Over one hundred years ago in Russia, G.
The sources of the present book stem from this early period..
Amid revolutionary turmoil in Russia, in 1917 he moved to the Caucasus and in 1922 established an institute for his work in France.
Ouspensky, a leading figure in the spread of the teachings.
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Petersburg that included P.
He initially gathered pupils in Moscow and in 1915 organized a study group in St.
Gurdjieff (1866-1949) created an original system of self-transformation that reconciled the great mystical traditions, known as the Fourth Way or the Work.
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The principles are laid out as a way of knowing and experiencing an awakened level of being that must be verified for oneself.
He presented his teaching as a "Fourth Way" that integrates these three aspects into a single path of self-knowledge.
Gurdjieff respected traditional religious practices, which he regarded as falling into three general categories or "ways" the Way of the Fakir, related to mastery of the physical body; the Way of the Monk, based on faith and feeling; and the Way of the Yogi, which focuses on development of the mind.
Now these teachings are presented as a comprehensive whole, covering a variety of subjects including states of consciousness, methods of self-study, spiritual work in groups, laws of the cosmos, and the universal symbol known as the Enneagram.
Ouspensky and Jeanne de Salzmann.
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Gurdjieff\'s early talks in Europe were published in the form of chronological fragments preserved by his close followers P.
Gurdjieff introduced a spiritual teaching of conscious evolution--a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity.
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Over one hundred years ago in Russia, G
