An Introduction To Gurdjieff

Author : John Shirley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1585422878

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Gurdjieff by John Shirley Pdf

A dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers. Born in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders-between East and West, between man and something higher than man, between the ancient teachings of esoteric schools and the modern application of those ideas in contemporary life. In many respects-from the concept of group meetings to the mysterious workings of the enneagram to his critique of humanity as existing in a state of sleep-Gurdjieff pioneered the culture of spiritual search that has taken root in the West today. While many of Gurdjieff's students-including Frank Lloyd Wright, Katharine Mansfield, and P. D. Ouspensky-are well known, few understand this figure possessed of complex writings and sometimes confounding methods. In Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas, the acclaimed novelist John Shirley-one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre-presents a lively, reliable explanation of how to approach the sage and his ideas. In accessible, dramatic prose Shirley retells that which we know of Gurdjieff's life; he surveys the teacher's methods and the lives of his key students; and he helps readers to enter the unparalleled originality of this remarkable teacher.

Author : John Godolphin Bennett
Publisher : Bennett Publishing Company
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000092741127

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Is There "life" on Earth? by John Godolphin Bennett Pdf

Author : John Godolphin Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015008030523

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An Introduction to Gurdjieff by John Godolphin Bennett Pdf

Mr. and Mrs. Pig's new babysitter is not what she seems, but their ten piglets prove masters of the situation.

Author : Jacob Needleman
Publisher : Morning Light Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1596750294

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Introduction to the Gurdjieff Work by Jacob Needleman Pdf

Originally published: Introduction to The inner journey: views from the Gurdjieff work, Morning Light Press, 2008.

Author : Roger Lipsey
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781611804515

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Gurdjieff Reconsidered by Roger Lipsey Pdf

From a master biographer and longtime Gurdjieff practitioner, a brilliant new exploration of the quintessential Western esoteric teacher of the twentieth-century. The Greek-Armenian teacher G.I. Gurdjieff was one of the most original and provocative spiritual teachers in the twentieth-century West. Whereas much work on Gurdjieff has been either fawning or blindly critical, acclaimed scholar and writer Roger Lipsey balances sympathic interest in Gurdjieff and his "Fourth Way" teachings with a historian's sense of context and a biographer's feel for personality and relationships. Using a wide-range of published and unpublished sources, Lipsey explores Gurdjieff's formative travels in Central Asia, his famed teaching institution in France, the development of the Gurdjieff Movements and music, and, above all, Gurdjieff's fascinating continuous evolution as a teacher. Published on the 70th anniversary of Gurdjieff's death, Gurdjieff Reconsidered delves deeply into Gurdjieff's writings and those of his most important students, including P. D. Ouspensky and Jeanne de Salzmann. Lipsey's comprehensive approach and unerring sense of the subject make this a must-read for anyone with a serious intention to explore Gurdjieff's life, teachings, and reputation.

Author : G. I. Gurdjieff
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781611800821

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In Search of Being by G. I. Gurdjieff Pdf

Over one hundred years ago in Russia, G. I. Gurdjieff introduced a spiritual teaching of conscious evolution—a way of gnosis or “knowledge of being” passed on from remote antiquity. Gurdjieff’s early talks in Europe were published in the form of chronological fragments preserved by his close followers P. D. Ouspensky and Jeanne de Salzmann. Now these teachings are presented as a comprehensive whole, covering a variety of subjects including states of consciousness, methods of self-study, spiritual work in groups, laws of the cosmos, and the universal symbol known as the Enneagram. Gurdjieff respected traditional religious practices, which he regarded as falling into three general categories or “ways”: the Way of the Fakir, related to mastery of the physical body; the Way of the Monk, based on faith and feeling; and the Way of the Yogi, which focuses on development of the mind. He presented his teaching as a “Fourth Way” that integrates these three aspects into a single path of self-knowledge. The principles are laid out as a way of knowing and experiencing an awakened level of being that must be verified for oneself.

Author : Joseph Azize
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190064075

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Gurdjieff by Joseph Azize Pdf

"This is the first analysis of all of Gurdjieff's published internal exercises, together with those taught by his students, George and Helen Adie. It includes a fresh biographical study of Gurdjieff, with ground-breaking observations on his relationships with P.D. Ouspensky and A.R. Orage (especially, why he wanted to collaborate with them, and why that broke down). It shows that Gurdjieff was, fundamentally, a mystic, and that his contemplation-like methods were probably drawn from Mt Athos and its hesychast tradition. It shows the continuity in Gurdjieff's teaching, but also development and change. His original contribution to Western Esotericism lay in his use of tasks, disciplines, and contemplation-like exercises to bring his pupils to a sense of their own presence which could, to some extent, be maintained in daily life in the social domain, and not only in the secluded conditions typical of meditation. It contends that he had initially intended not to use contemplation-like exercises, as he perceived dangers to be associated with these monastic methods, and the religious tradition to be in tension with the secular guise in which he first couched his teaching. As Gurdjieff adapted the teaching he had found in Eastern monasteries to Western urban and post-religious culture, he found it necessary to introduce contemplation. His development of the methods is demonstrated, and the importance of the three exercises in the Third Series, Life Is Real only then, when 'I Am', is shown, together with their almost certain borrowing from the exercises of the Philokalia. G.I. Gurdjieff P.D. Ouspensky A.R. Orage George Adie Mysticism Meditation Contemplation Fourth Way Hesychasm Western Esotericism"--

Author : Seymour B. Ginsburg
Publisher : Lighthouse Editions Limited
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904998011

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Gurdjieff Unveiled by Seymour B. Ginsburg Pdf

Presents an overview and introduction to Gurdjieff's teaching. This title helps students to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience and gain a taste of what it means to work on oneself by following Ginsburg's six lessons.

