STEVAN ORESCAN
(Deva Ragi)
Conceived:
1933, Harbin, Manchuria, China
Born:
1934, Gary, Indiana, USA
Raised:
Washington D.C.
Educated: American University,
Wash. D.C.,
L.A. City College, Univ. Southern California,
Calif. State Univ., B.A. Psychology, 1965
Calif. Human Development Center, M.A., Psychotherapy
Los Angeles Psycho-Social Clinic
Psychotherapy-psychoanalytic training 1967
Institute for Creative Living, Psych. Internship,
Ph.D. Philosophy, Neotarian College of Phil., 1969
World Univ., Ojai Calif., Post Grad., Eastern Philosophy
Univ. Calif., Santa Cruz, Advanced Alcohol-Drug
Studies, Certificate, 1996
Affiliations, Past & Present
PSI CHI, Nat’l Honor Society, Psychology
Nat’l Assoc. Alcohol & Drug Counselors
Calif. Assoc. Alcohol & Drug Counselors
Radical Therapists Collective
SEN, Spiritual Emergence Network, Santa Cruz, CA.
Hospice Counselor, Santa Cruz, CA.
Philosophical Society of America
American Philosophical Practitioners Assoc.
Transpersonal Psychology Assoc.
International Psychotherapy Assoc.
Calif. State Teaching Credential.
Pralaya Inst., Substance Use Edu., Santa Cruz, CA.
Valley House, Dir., Therapeutic Community, Hawaii
Hawaii Bound, School of Experiential Education
Hoods in the Woods, Big Is., Hawaii
Theosophical Society, USA, Adyar, India
Kautilya Society, Banaras, India
PHILOSOPHICAL DISPOSITION
Perfection is a state of mind.
Mindfulness is the secret of life
Expect nothing, be ready for anything
Trust and live in your heart
Everyday be ready for death
THEORETICAL FOCUS
I am an eclectic, front–line therapist
utilizing whatever approach the situation
calls for: confrontation, meditation,
philosophical inquiry, bibliotherapy and
one-on-one consultation. My primary focus
of interest is the integration of altered states
of consciousness resulting in clarity and
personal empowerment, and the ageing-death
experience. My role-model teachers are
Socrates, Osho, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
and the Buddha.
PUBLICATIONS
Existential Therapy & Psychedelic Experience,
Doc. Thesis, 1969
Enemies of the State, Pralaya Publishing,
Varanasi, 1993
The Theosophist, 1977-78, numerous articles,
Adyar, India
An American Passion Play, Pilgrims Publishing,
Varanasi, India 2004
Temples of Transmutation, Psycho-Philosophical
Travel Essays (in production)
Secrets of the Universe (in production)
Misc. magazine & newspaper articles
USA Mailing Address: 51-614
Kamehameha Hwy.,
Kaaawa, Hawaii, 96730
EMAIL: sorescan@yahoo.com
indiajones@rediffmail.com
