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Subud

Subud . A Life in Subud is an intimate account of many of the most important moments in the development of Subud, the international spiritual movement founded by Bapak Muhammad Subuh of Indonesia. Raymond van Sommers, as a young engineer searching for the meaning of life, joined J.G. Bennett and the followers of the Gurdjieff system at Coombe Springs, England, where he supervised the construction of that striking building, the Djamichunatra. In June 1957 he was among the first to receive the latihan , the spiritual exercise of Subud, when Bapak arrived in England. Two years later he was invited by Bapak to come to Indonesia to help establish the International Subud Centre at Cilandak. He designed the ten-room guesthouse which was Bapak's home until Bapak's own house was completed in 1966. Raymond was one of the original partners of the architectural and engineering firm PT International Design Consultants (IDC) which was a pioneering and successful enterprise in Jakarta. The memoir records spiritual experiences of great interest, and is illustrated with 115 photographs, most of which have never been published before. The Australian writer, Blanche d'Alpuget, comments: A fascinating

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