Life is Real Only then, when 'I Am': All And Everything Third Series - Couverture rigide

Gurdjieff, G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670835633 ISBN 13 : 9780670835638

Editeur : Penguin, 1992

Synopsis

The incomplete fragments that make up Gurdjieff's third series draw chiefly on material from his own life. He was born of Greek and Armenian parentage at Alexandropol, near the frontier of Russia and Turkey, supposedly in 1877. The Russo-Turkish war was in progress, and, while he was still an infant, his family moved to Kars, which had fallen into Russian hands. From the beginning Gurdjieff was distinguised from other boys at school by his insatiable questioning. He sought guidance from his elders among the many different sects of this region, read voraciously and at an early age left home in search of wise men or brotherhoods that might possess keys to the knowledge that had become a necessity for his life. That he received instruction from spiritual masters in the east there can be no doubt. It comprises autobiographical fragments, a series of talks and an unfinished essay on "The Outer and Inner World of Man".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"I bury the bone so deep, the dogs have to dig to find it." Life is Real, Only Then, When I Am, is the incomplete text of the third part of Gurdjieff’s All and Everything Series which includes Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson and Meetings with Remarkable Men. The purpose of this series, according to Gurdjieff, is to assist the arising - in the mentation and in the feelings of the reader - of a veritable, non-fantastic representation, not of that illusory world which he now perceives, but of the world existing in reality." Gurdjieff’s style is intentionally difficult, as he purposefully violates the conventions of proper writing in order to force the reader to flex the muscles of the mind to glean the pearls of wisdom contained within.

Biographie de l'auteur

Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born January 13, 1866 in Alexandropol, then part of the Russian empire known as the Transcaucasus. After reaching the age of responsible adulthood, he formed a small group who called themselves the “Seekers After Truth,” and traveled throughout Central Asia, Egypt, India, Tibet and Rome, finally returning to Russia in 1912, when he began teaching the metaphysical “system” of personal development he learned while abroad, and which he called Esoteric Christianity. He brought this system to Europe and the United States. Some of his famous pupils included P.D. Ouspensky and Frank Lloyd Wright. Gurdjieff transitioned to another dimension on October 29, 1949.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670835633
• ISBN 13: 9780670835638
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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