Intentional Communities in the Gurdjieff Teaching

G. I. Gurdjieff (c. 1866-1949) claimed that individuals could not advance spiritually but that in a group progress was possible. He founded the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, first in Tiflis, Georgia in 1919, and for a second time at the Prieuré des Basses Loges in Fontainebleau-Av...

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Main Author: Cusack, Carole M. 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: equinox 2015
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-176
Further subjects:B Intentional Communities
B Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man
B Maurice Nicoll
B P. D. Ouspensky
B J. G. Bennett
B G. I. Gurdjieff
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