Editing Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi

{{Short description|Argentine writer and poet (1930–1991)}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
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| region           = Western Philosophy
| era              = [[20th-century philosophy]]
| name             = Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi
| birth_date       = September 3, 1930
| birth_place      = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| death_date       = October 7, 1991
| death_place      = [[Madrid]], Spain
| school_tradition = [[Western esotericism|Esotericism]], [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]], [[Neoplatonism]], [[Humanism]]
}}

'''Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi''' (September 3, 1930 – October 7, 1991) was an Argentine poet, novelist,<ref>[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83220316.html Library of the US Congress], consulted on March 11, 2018</ref><ref>[https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=1631878 Dialnet Foundation, University of La Rioja, Spain], consulted on March 11, 2018</ref><ref>[http://datos.bne.es/persona/XX4578835.html National Library of Spain], consulted on March 11, 2018</ref> self-taught philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed [[New Acropolis]], an international philosophical educational and cultural organisation.  

His works have been translated into several languages, titles in English include the novels ''The Alchemist'' and ''Ankor, the Last Prince of Atlantis'', as well as ''The Spirits of Nature'' and ''Thebes'', two studies on [[Western esotericism|esotericism]].

He was born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], and died in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Biography of Jorge Livraga| work = Baklabra.net website| url = http://www.bakalabra.net/acropol/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=125 | access-date = 2008-03-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acropolis.org/en/our-founder |title=New Acropolis, International Page |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-date=2020-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804232558/https://www.acropolis.org/en/our-founder |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Livraga was convicted for illegal arm possession in 1988 by Madrid's Provincial Court.<ref>[http://www.pepe-rodriguez.com/Sectas/Casos/NA/Nueva_Acropolis_Livraga.htm Condena de Jorge Livraga.]</ref>

==Biography==

His mother, Victoria Rizzi, and his father, Ángel Livraga, an industrial engineer, were of Italian origin whose families had emigrated to Argentina in the late 19th century; (Livraga himself would later gain Italian citizenship). Livraga's father died when he was 15, and this led to a spiritual crisis, where, via his English teacher, he eventually came into contact with the Argentine [[Theosophical Society]] in the early fifties.<ref name="About the founder of NA">{{cite news|title=About the founder of NA |work=New Acropolis Uruguay website |url=http://www.acropolis.org.uy/QuienesSomos/JAL.asp |access-date=2008-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113142116/http://acropolis.org.uy/QuienesSomos/JAL.asp |archive-date=2008-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of the Theosophical Society from 1950 to 1962.<ref>{{cite news| title = Theosophy talk| work =archives | url = http://www.theos-talk.com/archives/199802/tt00311.html| access-date = 2016-04-28}}</ref> 

At some point, he founded the magazine ''Estudios Teosóficos'' with [[Ada Albrecht]], and founded [[New Acropolis]], an association intended to promote Philosophy, along the lines of the classical Schools of Philosophy, such as Plato’s Academy.  Livraga began to expand New Acropolis to other Latin American countries: Uruguay, Chile (in 1965),<ref>{{cite news|title=About NA |work=New Acropolis Chile website |url=http://www.nueva-acropolischile.org/que_es_na.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217005425/http://www.nueva-acropolischile.org/que_es_na.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-02-17 |access-date=2008-03-29 }}</ref> Perú, Brasil and Bolivia.<ref name="About the founder of NA"/> Livraga's activities during this period consisted in writing the extensive course manuals.<ref>{{cite news| title = Study program| work = New Acropolis UK website| url = http://www.newacropolisuk.org/Courses.php| access-date = 2008-03-27| archive-date = 2016-07-17| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160717195426/http://www.newacropolisuk.org/courses.php| url-status = dead}}</ref>