Author : John Shirley
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1417726318

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Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas by John Shirley Pdf

A dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers. Born in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders--between East and West, between man and something higher than man, between the ancient teaching of esoteric schools and the modern application of those ideas in contemporary life. In many respects--from the concept of group meetings to the mysterious workings of the enneagram to his critique of humanity as existing in a state of sleep--Gurdjieff pioneered the culture of spiritual search that has taken root in the West today. While many of Gurdjieff's students--including Frank Lloyd Wright, Katharine Mansfield, and P. D. Ouspensky--are well known, few understand this figure possessed of complex writings and sometimes confounding methods. In Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas, the acclaimed novelist John Shirley--one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre--presents a lively, reliable explanation of how to approach the sage and his ideas. In accessible, dramatic prose Shirley retells that which we know of Gurdjieff's life; he surveys the teacher's methods and the lives of his key students; and he helps readers to enter the unparalleled originality of this remarkable teacher. Notes. Index.

Author : P. D. Ouspensky
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06T15:19:00Z
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781774643228

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In Search of the Miraculous by P. D. Ouspensky Pdf

This book recounts P. D. Ouspensky's first meeting and subsequent association with George Gurdjieff. It is widely regarded as perhaps the most comprehensive account of Gurdjieff's system of thought available. Many followers regard it as a "fundamental textbook" of Gurdjieff's teachings and it is often used as a means of introducing new students to Gurdjieff's system of self-development.

Author : Petr Demʹi͡anovich Uspenskiĭ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fourth Way (Occultism)
ISBN : OCLC:1330336515

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The Fourth Way by Petr Demʹi͡anovich Uspenskiĭ Pdf

Author : Carole M Cusack,Steven J. Sutcliffe
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409448169

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Gurdjieff by Carole M Cusack,Steven J. Sutcliffe Pdf

Positioning Gurdjieff's teachings within the field of new religious movements, this book examines the work (as Gurdjieff's system is commonly called), including his teachings presented in writings, music, and exercises known as movements.

Author : Dorothy Phillpotts
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN : 9781434388728

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Discovering Gurdjieff by Dorothy Phillpotts Pdf

"Discovering Gurdjieff is more than just a memoir, it is an at times painfully honest account of one woman's quest to find answers to the questions that troubled her from an early age, and ultimately to discover a philosophy of life by which she might live. Along the way, she examines various religions, but it is not until her introduction to Gurdjieff's work through the 1941 lectures of J.G. Bennett, the essence of which she reproduces in his original words, that her search is rewarded. In later chapters, she faithfully reproduces the conversations she had in Paris with Gurdjieff and the monumental effect his teachings had on her search for Truth. Gurdjieff has had a lifelong influence on Dorothy and she spent much of the last 25 years of her life setting down her memories and ensuring their accuracy. At the time of writing, she was one of the last few people left alive who knew Gurdjieff personally, and as such her book gives an authentic view of the work and charismatic nature of this teacher, who Colin Wilson called "the greatest teacher of the 20th century"... However, the unique element of this book is her description of the way meetings with Gurdjieff himself, along with her fervent study of relevant works, gradually enabled her to discover herself"--Dust jacket.

Author : G. I. Gurdjieff
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10T13:09:00Z
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781774644065

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Life Is Real Only Then, When "I Am" by G. I. Gurdjieff Pdf

Here is a series of talks and lectures as well as a personal account of the master's spiritual and philosophical development providing specific suggestions and practices for achieving inner knowledge. The purpose of this series, according to Gurdjieff, is to assist the arising - in the mentation and in the feelings of the reader - of a veritable, non-fantastic representation, not of that illusory world which he now perceives, but of the world existing in reality.

Author : Max Gorman
Publisher : Aeon Books Limited
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1904658326

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Stairway to the Stars by Max Gorman Pdf

The book provides an introduction to mystical philosophy and the concept of inner development by looking at a number of its great schools. Mystics concur in saying that we are in some way "asleep" and must recognise this to awaken. A considerable attempt to identify the nature of this "sleep" is made in the earlier part of the book, with the particular help of the teaching of Gurdjieff. Also studied are ways of the past and present, including the Mystery Schools, Gnosticism, Alchemy, Zen, the Fourth Way, and the Way of the Sufi. It is also made apparent that the Way of Jesus, until it was overlaid by "Christianity", was once understood as one of these "waves" or teachings for the development of human being and consciousness. The resonance of this teaching with all other mystical teachings is a significant theme. The purpose of the book is to inspire the reader to ascend the "Stairway to the Stars"!