In the early 1970s, a wooded valley in Phoenicia became home to a thriving community of seekers delving into The Pathwork, a body of spiritual/psychological guidance transmitted from a spiritual entity known as The Guide. The entity’s channel was Eva Pierrakos, a charismatic woman born in Vienna in 1915; her father, Austrian novelist Jacob Wassermann, was one of Europe’s literary elite and comrade to Herman Hesse and Thomas Mann.
Eva had been receiving information from The Guide since 1957, and in all, she transmitted a collection of 258 lectures, and many more question and answer sessions, until her death in 1979. The lectures reveal insights that both novice and experienced seekers call profoundly life-changing. The lectures are a roadmap to self-responsibility, self-knowledge, and true self-acceptance. They cover the wide spectrum of our human journey, from our struggles with self-doubt, self-hatred, and fear of inadequacy to the barriers we put up to relating with others, and, ultimately, with what we each know as God. The lectures teach that vital life-energy, feelings, and insight are often buried under misconceptions about the nature of reality. They point the way to genuine love of self, others, and the divine.
The Phoenicia Pathwork Center, originally founded in 1973, went from an organization of about 50 people to over 500 by the time Eva passed on. At its peak the resident community at the Center, which was located on Woodland Valley Road, had 46 members, with many more coming on weekends mainly from New York City, to hear and experience the wisdom of the Pathwork lectures.
Among those influenced and attracted by the Pathwork were noted artists, filmmakers, and figures in business and the arts. But after Eva’s passing, the community underwent a period of drawing in, as the energy for programs and new ventures diminished. The Center was eventually sold (it is now the Menla Retreat Center, devoted to Tibetan Buddhism), and funds were held in trust for the future growth and development of the Pathwork.
Today, there are dozens of Pathwork counselors, also known as helpers, throughout the New York metropolitan area and upstate in the City’s watershed. Nearly 100 men and women count themselves as members of the New York Region Pathwork, and come together in a variety of forums and celebrations to find the truth of their higher selves and unity with their sisters and brothers.
The New York Region Pathwork is a non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. We are governed by a Board of Directors, who serve as elected representatives of the membership.
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