesler
Born
Flavio Alessio Geisshüsler
NationalitySwiss and Italian
OccupationSenior Lecturer at the University of Sydney
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Lausanne (2008, B.A.)
University of Virginia (2013, M.A.)
HEC Paris (2025, EMBA)
Alma materUniversity of Bern (2018)
University of Virginia (2019)
ThesisPrisons of Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism (2019)
Academic advisorsDavid Germano
Kurtis Schaeffer
Peter W. Ochs
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of Religions
Sub-disciplineIndo-Tibetan Buddhism
Theory in religious studies
European intellectual history
Main interestsMeditation research
Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
Websitewww.flaviogeisshuesler.com

Early life and education edit

Geisshuesler spent his childhood in Zürich, Switzerland. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Lausanne in 2008, where he majored in religious studies, focusing on Judaism and Indian religions, while studying Biblical Hebrew, Hindi, and Tibetan. In 2013, he obtained an received an M.A. from the University of Virginia.[1][2] Afterwards, he earned two PhDs, one from the University of Bern[3] in 2018 and another from the University of Virginia in 2019.[4]

His 2018 doctoral dissertation, defended at the University of Bern, is titled Crisis and Critique in the History of Religions: Ernesto de Martino (1908-1965) in Italy and Beyond.[5] In 2019, he also defended a second doctoral disseration, Prisons of Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism, at the University of Virginia.[6] As part of his research, he also spent several years living and studying in various parts of Asia, particularly in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal.[7]

Career edit

In 2021, he published a monograph on the life and work of Ernesto de Martino.[8][9] The research project is based on 18 months of archival work in Rome, which was financed by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation.[9] Geisshuesler also wrote a book on Tibetan sky-gazing meditation in the Dzogchen tradition, which is based on his doctoral dissertation and further expanded during his postdoctoral research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[7][10] The fieldwork in Nepal was funded by a Fulbright–Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship.[11] His postdoctoral position in Israel was funded by fellowships from the Khyentse Foundation (2019-21),[12] the Lady Davis Foundation (2020-21),[13] the Azrieli Foundation (2021-23),[14][15] and the Mandel Scholion Research Center (2021-24).[16]

Throughout his career, has also taught courses at several universities, including the University of Virginia,[17][18] the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Bern,[19] the University of Fribourg in 2021,[20] the University of Basel in 2022,[21] and the Sapienza University of Rome in 2023.[22]

Bilingual in German and Italian, he has mastered English, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Tibetan, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, and Persian. He also reads Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Biblical Hebrew, and Russian.[12][23]

In 2023, he was appointed as KF-Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Sydney.[24][12]

Research edit

Geisshuesler's primary research centers on the contemplative traditions of India, Tibet, and the wider Himalayas, particularly the Dzogchen or Great Perfection tradition. His most recent publication offers the first comprehensive English-speaking introduction to the Tibetan sky-gazing practice. The book's most important argument is that the Great Perfection was originally a pre-Buddhist indigenous Tibetan tradition that emerged in close contact with the early Bön tradition. He argues that Dzogchen once belonged to a shamanic cult centered on the quest for vitality, which involved the worship of the sky as primordial source of life and endorsed the hunting of animals, as they were believed to be endowed with the ability to move in between the divine realm of the heavens and the world of humans. The book also traces the historical development of the Great Perfection, delineating a process of buddhicization that started with the introduction of Buddhism during the time of the Tibetan Empire, intensified with the rise of new schools in the 11th century, and reached its climax in the systematization of the teachings by the great scholar-yogi Longchenpa in the 14th century.[7]

Geisshuesler also published about other subjects, such as the Italian anthropologist and historian of religion Ernesto de Martino,[25][26] the methodology of the cognitive science of religion, or the connection between collective trauma and the historical development of contemplative traditions.[27][28][29]

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2021). The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino: Swiss Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion. Numen book series. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-45770-6.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio (2024). Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-350-42881-2.

