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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 128 EAN: 9780394719436 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0394719433 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: November 12, 1973 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: November 12, 1973 Studio: Vintage Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Best Introduction to the Fourth WayThe "Fourth Way" is a term given by Gurdjieff for a special spiritual path to practiced in the world, in ordinary human society, which is not one of the three traditional ways of the fakir (yogi), monk (bhakti), or philosopher (jnana yoga), which roughly correspond to physical, emotional, and mental paths. According to these teachings, the Fourth Way is a path of energy and consciousness where a person can generate an evolutionary energy called "Do 48" through a meditation practice called "self ... Read More Rating: - Very well laid out introduction to the 4'th WayThis is a great little book that offers a surprising amount of insight into the spiriual path. The book is written before Ouspensky published his book In Search of the Miraculous, which goes into much more detail, but this book has so many little gems that it is worth every penny spent. To me Ouspensky is more accessible than reading Gurdjieff directly and gives a very good overview of the 4'th way teaching. Rating:  - The Wrong PathI don't see what purpose this book serves. Ouspensky is the greatest occult writer the modern world has produced, but this little book has nothing in it that isn't in In Search of the Miraculous; and in any event, the books by Ouspensky that matter are the ones that have nothing to do with Gurdjieff. The Gurdjieff work is a hundred miles wide and one foot deep. Just deep enough for those who can't swim to drown in, as Ouspensky almost did. The work isn't without value; many of Gurdjieff's ... Read More Rating: - Which "I" is me?My first reading of this book was like a casting off of "dogmatic slumber" for me. Never had I read a work that laid out so very clearly and precisely what is required to work upon ourselves and begin to live intentionally in the world. This is not only the first book to provide someone interested in the Gurdjieffian 4th Way, it's a pivotal work for anyone demanding more of themselves and life than what is provided by alleged exoteric authorities. There are more tools for change in this small book than ... Read More Rating: - Gurdjieff PrimerIn spite of his difficulty in accepting Gurdjieff as an authentic teacher Ouspensky kept in contact with Gurdjieff from 1915 until their last meeting in France 1930. He started lecturing the 'system' already in the twenties in Constantinople and continued until close to his death in 1947. (By the way I have yet to see a negative review with an e-mail address!) When you take this book for what it is - a short introduction to the psychology of an extensive 'system for personal development' ... Read More 
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