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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) [1] was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and dance teacher. [2] Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve ...
Jul 9, 2023 · George Gurdjieff was a close friend of Karl Haushofer, the man who incorporated geopolitics into the Nazi ideology, and to whom Gurdjieff allegedly suggested the inverted swastika as an emblem of the German Nazi Party.
Jun 14, 2024 · George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (born 1877?, Alexandropol, Armenia, Russian Empire—died Oct. 29, 1949, Neuilly, near Paris) was a Greco-Armenian mystic and philosopher who founded an influential quasi-religious movement.
Gurdjieff said, “You are nothing but the body, and when the body dies you will die. Only once in a while does a person survive – one who has created soul in his life survives death – not all. A Buddha survives; a Jesus survives, but not you! You will simply die, not even a trace will be left.”
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff startled the European intelligentsia with a comprehensive psychological, philosophical, and cosmological teaching of ancient origin. He seemed to be stepping into the 20th century from another era, bringing with him wisdom that had been all but lost in the floods of time.
Jun 1, 2019 · Welcome to the Gurdjieff International Review—a source of informed essays and commentary on the life, writings, and teachings of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. Mr. Gurdjieff was an extraordinary man, a master in the truest sense. His teachings speak to our most essential questions: Who am I? Why am I here?
G.I. Gurdjieff Gurdjieff was born in Armenia around 1870. His first tutor was a priest and he also received a scientific education in surroundings and a way of life that had changed little for centuries. To his questions: Who am I? Why am I here? he found no answer either in religion or in science,…
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff was born around 1872 in Alexandropol, in the Caucasus Mountains, the crossroads between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. At an early age, he was exposed to many different cultures, religions, and beliefs.
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and dance teacher.
Jan 1, 2020 · A century has passed since George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, born in Armenia (1866–1949), offered an esoteric teaching based on knowledge and methods of “awakening” long forgotten in the West.
