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Discovering Gurdjieff Paperback – July 24, 2008

by Dorothy Phillpotts (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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This book is very valuable. Today, there are too many books on the Work that are either deliberately impersonal and as a result are just a re-explaining of basic ideas which are already there in Ouspensky. Or else, the purely subjective 'what I felt, what I experienced'. Dorothy strikes a good balance, because the subjective experience in this context is the ground through which precious memories of the Work in its early and soon-to-be forgotten period can be shared. Peter Brook (Author, Film and Theatre Director) "Discovering Gurdjieff" is more than just a memoir, it is an at times painfully honest account of one woman's quest to find answers to the questions that troubled her from an early age, and ultimately to discover a philosophy of life by which she might live. Along the way, she examines various religions, but it is not until her introduction to Gurdjieff's work through the 1941 lectures of J.G. Bennett, the essence of which she reproduces in his original words, that her search is rewarded. However, the unique element of this book is her description of the way meetings with Gurdjieff himself, along with her fervent study of relevant works, gradually enabled her to discover herself.
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    July 24, 2008
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    6 x 0.72 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1434388719
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1434388711
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ AuthorHouse (July 24, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1434388719
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1434388711
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.72 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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tintin
5.0 out of 5 stars Gurdjieff Made Easy
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Best book on Ospensky & Gurdjieff- - Ever. Easy to understand which isn’t usually the case with these two guys.
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Annie in Healdsburg
4.0 out of 5 stars Deep involvement, well documented and told
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Ms. Phillipotts was a very serious student. And her story of her Work and the Work adds valuable content to the Work literature.
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Pete Howcroft
5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Ouspensky...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2008
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Dorothy Phillpotts was a follower of P. D. Ouspensky, J. G. Bennett and later on of G.I. Gurdjieff, the teacher of both of the former men. She followed Ouspensky and Bennett, together with her husband, faithfully.
When Ouspensky died, Bennett heard that Gurdjieff, whom he thought dead, was alive and living in Paris, around 1947. Bennett was advised by Ouspensky's widow, Madame Ouspensky, to go to Paris and see Gurdjieff, whom Madame Ouspensky regarded as her teacher, always, though when Ouspensky parted company with Gurdjieff decades earlier, she had gone with her husband.
Dorothy Phillpotts recounts in captivating language and style her efforts working under Ouspensky and Bennett; a language and style which shows, by its very personal nature, how she coped with the impact of the "Fourth Way" on her and those around her. In the latter part of the book, when Bennett has seen Gurdjieff and returned to England, Bennett explains to the author, and her fellow searchers, that Gurdjieff is not teaching the methods of self remembering and observation which Ouspensky taught, but something else, which enables a student to maintain the action of self remembering much longer. By leaving Gurdjieff, Ouspensky had sacrificed his possibility of understanding something completely different from what he had reached, prior to leaving.

The overwhelming compassion, sympathy and concern for others radiating from Gurdjieff which she conveys is also a strong feature of the book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in these subjects. Like one or two other books which have been published over the last few years it gives impressions of Gurdjieff which his critics, all of whom never worked with him or even met him, knew nothing about.

Dorothy Phillpotts book is the result of a long process of maturing.
This also implies what it is not...
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Anna Bubble
1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing interesting about Gurdjieff or his teaching.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2022
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Unexpectedly boring and uninteresting. Nothing to learn here. Regret buying this book. A waste of money and time.
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