In the following section, we'll take a glimpse at spiritual teachers throughout recorded history from all over the world. This section is in no way a comprehensive list of all of the great teachers of spirituality throughout time, but highlights many of the most well-known and influential Wise Ones who spoke to humanity and influenced spirituality. You'll learn biographical information and sample the offerings of each of these spiritual teachers.

A word of advice; if you should desire to explore the ancient and honored tradition of devotional worship, or the Guru-devotee relationship, you should carefully research the teachings of the Guru, speak to other devotees if possible, and search your heart and listen to your own inner wisdom above all, before deciding on such a path.

If you ever feel, in a teacher-student relationship, as if you are being asked outright or in more subtle ways to give up your free will for any reason, this should be a big red flag. Free will is the absolute right of all humans, and spiritual teachings should point to truth and support, nurture, and inspire self-awakening and right relationship. The ethics of spiritual teaching are explored more thoroughly in the Masters Degree Curriculum at UMS.

Anyone feel like we need a healer for the world? There are a lot of useful healing practices, other than a prophet or a faith healer, spiritual healing has also been aided by those known as a psychic healer. Much enlightenment and growth can be found in the psychic wisdom world. Sometimes spiritual growth comes through healing words, other times through wisdom words. The spiritual life is not just for a sage or shaman healer. Spiritual wisdom is in every part of life.

ASIA:

Lao Tzu
Thich Nhat Hahn
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

MIDDLE EAST:

Rumi
Nanak

EUROPE/RUSSIA:

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Hildegard Von Bingen
Baal Shem Tov
St Francis Of Assisi
Teresa Of Avila
Mother Teresa
Rudolph Steiner
Peter Deunov (Biensa Duono)
G.I. Gurdjieff

INDIA:

Sri Shankaracharya
Sri Ramakrishna
Swami Vivekananda
Paramahansa Yogananda
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Ramana Maharishi
Poonjaji
Gandhi
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Ammachi

AMERICA:

Hyemeyohsts Storm
Martin Luther King Jr.
Peace Pilgrim
Andrew Cohen
Gangaji