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<p>A dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers.</p> <p>Born in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders-between East and West, between man and something higher than man, between the ancient teachings of esoteric schools and the modern application of those ideas in contemporary life.</p> <p>In many respects-from the concept of group meetings to the mysterious workings of the enneagram to his critique of humanity as existing in a state of sleep-Gurdjieff pioneered the culture of spiritual search that has taken root in the West today. While many of Gurdjieff's students-including Frank Lloyd Wright, Katharine Mansfield, and P. D. Ouspensky-are well known, few understand this figure possessed of complex writings and sometimes confounding methods.</p> <p>In <b>Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas</b>, the acclaimed novelist John Shirley-one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre-presents a lively, reliable explanation of how to approach the sage and his ideas. In accessible, dramatic prose Shirley retells that which we kno

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Author

John Shirley

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781440621215

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Body Mind & Spirit, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (95 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14