Gurdjieff: A Biography : The Anatomy of a Myth
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1852301147 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"UNDERSTAND" GURDJIEFF? NO, BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY HELP Steven H Propp George I. Gurdjieff embraced his "mysterious" origins and background (told imaginiatively in his book Meetings With Remarkable Men), and established several "Fourth Way" (i.e., contrasted with the way of the fakir, the way of the monk, and the way of the yogi) schools that purported to teach his students to "wake up"; i.e., experience a complete transf. "Scholarly and helpful objective history" according to A Customer. Having read this twice through, and having read a fair amount of related material, I must say that this is worth the time spent. Without getting lost in the ideas, the author introduced enough of them to be provacative and helpful, while covering the history more throughly than I have seen elsewhere. The book is very well written with good photographs . Actually it's a good book I'll just say briefly that this book is the best biographic text of Gurdjieff available, and while it is a bit prolix it is not purple, as someone claimed. Actually I find it almost novelistically readable.
The turbulent half-century since the death of Gurdjieff, holistic philosopher and 'Teacher of Dancing', has seen unprecedented changes, yet the fundamental suffering and entrapment of humanity remains the same. Gurdjieff's work is perhaps more relevant today than ever before and this masterly tribute has a vital role to play in ensuring that his ideas reach new generations of readers in search of authentic spiritual teachings.. In this first major biography of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, James Moore offers an entertaining and reliable introduction to one of the Western world's most remarkable and little-understood revolutionary thinkers
. He enjoys a worldwide correspondence with people interested in Gurdjieff and his teaching. About the Author James Moore has been active in Gurdjieffian circles since 1956, and is the author of 'Gurdjieff and Mansfield'
He enjoys a worldwide correspondence with people interested in Gurdjieff and his teaching. . James Moore has been active in Gurdjieffian circles since 1956, and is the author of 'Gurdjieff and Mansfield'