Bibliography of Robert C. Priddy


British born 1936, Cirencester, England - resident in Norway from 1959. Researched and taught philosophy and sociology at the University of Oslo 1968-85
active in journalism, social science, philosophical, psychological/psychiatric and social-political debate in Norway in the mid-1960s and thereafter. In the 1980s and 90s he published diverse writings on spirituality in articles, journals and books. Some of his early published contributions - articles in newspapers, journals and books - are referenced here.
Since 2000 he has worked mostly on Internet sites.

On Wikipedia's English version, under Robert C. Priddy, some wiki-trolls have managed to get the page there deleted. However, the original page can still be viewed here

Academic and Scientific Publications:

Objectivity And The Study Of Human Society - Magister Thesis (1968 Nordic equivalent of PhD) dealing with the epistemological problems of the main social sciences. Oslo University of Oslo 1968 (133 pages)

Behaviour, Intention & Meaning - Study of research principles on meaningful human behaviour. Institute Of Social Research, Oslo 1969 (62 pages)

Communication & Understanding Textbook in semantical and logical analysis and the philosophy of science. Oslo>University 1982 New Eds. 1983, 1985. (216 pages )

Empirisme og byråkrati  Hovedtendenser i Norsk samfunnsforskning i 60-årene. Yearbook of Sociology, Oslo, Norway 2000. p.11> - 34. Sosiologisk Årbok 2000) ISSN 0808-288X.

Forskningsorienteringer I Norsk Samfunnsvitenskap (Research Orientations In Norwegian Social Science) Conclusions of a research project in the sociology of knowledge into Norwegian social research during the 1960s. Institute Of Sociology. University Of Oslo, 1972 (20 pages )

Self-Awareness in Psychological Understanding in Transfigural Mathematics Vol 1 No. 1 2006 pps 39-43 & 59-63. (Interdisciplinary Journal of Mathematics, Sciences, Literature and Arts.

Books and articles in Norwegian Books and Journals

Sammenbrudd og Gjennombrudd ©  [Journalen] Kontrast (5) Nr. 4 1966 side 53-58 (English translation: 'Breakdown and Breakthrough')

Sinnsykdom, Radikalisme og R.D. Laing  [Journalen] Kontrast 9 nr. 4 1967 (English translation 'Mental illnress, radicalism and R.D. Laing')

Schizophreni og Samfunn ©  [Journalen] Kontrast 13 nr. 2 1969 side 124-133 (English translation: 'Schizophrenia and Society')

Filosofisk Hjelpebok, 'Om Sjel og Legeme' Universitetsforlaget (Oslo University Press), 1975, ISBN 82-00-01479-7

Foreword to Det Spaltede Selv by R.D. Laing, 1968, Gyldendahl Forlag, Oslo

The Fundamentalist Guru Trap Exploitation  Norwegian National Inter-Cultural Magazine Ragtime, Vol 10. No 7. Oslo.
Publications in India & abroad



Source of the Dream - My way to Sathya Sai Baba. Samuel Weiser Inc., York Beach, 1998 ISBN 1-57863-028-2

(Source of the Dream- Indian edition: Sai Towers Publishing, Puttaparthi, A.P. 2000 (Fonte do Sonho publ. Madras Editora 2002 (in Portuguese)

The Source of Dream Sun-Sky Publications - Bangalore, 1994 (How the author was drawn to India and into direct contact with Sathya Sai Baba over 18 years)

End of the Dream publ. Indian Skeptic/B. Premanand. Podanur, Tamil Nadu, 2004.

No Bouquets to the Baba, Law Animated World, 15 December, 2005, Hyderabad

Contribution to Sathya Sai - The Avatar of Love publ. Sri Prashanthi Society, Hyderabad, 1999


Main Web Publications

Beyond Science © (a 7-chapter study of human understanding, 1990) 1999 on Internet

The Human Whole - An Outline Of Personal Psychology © A study of human psychology from an inclusive person-oriented viewpoint. Limited Edition. Oslo 1991 (136 pages).

Writings of themes from philosophy, psychology to literature and critical issues

Robert Priddy's contribution to the debate on social theory and methods, see here
On Priddy's work as a NAVF researcher in sociology at the Institute of Social Science, Oslo, between 1968 and 1972, and his entry in Sosiologisk årbok 2001 - see a recent reference here
Three articles in the journal 'Kontrast' by R. Priddy on R.D. Laing and the 1960s revolution in psychiatry see here and here
Foreword by Robert Priddy to R.D. Laing's 'The Divided Self' in Norwegian see here
Robert Priddy's writings on psychology include 'The Human Whole' (1991), which has been showcased in 'Transfigural Mathematics' see here
Some socio-political articles in Norway's national newspaper 'Dagbladet' see here and here and here
Chapter in 'Filosofisk Hjelpebok' pub. by Oslo University Press see here

See also scans of the contents pages of Sanathana Sarathi journal in which Priddy has articles
Also a page from the official Sai Organisation brochure on Norway, where Priddy was national leader for many years
Article in the Indian journal 'Law Animated World' by Priddy, see here
Article in Norway's English Cultural Magazine 'Ragtime' by Priddy see here

Priddy' s involvement in the Sathya Sai Organization - see here.
The first Indian edition of - 'The Source of Dream' Sun-Sky Publications, Bangalore - plus an article in 'Avatar of Love': see here