George Gurdjieff |
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A
Brief Introduction
by Premananda
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G. I. Gurdjieff and His School
by Jacob Needleman
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Some
sayings of Gurdjieff
"The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everything new and unknown. The slavery in which mankind lives is based upon this fear."
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An
interesting version of Gurdjieff's enneagram which suggests the
possibility of certain musical chords expressing the structure of Law
of Three and The Law of Seven.
The enneagram
is a mystical figure of nine sides which maps the interactions of
cosmic law.
Another
diagram outlines the notes of the octave in the simplest way.
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Profile
of Gurdjieff
Facts, links, bibliography
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Gurdjieff in America
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The
Series of 39
Information about
Gurdjieff's dances
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Book List
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The
Fourth Way
A good introduction to
Fourth Way Teachings
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The
Gurdjieff Teaching
from http://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/misc/G.html
"George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866?-1949) was born and educated in
Russian Armenia. He spent years searching in Central Asia, North Africa,
and other places for a hidden tradition whose traces he had encountered
in youth. Durning this search he came into contact with certain esoteric
schools. In the early 1900's he brought to Europe a teaching that he had
developed from the results of this contact.
"Gurdjieff's basic teaching is that human life is lived in
waking sleep; transcendence of the sleeping state requires a specific
inner work, which is practiced in private quiet conditions, and in the
midst of life with others. This leads to otherwise inaccessible levels
of vitality and awareness.
"Though Gurdjieff's name has become familiar in recent years,
the real nature of his work is still little known. The Way of Gurdjieff
is an oral tradition. The understanding of his work can only be received
by direct contact between teacher and pupil, and by the work of pupils
together in organised groups. Under conditions of a special atmosphere
of trust that can exist in such a group, people working together learn
to face their own inner poverty and confusion. Working in this way,
conscience is awakened along with consciousness. Consciousness,
Conscience, and Sensation form the tripod upon which an integrated
development of human potential must be based.
"Gurdjieff prepared a nucleus of people to be able to transmit
his teaching after his death. This nucleus with the assistance of others
who have subsequently been prepared maintains a series of centers
throughout the world where Gurdjieff's methods are practiced."
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Gurdjieff.Org
This site publishes the Gurdjieff
International Review with many excellent articles about Gurdjieff. Be sure to
check out the index of back issues
here.
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Gurdjieff
Study Group
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Meetings
with a Remarkable Paradox
Article from Gnosis
Magazine
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Another
Article about Gurdjieff
by John Shirley
(Originally published in Fringe Ware
Review #5.
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Duversity group
Good site with many articles available; see the Library
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Eneagram
A site about this diagram used in the
Gurdjieff teachings
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Some
Gurdjieff Links
Gurdjieff:
Teacher of Radical Transformation
Article by Theodore J.
Nottingham
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The
Sound of Gurdjieff
Good article about
Gurdjieff's music
Triangle
Records
Source for the music composed by Gurdjieff
Another
source for Gurdjieff's Music
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Peter
Ouspensky
Disciple of Gurdjieff and author of
In Search of the Miraculous |
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The Ray of Creation
and its three octaves
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