by William Patrick Patterson With this book, his tenth and last, William Patrick Patterson completes his spiritual memoir. Eating The “I”, the first part, published in 1992, focused on his experience with his teacher Lord John Pentland, the man Mr. Gurdjieff chose to lead The Fourth Way in America. Questioning what is the self in…
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Talk & Book Signing: Growing A Soul on the Planet Earth
Growing A Soul on the Planet Earth:The Fourth Way & Esoteric ChristianityTechniques & Practices Most of us think there are only two possible answers to the question: Do you have a soul? Either we have a soul, which will live beyond death, or there is no such thing as a soul, and when we die nothing of us…
Gurdjieff Reconsidered
Gurdjieff Reconsidered: The Life, the Teachings, the Legacy “If Gurdjieff were shown this work, he probably wouldn’t say, as for P. D. Ouspensky, ‘Good journalist!’ but rather, ‘Aah…objective thinking!’ Or simply, ‘Bravo!’” —Alexandre de Salzmann, vice president, Institut G. I. Gurdjieff, Paris The Greek-Armenian teacher G. I. Gurdjieff was one of the most original and provocative spiritual teachers in the…
Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff: The Man, The Teaching, His Mission
The author’s ninth and final book on the Work is a comprehensive and factual account of Gurdjieff and The Fourth Way. Material from all of Gurdjieff’s direct students and their library archives, much of it not available until recently, is assembled in chronological form as it happened. The aim is to give an…
REVIEW OF “GEORGI IVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF – THE MAN, THE TEACHING, HIS MISSION”
Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff – The Man, The Teaching, His Mission William Patrick Patterson Arete Communications 2014 George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (January 13, 1866 – October 29, 1949) was an influential spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic “waking sleep”, but that it is…
REVIEW OF “GEORGI IVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF – THE MAN, THE TEACHING, HIS MISSION”
Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff – The Man, The Teaching, His Mission William Patrick Patterson Arete Communications 2014 I have spent a lifetime studying the work of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky and while so many so called representatives of the tradition have modified it with new ageism or other religious systems, Patterson has always presented the tradition without…
Review of “Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff – The Man, The Teaching, His Mission”
This Man’s Work Is Incredibly Important But Gets Lost Due To Controversy The book Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff – The Man, The Teaching, His Mission is a work of immense power and love by William Patrick Patterson, a teacher of “the Work,” as Gurdjieff’s teaching is called and the author/ producer of several books and videos on…
New Gurdjieff Book Published
Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff — The Man, The Teaching, His Mission By William Patrick Patterson Hardcover, sewn binding, essays, notes, references, bibliography, photos, index, 668 pp. Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff — The Man, The Teaching, His Mission is the author’s ninth and final book on The Fourth Way. Ten years in the making, it is the deepest study…
Adi Da Samraj Realized or/and Deluded?
New book by William Patrick Patterson The first critical assessment of the life of Adi Da Samraj and his teachings. Born he said in the “Bright,” with his kundalini risen after only a few years of practice, Franklin Jones had a breakthrough into the pointless point of view. Young, hip, articulate and funny, this first…
The Book of the People: Popol Vuh
This book is now available in MesoAmericas.com Book Collection. To visit and read go to: http://www.mesoamericas.com/books/PolopVuh001.php This book, written shortly after the Spanish Conquest by a Quiché Indian who had learned to read and write Spanish, is generally known as the Popol Vuh, Popol Buj, Book of the Council, Book of the Community, the Sacred…