This book by P.D. Ouspensky is an invaluable source for studying and understanding the mystical and developmental ideas of G.I. Gurdjieff. Originally and probably better titled "Fragments of an Unknown Teaching" this book was Ouspensky's account of meeting Gurdjieff and becoming part of a group he began teaching in Tsarist Russia, the dissemination and development of his ideas, and their eventual escape from their war torn Bolshevik home. The events and ideas are in near ch

It is January 13th, the birthday of G.I. Gurdjieff. Once again I will follow in my annual custom of writing something about some aspect of his system of development that has been so influential on the ideas of modern psychology and spirituality over the last century, though most people have never even heard of him. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Gurdjieff was an Armenian mystic and an instructor of dance who began assembling groups in Tsarist Russia just before the B

G.I Gurdjieff was born on January 13th, the Eastern Orthodox New Year, at least we are led to believe. As students of his work gather...