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Author Wellbeloved, Sophia, 1940-

Title Gurdjieff : the key concepts / Sophia Wellbeloved
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 271 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge key guides
Routledge key guides.
Contents Cover; GURDJIEFF: THE KEY CONCEPTS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of concepts; List of illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; KEY CONCEPTS; Appendix 1: Biographical notes on pupils; Appendix 2: Gurdjieff Foundations and Work-derived groups; Bibliography; Index
Summary This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including:* possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions* the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching* its internal contradictions and subversive aspects* the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram* the passive form of ""New Work"" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949.
SUBJECT Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 fast
Gurdjieff, Georges I. swd
Subject PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophische Anthropologie
Spiritualiteit.
Form Electronic book
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