Introduction
This introduction to Oscar Ichazo and the Arica School of Knowledge gives an overall presentation of Oscar and his Integral Philosophy (1956), a philosophy that completely analyzes a human being from the lowest levels of the ego to the Highest States of Pristine Enlightenment (Gk.Theosis). This type of school has been in existence since ancient times, from the Greek philosophical schools to the schools of the Hindu, Buddhist and Sufi traditions. As in all classical schools of knowledge, the Arica School offers a complete method of Enlightenment. What makes the Arica School different from the ancient schools is that it provides a contemporary method of Enlightenment, employing biology, psychology, physics, and modern knowledge in order to clarify the human process for the attainment of freedom and liberation.