Talk:Ioan P. Culianu

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The speculation has never been that Culianu was murdered on Ceausescu's orders. From personal observation, it was pretty clear that those were flushed out of the system very quickly. Speculation has been that it was Iliescu and co. that ordered the deed. TMLutas 04:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

You are partly right. However,most speculation I know of is that he was killed by the Securitate acting more or less independently (the "good part of the Securitate" that Vadim keeps taliking about). This may or may not be linked by observers to the Iliescu regime and the SRI - I have included part of the removed fragment back, in the eventuality that it did not. Dahn 09:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Crowley

A friend of mine who is a big fan of novelist and essayist John Crowley says that Crowley has written at least one significant essay on Culianu and also used a character modeled on Culianu in his fiction. Someone may want to follow up on this. - Jmabel | Talk 17:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. What I could find on a search is that he is not actually a character, but an influence over Crowley's depiction of Giordano Bruno. Dahn 18:32, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. Then I should doubtless seek that out, because I actually studied Bruno pretty intensely back in college. (And, in any case, there was apparently at least one significant non-fiction essay.) Thanks, Dahn. - Jmabel | Talk 22:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Tree of Gnosis

Added information regarding the English translation of Les Gnoses Dualistes d'occident, taken from my copy of the text.--BlackAndy 22:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)