Andrew Cohen (October 23, 1955 – March 25, 2025) was an American controversial self-declared spiritual teacher, who was accused by former students, including his mother, of mental, physical, and financial abuse. == Biography and beliefs == Cohen was born in New York City on October 23, 1955 into an upper-middle class secular Jewish family. Cohen recounts that his life was changed by a spontaneous experience of "cosmic consciousness" at the age of 16. At 22 years of age, and after pursuing a ca…