Articles edit

Selected articles by Geisshuesler include:[16][30]

  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2019). "When Buddhas dissociate: A psychological perspective on the origins of great perfection Buddhism (rDzogs Chen)". Cogent Psychology. 6 (1). Informa UK Limited. doi:10.1080/23311908.2019.1707055. ISSN 2331-1908. S2CID 210127102.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2019). "The 7E Model of the Human Mind: Articulating a Plastic Self for the Cognitive Science of Religion". Journal of Cognition and Culture. 19 (5). Brill: 450–476. doi:10.1163/15685373-12340069. ISSN 1567-7095. S2CID 210557247.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2019). "A Parapsychologist, an Anthropologist, and a Vitalist Walk into a Laboratory: Ernesto de Martino, Mircea Eliade, and a Forgotten Chapter in the Disciplinary History of Religious Studies". Religions. 10 (5). MDPI AG: 304. doi:10.3390/rel10050304. ISSN 2077-1444.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2020). "From Grounded Identity to Receptive Creativity The Mythical-Historical Formation of the Nyingma School and the Potential of Collective Trauma". International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture. 30 (1). International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture: 233–270. doi:10.16893/ijbtc.2020.06.30.1.233. ISSN 1598-7914. S2CID 225752308.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2020). "Luminous Bodies, Playful Children, and Abusive Grandmothers: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disorganized Attachment in the Early History of Great Perfection (rDzogs Chen) Buddhism". Religions. 11 (3). MDPI AG: 114. doi:10.3390/rel11030114. ISSN 2077-1444.
  • Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (2022). "Meditation between Open Skies and Deep Ravines". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 45. Peeters online journals: 39–71. doi:10.2143/JIABS.45.0.3291576.

References edit

  1. ^ "UVA Tibet Center, Academic Research, Programs, Events & Collaboration, Tibetan Studies in Charlottesville, VA". www.uvatibetcenter.org. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Bio | Flavio A. Geisshuesler". GeisshueslerCopy. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Equipe". Institut de sciences des religions. February 3, 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Dissertationen". Institut für Religionswissenschaft. April 1, 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ Virginia, Geisshuesler, Flavio, Religious Studies - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of. "Prisons of Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism". libraetd.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c Geisshuesler, Flavio (2024-02-08). Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-350-42881-2.
  8. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A (2021). The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino. Leiden Boston (Mass.): Numen Book. ISBN 978-90-04-45770-6. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b "SNSF Data Portal". data.snf.ch. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Flavio Geisshuesler". en.asia.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ^ "IFLE Grantee Institutions - FY 2015". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b c "KF News | The University of Sydney Appoints KF-Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism". Khyentse Foundation. July 5, 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Post-Doc 2020/21". ldft.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ "The Azrieli Foundation is delighted to announce the selection of the 2021-2022 International Postdoctoral Research Fellows". May 3, 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Postdoc in Israel on LinkedIn: Dr. Flavio Geisshuesler: Become The Monkey! A New Paradigm For Meditation…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Flavio Geisshuesler". en.scholion.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. ^ "UVa Class Schedule - Schedule for RELB 2054 - Fall 2011 (Unofficial, Lou's List)". louslist.org. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Flavio Geisshuesler - theCourseForum". thecourseforum.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Conference". experiments-with-experience.org. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Flavio A. Geisshuesler". www.unifr.ch. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Recherche | Vorlesungsverzeichnis Universität Basel". vorlesungsverzeichnis.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Teorie e metodi della ricerca negli studi orientali - Venerdì 28 Aprile 2023 | Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia". web.uniroma1.it. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Flavio A . Geisshuesler | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Academia.edu". huji.academia.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Khyentse Foundation Announces the Appointment of KF-Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Sydney". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  25. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (May 2, 2019). "A Parapsychologist, an Anthropologist, and a Vitalist Walk into a Laboratory: Ernesto de Martino, Mircea Eliade, and a Forgotten Chapter in the Disciplinary History of Religious Studies". Religions. 10 (5): 304. doi:10.3390/rel10050304.
  26. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (July 29, 2021). "The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino: Italian Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion". The Life and Work of Ernesto De Martino. Brill. ISBN 9789004457720. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via brill.com.
  27. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (March 2, 2020). "Luminous Bodies, Playful Children, and Abusive Grandmothers: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disorganized Attachment in the Early History of Great Perfection (rDzogs Chen) Buddhism". Religions. 11 (3): 114. doi:10.3390/rel11030114.
  28. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (June 2, 2020). "From Grounded Identity to Receptive Creativity The Mythical-Historical Formation of the Nyingma School and the Potential of Collective Trauma". International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture. 30 (1): 233–270. doi:10.16893/IJBTC.2020.06.30.1.233. S2CID 225752308. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via www.dbpia.co.kr.
  29. ^ Geisshuesler, Flavio A. (January 1, 2019). Cerniglia, Luca (ed.). "When Buddhas dissociate: A psychological perspective on the origins of great perfection Buddhism (rDzogs Chen)". Cogent Psychology. 6 (1). doi:10.1080/23311908.2019.1707055. S2CID 210127102.
  30. ^ "Flavio A. Geisshuesler". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

