The Unknowable Gurdjieff

by Margaret Anderson

Book Overview

Provides a first hand account of the teachings of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, the Russian occultist. Gurdjieff used stylized dance to "free" people to develop their full capabilities and influenced... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140191399
• ISBN13: 9780140191394
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

A great glimpse into Gurdjieff and the "work."

I particularly like this book because it tries to give the impression of meeting Gurdjieff and always feeling a certain mystery about him. The narrator is not a systematizer or proponent of the work primarily, but more a seeker who found something real that she did not expect. If you want an introduction to the forth way teachings read: The search for the Miraculous by Ouspensky, Teachings of Gurdjieff by C.S. Nott, and Meetings with remarkable men by Gurdjieff. But if you're looking for a more impressionistic portrait, one that is as much about the narrator as Gurdjieff, this is a great find.