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We are delighted to share with you Watkins’ 2022 list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People – spiritual teachers, activists, authors and thinkers that change the world. The list came out in print in the issue 68, Winter 2022 of Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine on January 12 (you can get a copy of this issue here or take out a full year’s subscription here).
Watkins bookshop in London has been encouraging spiritual discovery and providing seekers with esoteric knowledge for over 120 years. In 2011, we started publishing the 100 list with the goal of celebrating the world’s living spiritual teachers. Our special magazine issue features 16 pages dedicated to interesting details, bios, photos and highlights about each person on the list. As you read through this list, we hope that you feel as inspired as we are by each individual’s significant impact.
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1 – Pope Francis 2 – Dalai Lama 3 – Greta Thunberg 4 – Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) 5 – Eckhart Tolle 6 – Desmond Tutu* 7 – Oprah Winfrey 8 – Russell Brand 9 – Gwyneth Paltrow NEW 10 – Gabor Maté 11 – Wim Hof 12 – Dr Joe Dispenza 13 – Matthew Fox 14 – Paulo Coelho 15- Alice Walker 16 – David Lynch 17 – Teal Swan 18 – Deepak Chopra 19 – Pema Chödrön 20 – Jay Shetty 21 – Esther Perel 22 – Michael Pollan NEW 23 – Rhonda Byrne 24 – Uri Geller 25 – Arianna Huffington 26 – Mark Manson 27 – Dr. Nicole LePera NEW 28 – Anthony William NEW 29 – Marianne Williamson 30 – Yasmin Boland NEW 31 – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 32 – Graham Hancock 33 – Justin Welby |
34 – Don Miguel Ruiz
35 – Esther Hicks 36 – Ken Wilber 37 – Ruby Wax 38 – Thich Nhat Hanh 39 – Rupert Sheldrake 40 – Vandana Shiva 41 – Robert Thurman 42 – Jon Kabat-Zinn 43 – James Lovelock 44 – Robin Sharma 45 – Amma – Mata Amritanandamayi 46 – Zinovya Dushkova 47 – Rowan Williams 48 – Rob Bell 49 – Richard Rohr 50 – Martin Seligman 51 – Lewis Howes NEW 52 – Julia Cameron 53 – Bessel van der Kolk NEW 54 – Daniel Goleman 55 – Iyanla Vanzant 56 – Michael Bernard Beckwith 57 – Mooji 58 – Seyyed Hossein Nasr 59 – Andrew Weil, M.D. 60 – Hamza Yusuf 61 – Francis Chan 62 – Christiane Northrup, M.D 63 – Bruce H. Lipton, PhD 64 – Richard Bach 65 – Edith Eger 66 – Thomas Moore 67 – Karen Armstrong |
68 – Alex Grey
69 – Michael A.Singer 70 – Vishen Lakhiani NEW 71 – Brian Weiss, M.D. 72 – Byron Katie 73 – Gregg Braden 74 – Gary Snyder 75 – Prem Rawat 76 – Anita Moorjani 77 – Neale Donald Walsch 78 – Jack Kornfield 79 – Daisaku Ikeda 80 – Stanislav Grof, M.D. 81 – Eben Alexander 82 – Charles Eisenstein NEW 83 – Tara Brach, Ph.D 84 – Caroline Myss 85 – Matthieu Ricard NEW 86– Gabrielle Bernstein 87 – Rupert Spira 88 – Steve Taylor 89 – Adyashanti 90 – Gary Zukav 91 – Stephen Skinner NEW 92 – Suzanne Giesemann NEW 93 – A. H. Almaas 94 – David Frawley 95 – Sharon Salzberg 96 – Elaine Pagels 97 – Fritjof Capra 98 – Vladimir Megre 99 – Kodo Nishimura NEW 100 – Dan Millman |
To discover more about each spiritual teacher, pick up a copy of issue 68, Winter 2022.
There are several factors that were taken into account when compiling the list. The main three criteria are:
1) The person has to be alive as of December, 2021
2) The person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale
3) The person is frequently googled, appears in Nielsen Data, has a Wikipedia page, and is actively talked about throughout the Internet. By taking into account the amount of times that a person is googled or how many times their Wikipedia profile is viewed, the list gains a highly democratic and transparent parameter. Additionally, we were highly selective in creating this list and did our best to remove candidates who spread messages that were hateful or intolerant. Ultimately, this list is meant to celebrate the positive influence of today’s spiritual teachers.
*Our magazine had already gone to print when we learnt of the sad news of Desmond Tutu.
How is it that “Esther” has two entries?
One at #21 and one at #35?
Apologies for the confusion, Christopher. We’ve updated the list with the correct surnames for each Esther – thank you for pointing that out!
Congratulations on your selection of the Watkins 100 for 2022. I notice that Esther is on the list twice–she is both #21 and #35. I assume this was an error. Will you add another name to the list? (Also, are you referring to Esther Hicks?)
I am not a subscriber but do view your list often online. If you could email me a response, I would appreciate it.
Congratulations again!
What about Lee Carrol? 30 years doing incredible work. Oh I forgot, he’s not a freemason ……….
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