External links edit

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  • Academia.edu

January 01, 1970
flavio, geisshuesler, flavio, alessio, geisshuesler, swiss, italian, academic, writer, historian, religions, specializes, study, meditation, other, contemplative, practices, indo, tibetan, buddhism, bornflavio, alessio, geisshüslernationalityswiss, italianoccu. Flavio Alessio Geisshuesler is a Swiss Italian academic and writer As historian of religions he specializes in the study of meditation and other contemplative practices in Indo Tibetan Buddhism Flavio GeisshueslerBornFlavio Alessio GeisshuslerNationalitySwiss and ItalianOccupationSenior Lecturer at the University of SydneyAcademic backgroundEducationUniversity of Lausanne 2008 B A University of Virginia 2013 M A HEC Paris 2025 EMBA Alma materUniversity of Bern 2018 University of Virginia 2019 ThesisPrisons of Freedom An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism 2019 Academic advisorsDavid GermanoKurtis SchaefferPeter W OchsAcademic workDisciplineHistory of ReligionsSub disciplineIndo Tibetan BuddhismTheory in religious studiesEuropean intellectual historyMain interestsMeditation researchDzogchen tradition of Tibetan BuddhismWebsitewww wbr flaviogeisshuesler wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Research 4 Bibliography 4 1 Books 4 2 Articles 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editGeisshuesler spent his childhood in Zurich Switzerland He graduated with a B A from the University of Lausanne in 2008 where he majored in religious studies focusing on Judaism and Indian religions while studying Biblical Hebrew Hindi and Tibetan In 2013 he obtained an received an M A from the University of Virginia 1 2 Afterwards he earned two PhDs one from the University of Bern 3 in 2018 and another from the University of Virginia in 2019 4 His 2018 doctoral dissertation defended at the University of Bern is titled Crisis and Critique in the History of Religions Ernesto de Martino 1908 1965 in Italy and Beyond 5 In 2019 he also defended a second doctoral disseration Prisons of Freedom An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism at the University of Virginia 6 As part of his research he also spent several years living and studying in various parts of Asia particularly in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal 7 Career editIn 2021 he published a monograph on the life and work of Ernesto de Martino 8 9 The research project is based on 18 months of archival work in Rome which was financed by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 9 Geisshuesler also wrote a book on Tibetan sky gazing meditation in the Dzogchen tradition which is based on his doctoral dissertation and further expanded during his postdoctoral research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 7 10 The fieldwork in Nepal was funded by a Fulbright Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 11 His postdoctoral position in Israel was funded by fellowships from the Khyentse Foundation 2019 21 12 the Lady Davis Foundation 2020 21 13 the Azrieli Foundation 2021 23 14 15 and the Mandel Scholion Research Center 2021 24 16 Throughout his career has also taught courses at several universities including the University of Virginia 17 18 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem the University of Bern 19 the University of Fribourg in 2021 20 the University of Basel in 2022 21 and the Sapienza University of Rome in 2023 22 Bilingual in German and Italian he has mastered English French Spanish Hebrew Tibetan Nepali Hindi Urdu and Persian He also reads Sanskrit Tibetan Pali Biblical Hebrew and Russian 12 23 In 2023 he was appointed as KF Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Sydney 24 12 Research editGeisshuesler s primary research centers on the contemplative traditions of India Tibet and the wider Himalayas particularly the Dzogchen or Great Perfection tradition His