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Gurdjieff : the key concepts / Sophia Wellbeloved.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge key guidesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 271 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781135132491
  • 1135132496
  • 9780203389850
  • 0203389859
  • 9781135132644
  • 113513264X
  • 9781135132569
  • 1135132569
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gurdjieff.DDC classification:
  • 197 22
LOC classification:
  • BP605.G94 W45 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.98
  • CC 6600
  • 5,1
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; GURDJIEFF: THE KEY CONCEPTS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of concepts; List of illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; KEY CONCEPTS; Appendix 1: Biographical notes on pupils; Appendix 2: Gurdjieff Foundations and Work-derived groups; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including:* possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions* the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching* its internal contradictions and subversive aspects* the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram* the passive form of ""New Work"" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)568874

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index.

Print version record.

Cover; GURDJIEFF: THE KEY CONCEPTS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of concepts; List of illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; KEY CONCEPTS; Appendix 1: Biographical notes on pupils; Appendix 2: Gurdjieff Foundations and Work-derived groups; Bibliography; Index.

This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including:* possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions* the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching* its internal contradictions and subversive aspects* the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram* the passive form of ""New Work"" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann.