Book appears lightly read with a slight cock to the spine and a bit of scant foxing to upper edge in a dj that has not been price clipped with no obvious defects. There are some notes, in pencil, at the rear of the book but ow a tight, solid and square looking copy of this "story of a journey and a quest." 160 pages includes index.

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Title

The Teachers Of Gurdjieff

Publisher

Samuel Weiser Inc., NY

Publication Date

1973

Language

English

ISBN 10

0877282137

ISBN 13

9780877282136

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Later Printing

Condition

VG-NF

Dust Jacket Condition

VG/NF

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When The Teachers of Gurdjieff was first published some 25 years ago, it made a very considerable stir. George Gurdjieff was one of the most famous mystics before the war, a teaching master who had many fashionable and influential pupils. He had a striking appearance and manner of teaching, one that was to prove influential. The meaning of his teaching and the sources of it were a puzzle. How did he come by his knowledge? What was to become of it? These were questions that engaged many seekers.

Yet, with the rapidly changing focus of our era in all things, not least spiritual, this is in some real part a book of another time. From the time of Gurdjieff's operations to the early '70s, many in the West were discovering, for the first time, the older religious and spiritual traditions of the East. After his death, Gurdjieff's followers were running groups in "the fourth way"; travelers set out to India, Tibet, Japan, Turkey and other parts east to find their Buddhists, Tibetan Buddhists, Sonoran Shamen, and the rest. Schools began, seekers sought and found, sought again, found again.

Today, everything is available and exposed on the table, and anybody can connect with any technique at any time. And the possibilities are endless, highly intellectual, highly emotional, highly sensual. How many different forms of yoga, zen philosophy are there, and is a lifetime enough to find a proper combination, or is the answer closer at home.

This book offers, among the adventures of the search and the souks of Baghdad and Aleppo, striking and timeless advice to those interested in finding spirituality. Its appeal is far beyond that of one seeker in one era, but offers us information, today, on how to evaluate different forms of teaching, how to study, and even some tantalizing information on the role of Jesus.

You are scrabbling about in the sand, attracted by pieces of mica to knit together and make a window, not realising that the sand itself is capable of being transformed into the purest glass.--From The Teachers of Gurdjieff

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