Meetings with Remarkable Men, G. I. Gurdjieff’s autobiographical account of his youth and early travels, has become something of a legend since it was first published in 1963. A compulsive “read” in the tradition of adventure narratives, but suffused with Gurdjieff’s unique perspective on life, it is organized around portraits of remarkable men and women who aided Gurdjieff’s search for hidden knowledge or accompanied him on his journeys in remote parts of the Near East and Central Asia. This is a book of lives, not doctrines, although readers will long value Gurdjieff’s accounts of conversations with sages. Meetings conveys a haunting sense of what it means to live fully—with conscience, with purpose, and with heart. Among the remarkable individuals whom the reader will come to know are Gurdjieff’s father (a traditional bard), a Russian prince dedicated to the search for Truth, a Christian missionary who entered a World Brotherhood deep in Asia, and a woman who escaped white slavery to become a trusted member of Gurdjieff’s group of fellow seekers. Gurdjieff’s account of their attitudes in the face of external challenges and in the search to understand the mysteries of life is the real substance of this classic work.

Meetings with Remarkable Men: All and Everything, 2nd Series

GURDJIEFF, G.I.

Religion & Spirituality

Penguin Publishing Group

First published in 1975, this book has established itself as an authentic source for those interested in Gurdjieff's ideas and his approach to practical "work on oneself".

Views from the Real World

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Penguin??Books

With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own life.The reader is given a detailed discussion of all matters physical, natural, and spiritual, from the creation of the cosmos to man's teleological purpose in the universe. This edition of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson--the first single-volume paperback to appear in English--restores the original, authoritative translation.

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series (Compass)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

This is one of the few records published by Gurdjieff in which he offers guidance to his 'community of seekers', the pupils from many countries who joined him in Paris and New York. The first section is mainly autobiographical, relating material crucial to an understanding of the nature and intensity of personal effort required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This is followed by a series of talks which Gurdjieff gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and then by a long, but incomplete, essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'.

Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am': All and Everything, Third Series (Compass)

An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man. The narrative of this book revolves around the ruminations of a highly evolved being known as Beelzebub to his grandson Hassein, as they travel through space towards Beelzebub's home planet Karatas. It recounts the adventures and travails of Beelzebub amongst humans over the aeons in various locations on Earth. Beelzebub covers the entire history of the peculiar behaviors of these beings. In this text, Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This book comprises the 1st series in Gurdjieff's monumental All and Everything series.

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (All and Everything)

E.P.Dutton

Begun in 1934, this final volume of Gurdjieff's trilogy, All and Everything, is a primary source for Gurdjieff's ideas, methods, and biography. Gurdjieff offers guidance to his "community of seekers," through a selection of talks given in 1930, autobiographical material crucial to understanding his ideas, and the incomplete essay "The Outer and Inner World of Man." Available for the first time in paperback, this is the ultimate piece of Gurdjieff's work that his numerous followers have been waiting for.

Life is real only then, when "I am" (All and Everything/Third Series)

Life Is Real Only Then, When "I am" [All And Everything / Third Series]

The Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher, G.I. Gurdjieff's autobiographical account of his youth and early travels has become something of a legend since it was first published in 1963. A compulsive read in the tradition of adventure narratives, but suffused with Gurdjieff's unique perspective on life, it is organized around portraits of remarkable men and women who aided Gurdjieff's search for hidden knowledge or accompanied him on his journeys in remote parts of the Near East and Central Asia. A classic work, suffused with a haunting sense of what it means to live fully - with conscience, with purpose and with heart.

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Dutton

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man by G. I. Gurdjieff.

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man First Book (Gurdjieff)

When Robert wakes up naked and alone the last thing he remembers is being in a plane with his family, but he soon realizes that his familiar world has been transformed into an alien landscape.

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: an Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man, 3rd Book

Genre Fiction

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