Drawn from Nott's hundreds of pages of notes and diaries, this book provides a record of the expressions and actions of Gurdjieff and the profound impact of life at the Chateau du Prieure, Fontainbleau, at that time. Gurdjieff was a Russian occultist who used stylized dance to "free" people and help them to develop their full capabilities. Gurdjieff has often been attributed as the founder of the modern human-potential movement.
Drawn from Nott's hundreds of pages of notes and diaries, this book provides a record of the expressions and actions of Gurdjieff and the profound impact of life at the Chateau du Prieure, Fontainbleau, at that time. Gurdjieff was a Russian occultist who used stylized dance to "free" people and help them to develop their full capabilities. Gurdjieff has often been attributed as the founder of the modern human-potential movement.
Drawn from Nott's hundreds of pages of notes and diaries, this book provides a record of the expressions and actions of Gurdjieff and the profound impact of life at the Chateau du Prieure, Fontainbleau, at that time. Gurdjieff was a Russian occultist who used stylized dance to "free" people and help them to develop their full capabilities. Gurdjieff has often been attributed as the founder of the modern human-potential movement.
C. S. Nott
TEACHINGS OF GURDJIEFF
A PUPIL’S JOURNAL
An Account of
Some Years With
G. I. Gurdjieff and A. R. Orage
in New York and
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CONTENTS
NEW YORK AND FONTAINEBLEAU 1923-5
|. NEW YORK AND FONTAINEBLEAU 1925-6
| FONTAINEBLEAU 1928
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24PREFACE
1118 wow over thirty-five yeas since I first came in touch with the
Gutdjiff system. This journal, begun in 1924, ia partial record of my
early years of work (1923 to 1928) with G. I. Gurdjieff and A. R.
‘Orage. Ie is not an exposition ofthe system, but a relation of my own,
experience of some ofthe acts and sayings ofthese two men, compiled
from dates and hundreds of pages of notes, Iie sequential rather than
chronological: many talks were repeated, sometimes at long intervals,
and from diferent aspects and in differen forms.
compiling this journal Ihave had in mind the increasing number of
people who are becoming interested inthe ideas of George Ivanovitch
Gurdjieff Those who are unaequainted with his teaching may find
some of the terms and expresions wed confusing; at the same time
there is much that will interest many who are disatised with our
present way of existence. Some of them may with to read Gurdjel!'s
‘own Book Beelzebs’s Tales o his Crandon: en Objective Inpatal
Ciitciom ofthe Life of Man.
‘When I fst met Gurdjef and Orage I was immature, naive, and
restless, with no knowledge of ral ideas; and I can never be grateful
‘enough to Gurdjieff for his infinite patience in those early years, and to
the older pupils around him for thei guidance, especially A. R. Orage,
Ds Stjoernval, and Thomas de Hartman, who later becatte my close
fiends and, a i were, elder brothers. Tam no longer young: in my
‘varied existence Ihave experienced almos all that ordinary life hast
‘offer—both what i aed good and what is called bad. And I can sce
now thae whatever Ihave been abe to achieve for my own being and
understanding, whatever of realty I have been able so cognize and
‘comprehend, lowe 19 Gurdjeffandhissystem and method. They have
igiven me a centre of gravity and a real aim, and with Paul Tcan sy
Thanks be to God for his unapeskable gif.