Deconstructing Gurdjieff: Biography of a Spiritual Magician
by Churton, Tobias
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Beyond Meetings with Remarkable Men into the truth behind the self-crafted mythology of Gurdjieff's life - Reveals evidence that Gurdjieff was a secret Freemason, relying on hypnotism, psychic research and spiritualism - Explores the profound influence of the Yezidis, esoteric Christianity, and the "gnostics" of Islam, the Sufis, on Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teachings and the "Work" - Uncovers the truth behind Gurdjieff's relations with Aleister Crowley - Accurately dates Gurdjieff's real activities, particularly his enigmatic early life In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of "the greatest man in the world," yet few knew who he was talking about. Enigmatic, misunderstood, declared a charlatan, and recently dubbed "the Rasputin who inspired Mary Poppins," Gurdjieff's life has become a legend. But who really was George Ivanovich Gurdjieff? Employing the latest research and discoveries, including previously unpublished reminiscences of the real man, Tobias Churton investigates the truth beneath the self-crafted mythology of Gurdjieff's life recounted in Meetings with Remarkable Men. He examines his controversial birthdate, his father's background, and his relationship with his private tutor Dean Borshch, revealing a perilous childhood in a Pontic Greek family, persecuted by Turks, forced to migrate to Georgia and Armenia, only to grow up amid more war, persecution, genocide, and revolt. Placing Gurdjieff in the true context of his times, Churton explores Gurdjieff's roles in esoteric movements taking root in the Russian Empire and in epic imperial construction projects in the Kars Oblast, Transcaucasia, and central Asia. He reveals Gurdjieff's sources for his transformative philosophy, his early interest in hypnosis, magic, Theosophy, and spiritualism, and the profound influence of the Yezidis and the Sufis, the "gnostics" of Islam, on Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teachings and the "Work." Churton also explores Gurdjieff's ties to Freemasonry and his relationships with other spiritual teachers and philosophers of the age, such as Madame Blavatsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Aleister Crowley, dispelling the myth that Gurdjieff forcibly expelled the "Great Beast" from his Institute.
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- Deconstructing Gurdjieff: Biography of a Spiritual Magician
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- Churton, Tobias
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- Hardcover
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- 1620556383
- ISBN 13
- 9781620556382
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- Inner Traditions
- Place of Publication
- Rochester
- Date Published
- 2017
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