Gurdjieff: Making a New World
by John G. Bennett
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Turnstone Books/Harper & Row/Harper Colophon Books, London, 1976. First Thus. Paperback. Near Fine Condition. The most complete, comprehensive account of the life and work of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, one of the greatest men of the 20th century, and the only one which attempts to describe his mission. Since Gurdjieffâs death in 1949, countless books have been written describing an authorâs experience with him, in more or less personal detail. This is the first and only book written by an associate of Gurdjieff, presenting an overview of Gurdjieffâs life, cultural background, studies, teachings, practices, cosmology, psychology and goals. The author encountered Gurdjieff first in Istanbul in 1920, saw him again in London and the Prieuré, Fontainebleau, lost touch with him for 25 years and saw him again in Paris and New York in the last two years of his life. He devoted the last 25 years of his own life to researching and transmitting Gurdjieffâs teachings. As the title suggests, the author identifies Gurdjieffâs work as nothing less than the inauguration of a new epoch of human evolution, based upon a new understanding of the meaning of âConscienceâ; a model based not upon the supremacy of the individual and humanity as a whole, but upon cooperation with both higher and lower powers. The twelve chapters and two appendices are written as a series of essays, which can be read either sequentially or separately. The second appendix gives an account of a cosmological system that is parallel to but entirely separate from the Ray of Creation described in detail in Ouspenskyâs âIn Search of the Miraculousâ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Red titles spine;. illustrated by b/w. photo's. & diagrams. Includes appendices & indexes (general & names). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0855000678. ISBN/EAN: 9780855000677. Inventory No: 4911. . 9780855000677
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- Title
- Gurdjieff: Making a New World
- Author
- John G. Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0855000678
- ISBN 13
- 9780855000677
- Publisher
- Turnstone Books/Harper & Row/Harper Colophon Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
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- BZDB227 Gurdjieff/Ouspensky/ Biography/Esoteric/J. G. Bennett/Philosophy/Psychology/ Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Psychology & Psychiatry. Unbranded ISBN: 0855000678 EAN: 9780855000677 John G. Bennett Gurdjieff: Ma
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