Churton, Tobias
Summary: 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?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2017
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Contents: Before the gnostics -- From the Magi to St. Paul -- The first gnostics -- Magic in the Middle Ages -- The sufis -- The troubadours -- The knights templar -- Jacob Bh̲me's Theosophick Cosmos -- Germany 1710-1800: the return of the rosy cross -- Freemasonry in France -- A new aeon: Aleister Crowley -- Light in the jar -- Gnosis and the new physics -- Gnosis today: a personal view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2005