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Gurdjieff Work

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ISBN-10: 0874774926

ISBN-13: 9780874774924

Edition: 2nd 1989 (Reprint)

Authors: Kathleen Riordan Speeth, Claudio Naranjo, Kathleen Speeth, Kathleen R. Speeth

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List price: $24.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.16" wide x 9.15" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Who Was Gurdjieff?
"The Work"
Gurdjieff's Quest
Early Preparation
Religious & Esoteric Fertility of His Native Land
The Search for Sources of Eternal Wisdom
His Various Occupations, Business Enterprises and Political Involvement
The Russian Period
Gurdjieff in Europe
The Later Years
The Philosophical Basis of Gurdjieff's System
Self-Realization and the Human Condition
The Ray of Creation
The Law of Three and The Law of Seven
The Law of Octave
The Enneagram: The Union of the Law of Seven and the Law of Three
The First Conscious Shock
The Second Conscious Shock
The Psychology of Ordinary Human Beings
Human Fragmentation
The Human Machine
Our "Three Brains"
Three Human Types
States of Consciousness
The Psychopathology of Ordinary Waking State
The Systematic Distortion of Experience of Ordinary Waking State
Essence and Personality
Human Possibilities
Potential for Inner Growth
The Four Ways
Higher States of Consciousness
Objective Consciousness
Peak Experiences
The Stages of Human Development
Achieving Inner Unity
The Seven Levels
Evolution, Death and Immortality
Development of the Four Bodies
The Gurdjieff Work
Engaging the Struggle Between Essence and Personality
The Beginning
Stages on the Way
Finding a Group
The First Line of Work
Self-Remembering
The Second Line of Work
External Considering
Non-Expression of Negative Emotions
The Third Line of Work
Selfless Action
The Movements
Breaking the Cycle of Lifelong Conditioning
The Role of Physical Labor in the Work
Experiential Exercises
The Living Tradition
The First Generation
The Gurdjieff Foundations
American Society for Continuous Education
Taliesin
Northeon Forest
The Fellowship of Friends
Other Groups
Where and How to Contact Real Work
Further Reading
Notes