Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All And Everything: 1st Series (Compass): G. I. Gurdjieff: 9780140194739: Amazon.com. Meetings with Remarkable Men: G. GURDJIEFF: 9781578988938: Amazon.com. In Search of the Miraculous (Harvest Book): P. D. Ouspensky: 9780156007467: Amazon.com. In Search of the Miraculous. In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching is a 1949 book by Russian philosopher P. D. Ouspensky which recounts his meeting and subsequent association with G.I. Gurdjieff. A facsimile edition was published in 2004 by Paul H. Crompton Ltd., London. It is widely regarded as the most comprehensive account of Gurdjieff's system of thought ever published. [citation needed] It is regarded as "fundamental textbook" by many modern followers of Gurdjieff's teachings, who often use it as a means of introducing new students to Gurdjieff's system of self-development.
Contents[edit] (Non-Fiction) The book is basically the author's recollection of how he learned the teaching of George Gurdjieff, a teaching which still exists today in various forms, and of which Ouspensky taught to various groups from 1921-1947; and also about his relationship with Mr. The book begins with Ouspensky returning home to St. Publication[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit] P. D. Ouspensky. Peter D. Ouspensky ([pronunciation?] ; Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii or Uspensky, Пётр Демья́нович Успе́нский; 5 March 1878 – 2 October 1947)[1] was a Russian esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff, whom he met in Moscow in 1915. He was associated with the ideas and practices originating with Gurdjieff from then on. In 1924, he separated from Gurdjieff personally, for reasons he explains in the last chapter of his book In Search of the Miraculous.
Some, including his close pupil Rodney Collin, say that he finally gave up the (Gurdjieff) "system" that he had shared with people for 25 years in England and the United States, but his own recorded words on the subject ("A Record of Meetings," published posthumously) do not clearly endorse this judgement, nor does Ouspensky's emphasis on "you must make a new beginning" after confessing "I've left the system". Career[edit] Later life[edit] P.D. Fourth Way. According to this system, the chief difference between the three traditional schools, or ways, and the fourth way is that "they are permanent forms which have survived throughout history mostly unchanged, and are based on religion. Where schools of yogis, monks or fakirs exist, they are barely distinguishable from religious schools.
The fourth way differs in that it is not a permanent way. It has no specific forms or institutions and comes and goes controlled by some particular laws of its own. " It always has some work of a specific import, and is never without some task around which and in connection with which it can alone exist. The Fourth Way mainly addresses the question of people's place in the Universe, their possibilities for inner development, and transcending the body to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Overview[edit] Three ways[edit] Gurdjieff taught that traditional paths to spiritual enlightenment followed one of three ways: The Way of the fakir The Way of the monk.
Fourth Way.