George Gurdjieff - Wikipedia
WEBGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) [1] was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and "dance teacher". [2] Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve ...
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff | Mystic, Philosopher, Teacher
WEBMay 3, 2024 · George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (born 1877?, Alexandropol, Armenia, Russian Empire—died Oct. 29, 1949, Neuilly, near Paris) was a Greco-Armenian mystic and philosopher who founded an influential quasi-religious movement. Details of Gurdjieff’s early life are uncertain, but he is thought to have spent his early adult years traveling in …
George Gurdjieff: Mostly the Man, But Mainly the Myth
WEBJul 9, 2023 · George Gurdjieff is a prominent philosopher, mystic, and esotericist of the 20th century who popularized the Enneagram in the West and founded the Institute of Harmonious Human Development. Since the 1970s, his teachings, based on the Enneagram and a cosmic philosophy, have been used in esoteric practices and formal …
George Gurdjieff | Seeker of Truth
WEBGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff startled the European intelligentsia with a comprehensive psychological, philosophical, and cosmological teaching of ancient origin. He seemed to be stepping into the 20th century from another era, bringing with him wisdom that had been all but lost in the floods of time.
Gurdjieff International Review
WEBJun 1, 2019 · Welcome to the Gurdjieff International Review—a source of informed essays and commentary on the life, writings, and teachings of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. Mr. Gurdjieff was an extraordinary man, a master in the truest sense. His teachings speak to our most essential questions: Who am I?
G. I. Gurdjieff — A Brief Biography
WEBGeorge Ivanovitch Gurdjieff was born around 1872 in Alexandropol, in the Caucasus Mountains, the crossroads between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. At an early age, he was exposed to many different cultures, religions, and beliefs. His youthful passion of searching for universal truth attracted others.
George Gurdjieff - Wikiwand
WEBGeorge Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and "dance teacher". Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve our ...
Gurdjieff: An Original Teacher
WEBby J. Walter Driscoll and George Baker. Gurdjieff was an abrupt awakener. Since his death in 1949, his ideas, teachings, writings, music and contemplative dances or gymnastics called 'Movements' continue to provide opportunity for essential insight in the never-ending, moment by moment struggle for self-knowledge and self-understanding.
George Ivanovitch - The Gurdjieff Legacy Foundation
WEBGeorge Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. (1872–1949) A seminal spiritual figure, introduced to the West an ancient yet unknown esoteric teaching of development and awakening, one that teaches how to creatively use the diverse impressions of ordinary life to come to real life. Humanity, Gurdjieff realized, had entered a precarious new period in its evolution.
Gurdjieff, George | SpringerLink
WEBJan 1, 2020 · A century has passed since George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, born in Armenia (1866–1949), offered an esoteric teaching based on knowledge and methods of “awakening” long forgotten in the West. His mystical teaching focused on self-awareness, as is shown by the title of his book Life is Real Only Then, When ‘I Am’ ( 1999 ).
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