most recent publication offers the first comprehensive English speaking introduction to the Tibetan sky gazing practice The book s most important argument is that the Great Perfection was originally a pre Buddhist indigenous Tibetan tradition that emerged in close contact with the early Bon tradition He argues that Dzogchen once belonged to a shamanic cult centered on the quest for vitality which involved the worship of the sky as primordial source of life and endorsed the hunting of animals as they were believed to be endowed with the ability to move in between the divine realm of the heavens and the world of humans The book also traces the historical development of the Great Perfection delineating a process of buddhicization that started with the introduction of Buddhism during the time of the Tibetan Empire intensified with the rise of new schools in the 11th century and reached its climax in the systematization of the teachings by the great scholar yogi Longchenpa in the 14th century 7 Geisshuesler also published about other subjects such as the Italian anthropologist and historian of religion Ernesto de Martino 25 26 the methodology of the cognitive science of religion or the connection between collective trauma and the historical development of contemplative traditions 27 28 29 Bibliography editBooks edit Geisshuesler Flavio A 2021 The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino Swiss Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion Numen book series Brill ISBN 978 90 04 45770 6 Geisshuesler Flavio 2024 Tibetan Sky Gazing Meditation and the Pre History of Great Perfection Buddhism London Bloomsbury ISBN 978 1 350 42881 2 Articles edit Selected articles by Geisshuesler include 16 30 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2019 When Buddhas dissociate A psychological perspective on the origins of great perfection Buddhism rDzogs Chen Cogent Psychology 6 1 Informa UK Limited doi 10 1080 23311908 2019 1707055 ISSN 2331 1908 S2CID 210127102 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2019 The 7E Model of the Human Mind Articulating a Plastic Self for the Cognitive Science of Religion Journal of Cognition and Culture 19 5 Brill 450 476 doi 10 1163 15685373 12340069 ISSN 1567 7095 S2CID 210557247 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2019 A Parapsychologist an Anthropologist and a Vitalist Walk into a Laboratory Ernesto de Martino Mircea Eliade and a Forgotten Chapter in the Disciplinary History of Religious Studies Religions 10 5 MDPI AG 304 doi 10 3390 rel10050304 ISSN 2077 1444 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2020 From Grounded Identity to Receptive Creativity The Mythical Historical Formation of the Nyingma School and the Potential of Collective Trauma International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture 30 1 International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture 233 270 doi 10 16893 ijbtc 2020 06 30 1 233 ISSN 1598 7914 S2CID 225752308 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2020 Luminous Bodies Playful Children and Abusive Grandmothers Trauma Dissociation and Disorganized Attachment in the Early History of Great Perfection rDzogs Chen Buddhism Religions 11 3 MDPI AG 114 doi 10 3390 rel11030114 ISSN 2077 1444 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2022 Meditation between Open Skies and Deep Ravines Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 45 Peeters online journals 39 71 doi 10 2143 JIABS 45 0 3291576 References edit UVA Tibet Center Academic Research Programs Events amp Collaboration Tibetan Studies in Charlottesville VA www uvatibetcenter org Retrieved 2 October 2023 Bio Flavio A Geisshuesler GeisshueslerCopy Retrieved 2 October 2023 Equipe Institut de sciences des religions February 3 2022 Retrieved 2 October 2023 ORCID orcid org Retrieved 2 October 2023 Dissertationen Institut fur Religionswissenschaft April 1 2015 Retrieved 2 October 