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G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949)

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George Gurdjieff was a modern magus who was born in Alexandropol, Armenia, and traveled widely as a young man, spending several years in Central Asia and Tibet. His experiences during this time led to his famous book Meetings with Remarkable Men, an account of his alleged encounters with Eastern mostra altro spiritual teachers that was published posthumously in 1963. Gurdjieff's system draws on diverse sources, including Sufism, Buddhism, and the Cabala. He taught that human beings have neither soul nor true will and must strive to cure these defects by work and suffering. The ordinary person is asleep, acting merely according to habit, and needs the shock of awakening. To this end he sponsored experiences of dance, exercise, hard labor, and sometimes surprises or acute frustration. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di G. I. Gurdjieff

The Herald of Coming Good (1933) 85 copie
Chants, Hymns and Dances (2004) 3 copie

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Meetings with Remarkable Men [1978 film] (1997) — Original Book — 7 copie

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Nome legale
Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich
Գյուրջիև, Գեորգի Իվանովիչ
Altri nomi
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch
Data di nascita
1866-01-13
Data di morte
1949-10-29
Luogo di sepoltura
Avon Cemetery, Fontainebleau, France
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Russian Empire
Nazione (per mappa)
Armenia
Luogo di nascita
Alexandropol, Russian Empire (Gyumri, Armenia)
Luogo di morte
Neully-sur-Seine, France
Causa della morte
cancer
Luogo di residenza
Alexandropol, Russian Empire
Istanbul, Turkey
Fontainebleau, France
Moscow, Russia
Attività lavorative
Spiritual teacher
Relazioni
Ouspensky, P. D. (pupil)
Bennett, J. G. (pupil)
Bennett, Elizabeth (pupil)
Breve biografia
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866–1877 – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, and composer. Gurdjieff taught that most humans are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and thus achieve our full human potential. Gurdjieff described a method attempting to do so, calling the discipline "The Work" (connoting "work on oneself") or "the System". According to his principles and instructions, Gurdjieff's method for awakening one's consciousness unites the methods of the fakir, monk and yogi, and thus his student P. D. Ouspensky referred to it as the "Fourth Way".
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