Influences and Distortions of the Gurdjieff Teachings

De: Theodore Nottingham

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The origins of the teachings of Gurdjieff come from Eastern Orthodox spirituality and precise, transformative instructions to monks. Gurdjieff brought these unknown, transformative teachings to the West in the 1920s and introduced them in a modern, psychological language. Since then, his teachings have had a profound influence on contemporary psychology, and impacted the New Thought movement in foundational ways..But they have also been appropriated by cultish organizations, and distorted to use as self-empowerment and control over others rather than for the purpose of achieving God consciousness.