G. I. Gurdjieff

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G. I. Gurdjieff was an influential early 20th-century mystic, spiritual teacher, and philosopher known for developing the "Fourth Way," a path of self-awareness and inner transformation integrating mind, body, and emotions.

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G. I. Gurdjieff canonical 2
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff 1

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instanceOf esotericist
human
mystic
philosopher
spiritual teacher
activePeriod early 20th century
associatedWith Gurdjieff Foundation
Gurdjieff Society
birthDate 1866-01-13
1872-01-13
1877-01-13
birthDateNote Exact birth year uncertain; various sources give 1866, 1872, or 1877
birthName Georgi Ivanovich Gurdzhiev
birthPlace Alexandropol
linked to: Alexandropol uezd

Kars Oblast
birthPlaceNowIn Gyumri, Armenia
linked to: Gyumri
burialPlace Avon Cemetery, Avon, France
citizenship Russian Empire
collaboratedWith Thomas de Hartmann
composed Gurdjieff–de Hartmann music
deathDate 1949-10-29
deathPlace Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
linked to: Neuilly-sur-Seine
ethnicOrigin Armenian
Greek
fieldOfWork esotericism
philosophy
psychology of consciousness
spiritual development
founded Gurdjieff movements (sacred dances) tradition
Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man
Prieuré des Basses Loges at Fontainebleau-Avon
influenced Colin Wilson
J. G. Bennett
Jacob Needleman
Jeanne de Salzmann
John G. Bennett NERFINISHED
Maurice Nicoll
P. D. Ouspensky
Peter Brook
Robert Fripp
influencedTradition contemporary spiritual psychology
human potential movement
modern esoteric schools
knownFor Fourth Way
ideas on human mechanicalness
integration of body, mind, and emotions in spiritual work
teaching of self-remembering
languageOfWork Armenian
English
French
Russian
movement Fourth Way
name George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
linked to: G. I. Gurdjieff
notableWork Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
Meetings with Remarkable Men
occupation choreographer of sacred dances
composer
teacher
writer
religiousBackground Eastern Orthodox Christianity
student A. R. Orage
J. G. Bennett
Jeanne de Salzmann
Maurice Nicoll
P. D. Ouspensky
Thomas de Hartmann
subjectOf film 'Meetings with Remarkable Men' (1979)
taughtConcept Fourth Way as path in ordinary life
awakening from sleep of ordinary life
conscious labor and intentional suffering
harmonious development of man
man as a machine
self-remembering
three centers: intellectual, emotional, moving-instinctive
travelledIn Central Asia
Europe
Middle East
North Africa

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Olgivanna Lazović influencedBy G. I. Gurdjieff
A. R. Orage influencedBy G. I. Gurdjieff
G. I. Gurdjieff name George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
linked to: G. I. Gurdjieff