2023 Virginia Geisshuesler Flavio Religious Studies Graduate School of Arts and Sciences University of Prisons of Freedom An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices in Great Perfection Buddhism libraetd lib virginia edu Retrieved 2 October 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b c Geisshuesler Flavio 2024 02 08 Tibetan Sky Gazing Meditation and the Pre History of Great Perfection Buddhism London Bloomsbury ISBN 978 1 350 42881 2 Geisshuesler Flavio A 2021 The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino Leiden Boston Mass Numen Book ISBN 978 90 04 45770 6 Retrieved 2 October 2023 a b SNSF Data Portal data snf ch Retrieved 2 October 2023 Flavio Geisshuesler en asia huji ac il Retrieved 2 October 2023 IFLE Grantee Institutions FY 2015 Google My Maps Retrieved 2 October 2023 a b c KF News The University of Sydney Appoints KF Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism Khyentse Foundation July 5 2023 Retrieved 2 October 2023 Post Doc 2020 21 ldft huji ac il Retrieved 2 October 2023 The Azrieli Foundation is delighted to announce the selection of the 2021 2022 International Postdoctoral Research Fellows May 3 2021 Retrieved 2 October 2023 Postdoc in Israel on LinkedIn Dr Flavio Geisshuesler Become The Monkey A New Paradigm For Meditation www linkedin com Retrieved 2 October 2023 a b Flavio Geisshuesler en scholion huji ac il Retrieved 2 October 2023 UVa Class Schedule Schedule for RELB 2054 Fall 2011 Unofficial Lou s List louslist org Retrieved 2 October 2023 Flavio Geisshuesler theCourseForum thecourseforum com Retrieved 2 October 2023 Conference experiments with experience org Retrieved 2 October 2023 Flavio A Geisshuesler www unifr ch Retrieved 2 October 2023 Recherche Vorlesungsverzeichnis Universitat Basel vorlesungsverzeichnis unibas ch Retrieved 2 October 2023 Teorie e metodi della ricerca negli studi orientali Venerdi 28 Aprile 2023 Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia web uniroma1 it Retrieved 2 October 2023 Flavio A Geisshuesler The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Academia edu huji academia edu Retrieved 2 October 2023 Khyentse Foundation Announces the Appointment of KF Macready Senior Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Sydney Retrieved 2 October 2023 Geisshuesler Flavio A May 2 2019 A Parapsychologist an Anthropologist and a Vitalist Walk into a Laboratory Ernesto de Martino Mircea Eliade and a Forgotten Chapter in the Disciplinary History of Religious Studies Religions 10 5 304 doi 10 3390 rel10050304 Geisshuesler Flavio A July 29 2021 The Life and Work of Ernesto de Martino Italian Perspectives on Apocalypse and Rebirth in the Modern Study of Religion The Life and Work of Ernesto De Martino Brill ISBN 9789004457720 Retrieved 2 October 2023 via brill com Geisshuesler Flavio A March 2 2020 Luminous Bodies Playful Children and Abusive Grandmothers Trauma Dissociation and Disorganized Attachment in the Early History of Great Perfection rDzogs Chen Buddhism Religions 11 3 114 doi 10 3390 rel11030114 Geisshuesler Flavio A June 2 2020 From Grounded Identity to Receptive Creativity The Mythical Historical Formation of the Nyingma School and the Potential of Collective Trauma International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture 30 1 233 270 doi 10 16893 IJBTC 2020 06 30 1 233 S2CID 225752308 Retrieved 2 October 2023 via www dbpia co kr Geisshuesler Flavio A January 1 2019 Cerniglia Luca ed When Buddhas dissociate A psychological perspective on the origins of great perfection Buddhism rDzogs Chen Cogent Psychology 6 1 doi 10 1080 23311908 2019 1707055 S2CID 210127102 Flavio A Geisshuesler Google Scholar Retrieved 2 October 2023 External links editOfficial website Academia edu Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flavio Geisshuesler amp oldid 1198496091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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