GURDJIEFF AND HYPNOSIS.: A Hermeneutic Study

Tamdgidi, Mohammad H.

ISBN 10: 0230615074 / ISBN 13: 9780230615076

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2009

About this Item

Foreword by J. Walter Driscoll; 264 pages. Systematically explores Gurdjieff s "objective art" of literary hypnotism intended as a major conduit for the transmission of his teachings on the philosophy, theory, and practice of personal self-knowledge and harmonious human development. In the process, the nature and function of the mystical shell hiding the rational kernel of Gurdjieff s teaching are explained shedding new light on why his mysticism is "mystical," and Gurdjieff so "enigmatic," in the first place."In the ocean of literature on Gurdjieff, the brilliant book of Mohammad Tamdgidi has a very special place. It is the first serious academic attempt at a hermeneutics of Gurdjieff s texts, taking as key the core of Gurdjieff s teaching the enneagram. Of course, Gurdjieff s teaching cannot be understood apart from its practice. But it is also true that this teaching cannot be understood without a rigorous study of the writings of Gurdjieff himself." Basarab Nicolescu Illustrated paper covered boards; New condition. Seller Inventory # 13508

Bibliographic Details

Title: GURDJIEFF AND HYPNOSIS.: A Hermeneutic Study

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, New York

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

This book explores the life and ideas of the enigmatic twentieth century philosopher, mystic, and teacher of esoteric dances George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, performing a hermeneutic textual analysis of all his writings to illuminate the place of hypnosis in his teaching. Foreword by J. Walter Driscoll.

About the Author:

MOHAMMAD M. TAMDGIDI is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.