Item #13508 GURDJIEFF AND HYPNOSIS.: A Hermeneutic Study. Mohammad H. Tamdgidi.

GURDJIEFF AND HYPNOSIS.: A Hermeneutic Study

New York: 2009. First edition. Foreword by J. Walter Driscoll; 264 pages. Item #13508

Illustrated paper covered boards; New condition.

Systematically explores Gurdjieff’s “objective art” of literary hypnotism intended as a major conduit for the transmission of his teachings on the philosophy, theory, and practice of personal self-knowledge and harmonious human development. In the process, the nature and function of the ‘mystical’ shell hiding the rational kernel of Gurdjieff’s teaching are explained—shedding new light on why his mysticism is “mystical,” and Gurdjieff so “enigmatic,” in the first place.

“In the ocean of literature on Gurdjieff, the brilliant book of Mohammad Tamdgidi has a very special place. It is the first serious academic attempt at a hermeneutics of Gurdjieff’s texts, taking as key the core of Gurdjieff’s teaching—the enneagram. Of course, Gurdjieff’s teaching cannot be understood apart from its practice. But it is also true that this teaching cannot be understood without a rigorous study of the writings of Gurdjieff himself.”—Basarab Nicolescu

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