About the Author

He was born in 1940 in Mendoza, Argentina

Belonging to cultured and traditional family, he received a careful education.

He studied law at the University of Cordoba, Argentina and later philosophy at the National University of Cuyo, Argentina, and then in Aix-en-Provence, France, but not satisfied with the structures of the academic studies, he did his own search in a life rich in experiences and studying the authors according to his personal concerns.

He sailed for 12 years aboard an old wooden sailboat; this allowed him to meet diverse and remote cultures, which has always been his passion. In San Francisco (USA), was part of the countercultural movement of the 60s. Then he moved to Sierra Nevada (Spain), to the ranch Ken (La quietud), “the highest in Spain”, where he lived for 15 years dedicated to reflection, contemplation and study. The last twenty years he has resided in Rancho Kuan, “La contemplación”, in a house of stone and wood that he build, already covered with flowers among the 400 trees that he has planted, at the foot of the mountain range Los Andes, in Mendoza, Argentina.

This retired life has been complemented by prolonged stays in India, which has allowed him to know the varied expressions of that civilization, as is evident in his work. Lavoisier has commented on his extensive work the most outstanding thinkers of East and West in the light of his own experience. Of his lectures deserve to stand out those given at the Seminar and Festival of India, Pacific Galeries, Buenos Aires, 2009; in India International Centre, Delhi, 2015 and 2016; in University of Nalanda, Bihar, India 2018, about the Dahrma-Dhamma.

Ozan Lavoisier is an expositor of what he has called universal idealism, represented in the West by Platonism and in the East by Hinduism and Buddhism; hence his interest in establishing a relationship between these doctrines, which he examines in the light of his own philosophy. Being a mystical philosopher he sees no opposition between religion and philosophy, but rather finds in them the same origin and a common destiny.

His philosophy finds its inspiration in the spiritual experience, which is achieved through psychic balance and harmonious integration of all faculties. The originality of his thought is manifested in his particular vision of the psyche, developed in his Psychosophy, in which he explains its transcendent mission and exposes the mechanisms that govern the mind. However, his transcendental psychology is only a practical aspect within the broad spectrum of his philosophy that finds a metaphysical foundation, expressed in his theory of knowledge, his ethics, his aesthetics and his philosophy of history, which constitutes a remarkable philosophical system coherent and structured. Its philosophy is essentially vital; its purpose is to generate the spiritual conditions to experience the essence of life. His ultimate goal is the bliss of freedom.

His admiration for Indian civilization has recently led him to make an extensive documentary film (24 episodes) called The Hindu Tradition. The editor of the work of Ozan Lavoisier in Delhi, Har Anand Publishers, and the Argentine ambassador in India, (Cervantes Institute, Dec. 2015), have presented the author as “The first Latin American philosopher published in India.“