Patrick Laude is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar, where he has been teaching since 2006. He was Fellow in Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris from 1979 to 1982. Laude's scholarly interests and output lie in comparative mysticism, poetry and mysticism, and Western representations and interpretations of Asian spiritual and wisdom traditions. He has authored twelve books and many articles in academic journals, the most recent being Surrendering to the Self-Ramana Maharshi's Message for the Present (London: Hurst, 2022 and New Delhi: Fingerprint Publishing, 2024).