| Record Number |
804937 |
| ISBN |
9780141394497 (paperback) |
| Author |
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 author. |
| Title |
Meetings with remarkable men / G.I. Gurdjieff ; with an introduction by Gary Lachman. |
| Publisher/Date |
[London] : Penguin Books, 2015. |
| ©2015 |
| Pagination etc. |
xxii, 306 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Penguin modern classics |
| Contents note |
Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| "Written in Russian, the manuscript of this book was begun in 1927 and revised by the author over a period of many years. The first English translation by A.R. Orage has been revised and reworked from the Russian for this publication"--Page vi. |
| English translation first published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963. |
| "Introduction copyright © Gary Lachman, 2015"--Title page verso. |
| Summary Note |
This is the exhilarating, life-affirming call to spiritual arms from world-renowned spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. 'Gurdjieff's voice is heard as a call. He calls because he suffers from the inner chaos in which we live. He calls to us to open our eyes. He asks us why we are here, what we wish for, what forces we obey. He asks us, above all, if we understand what we are...' Part adventure narrative, part travelogue, part spiritual guide, Meetings with Remarkable Men is suffused with Gurdjieff's unique perspective on life. With vivacity and charm, he organizes his account around portraits of the remarkable men and women who accompanied him through remote parts of the Near East and Central Asia, and who aided his search for hidden knowledge. Among them are Gurdjieff's own father (a traditional bard), a Russian prince dedicated to the search for Truth, a Christian missionary who entered a World Brotherhood deep in Asia, and a woman who escaped slavery to become a trusted member of Gurdjieff's group of fellow seekers. Meetings with Remarkable Men conveys a haunting sense of what it means to live fully - with conscience, with purpose and with heart. |
| Subject - Name |
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, -- 1872-1949 -- Travel -- Asia, Central |
| Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, -- 1872-1949 -- Travel -- Middle East |
| Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, -- 1872-1949 -- Friends and associates |
| Subject |
Philosophers -- Soviet Union -- Biography |
| Added Author |
Orage, A. R. (Alfred Richard), 1873-1934 translator. |
| Lachman, Gary, 1955- author of introduction, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
197 GURD |
