Deconstructing Gurdjieff: Biography of a Spiritual Magician
In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of "the greatest man in the world," yet few knew who he was talking about. Offering a vital understanding of the man who asked "How many of you are really alive?" the author reveals the continuing importance of Gu...
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| Language: | English |
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Rochester
Inner Traditions International, Limited
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
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| Summary: | In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of "the greatest man in the world," yet few knew who he was talking about. Offering a vital understanding of the man who asked "How many of you are really alive?" the author reveals the continuing importance of Gurdjieff's philosophy for the awakening of man. Cover Image -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface: Caveat Lector -- Chapter 1. The Enigma Arrives -- MEETING THE PRESS -- Chapter 2. Reviewing the Situation: A Birth -- ARCHIVAL RECORDS -- CATTLE PLAGUE -- Chapter 3. War Baby: An Education in Kars -- Chapter 4. Dean Borshch and Other Enthusiasms -- THE CIRCLE OF THE YEZIDI -- BOGACHEVSKY AND THE FLYING CHAIRS -- Chapter 5. The Spiritual Question -- MIRACLES -- SPIRITUALISM AND HYPNOSIS -- Chapter 6. Mad about the Girl: Or How to Get to Tiflis in a Hurry -- FEDEEV AND BLAVATSKY -- TIFLIS -- Chapter 7. Books: Furniture of the Mind -- THE TRADITION -- THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE-CROSS -- Chapter 8. In Search of Brotherhood -- THE ARMENIAN QUESTION -- ANI -- Chapter 9. The Yezidis -- THE GOD OF THE YEZIDIS -- MELEK TAWUS -- YEZIDI BELIEFS -- ORIGINS -- Chapter 10. Do-It-Yourself Gurdjieff and Unaccountable Journeys -- MISCELLANEOUS ADVENTURES -- THE SUFIS -- BACK TO WORK WITH GURDJIEFF -- Chapter 11. Traveling Tales and Bullets in the Leg -- SOLOVIEV AND THE KUSHKA LINE -- TOWARD THE SARMOUNG MONASTERY -- Chapter 12. Two More Bullets -- TROUBLE IN TIBET -- THE CHIATURA TUNNEL -- Chapter 13. Holy Mother Russia! -- PAPUS IN RUSSIA -- THE UNIQUE WORK BROTHERHOOD -- Chapter 14. The Struggle of the Magicians -- Chapter 15. Octave and Enneagram -- FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT -- NINE IN THE CIRCLE -- Chapter 16. The International Alliance of Ideological Workers -- TBILISI -- Chapter 17. Stateless Person -- CONSTANTINOPLE -- JOHN GODOLPHIN BENNETT, PRINCE SABAHADDIN, AND GURDJIEFF -- Chapter 18. Doctrine: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man -- Chapter 19. The Beast 666: and the Black Devil -- Chapter 20. The Long Ascent -- BREAKING WITH OLD FRIENDS -- THE WAR -- Chapter 21. The Grave with No Name -- Footnotes -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Other Books by Tobias Churton. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1620556391 |