Alexander Horn

Alexander Francis Horn (1933–2007), known more often as Alex Horn, was a playwright and actor and the leader of a series of controversial groups which claimed a linkage to the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff.

Overview

His groups have been classed by some as cults, although others believe he was attempting to promote the Fourth Way, which can involve a degree of intense confrontation on a personal level. Alex was married to Anne Burrage (later Anne Haas) in the 1960's during which time he was running Red Mountain Ranch, a part time commune located on Sonoma Mountain in northern California. The order of events is unclear, but Anne left this group in 1969 around the time that Alex became involved with and eventually married Sharon Gans. Anne took many of the members from the ranch and started The Group, amid claims that Red Mountain Ranch had become violent and dangerous, and that Alex was becoming a cult figure. Alex and Sharon ran the Theatre of All Possibilities until 1978 when it received unfavorable press from the San Francisco Chronicle in the wake of the Jim Jones tragedy in November of 1978. Alex and Sharon both left San Francisco in 1978 and reportedly continued to run various groups in New York and Boston.

Alex Horn had five children with Anne Burrage, Maurice, Elaine, Matthew, Mary Ellen and Benjamin. He passed away on September 30, 2007.

Names of Related Groups

* The Theatre of All Possibilities
* Oddysey Study Group
* The Work
* The School
* Fourth Way School
* The Group
*Fellowship of Friends(Founder Robert Earl Burton was a pupil of Alex Horn)

Plays by Alexander Horn

*The Fantastic Arising of Padraic Clancy Muldoon
* Adam King
* Journey to Jerusalem
* The Argument
* The Legend of Sharon Shashonovah

Published works by Alexander Horn

* "Theatre of All Possibilities Vol 1" San Francisco: Everyman Publications 1978
* "In Search of a Solar Hero" Shaftesbury: Element Books, 1987
* "Ponderings of a Citizen of the Milky Way" Shaftesbury: Element Books, 1987

References

"Rosie, Sharon, Alex, Robert & The Work" The Gurdjieff Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Number 29/2002

"Strange School: Real-Life Drama in SF Theater Group" San Francisco Chronicle, December 23, 1978

External links

* [http://rickross.com/reference/theater/theater21.html Rosie, Sharon, Alex, Robert & The Work]
* [http://www.rickross.com/groups/theater.html Rick Ross Institute- Cult Awareness]
* [http://www.davearcher.com/alex.html personal essay from former group member- the theater of all posibilities]