He also had an interest in archeology, regularly organizing private expeditions and maintained a collection housed in a private museum, the [[Rodrigo Caro]] Museum.<ref name="Martinez text">{{cite news| title = Martinez text| work =the story of the founder of NA}}</ref> After his death, his natal home in Buenos Aires was converted into a museum in his name.<ref>{{cite news|title=About the founder of NA |work=New Acropolis Spain website |url=http://www.nueva-acropolis.es/NuevaAcropolis/fundador.htm |access-date=2008-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303180141/http://www.nueva-acropolis.es/NuevaAcropolis/fundador.htm |archive-date=2008-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Claims==
His official New Acropolis biography {{cn|date=February 2019}} claims that he was an academic member of the Esoteric group known as the International Philo-Byzantine Academy and University (IPHBAU) that according to the [[James Randi Foundation]] gives doctorates in Divinity,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Randi|first1=James|title=Bad and Good Stars in the Sky|url=http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/441-bad-and-good-sta..|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref> and the New Acropolis-related publishing house International Burckhardt Academy in Italy.<ref name="Juan">{{cite web|last1=Ruysbröeck|first1=Juan|title=El Gran Engaño La verdad sobre Nueva Acrópolis|url=http://alerta-elgranengano.blogspot.com/|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref> It also claims that he was a knight of the fictional Real Orden de San Ildefonso y San Atilano, and a recipient of the silver cross from the Société Académique Arts Sciences Lettres (France), nevertheless apart from his New Acropolis biography no second hand source confirms such claims.<ref>{{cite web|last=Deslauriers|first=Catherine|title=Philosophie ou secte dans notre quartier|date=2 September 2013|url=http://impactcampus.ca/actualites/philosophie-secte-notre-quartier/|website=Impact Campus|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="controverse">{{cite web|title=La controverse acropolitaine|date=27 April 2014|url=http://montagnedesdieux.com/la-controverse-acropolitaine/|website=Montagne des Dieux|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref> His official biography use to list him as archeologist and doctor in philosophy from the inexistent Aztec Academy of Arts, but once such Academy was proven to be fictional the claim was retired.<ref name="Juan" />

His official biography often claims that he won the Argentine National Poetry Prize with his book ''Lotuses'', however no source of such claim exists outside of New Acropolis and he's not listed as such in any source of the Argentinean government.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ozaeta |first1=Ulysses |title=Nueva Acrópolis, una secta disfrazada de organización cultural y filantrópica |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5lpDLVPmo  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/za5lpDLVPmo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Ulysses Ozaeta - Página Oficial |date=5 February 2017 |access-date=13 January 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Selected works (original Spanish editions)==
* Ankor, El Discipulo - (A novel about spiritual initiation in Atlantis)- 1972 - Cunillera. Nuevas Ciencias.<ref>[http://www.libreroonline.com/espana/libros/522385/livraga-rizzi-jorge-a/ankor-el-discipulo.html Librero en línea, ed. Cunillera, S.L.], 
accessed September 12, 2019</ref>
* El Alqimista - (a historical novel)  1974 - {{ISBN|84-230-0041-9}} - {{ISBN|978-84-230-0041-8}} - Editorial Cunillera.<ref>[http://www.libreroonline.com/espana/libros/522382/livraga-rizzi-jorge-a/alquimista-el.html Librero en línea, ed. Cunillera, S.L.], accessed September 12, 2019</ref>
* Manual de primer curso: [ética, socio-política, filosofía de la historia]- Madrid : Nueva Acrópolis, D.L. 1978. {{ISBN|84-300-0173-5}}
* Moassy El Perro - (a novel about society)- 1980 - Nueva Acrópolis
* Cartas a Delia y Fernando - (philosophical work) Madrid : Nueva Acròpolis, 1981. {{ISBN|84-300-4075-7}}
* Pensamientos - (a collection of quotations)-  1982 -Nueva Acrópolis - {{ISBN|84-85982-02-9}}
* Ideario - vols. I, II & III - (A compilation of magazine articles)
* Los espíritus elementales de la naturaleza (The elemental spirits of nature, an esoteric study) - Madrid : Nueva Acrópolis, D.L. 1985. {{ISBN|84-85982-19-3}}
* Tebas - (Thebes, a study of Egypt) Valencia : Nueva Acrópolis, D.L. 1986. {{ISBN|84-85982-26-6}}
* Jorge Ángel Livraga. El teatro Mistérico en Grecia I. La Tragedia. (A study of ancient Greek theater) Ed. NA -1987 -Editorial Nueva Acrópolis - {{ISBN|84-85982-28-2}}
* Magia, Religion y Ciencia para el tercer Milenio I, II, III & IV- (a collection of lecture transcripts) 1995 - Nueva Acropolis, A.C.-{{ISBN|84-85982-61-4}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060127202304/http://www.acropolis.org/about/jal.aspx?lang=eng Livraga's biography on acropolis.org]
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