{"product_id":"9781585422876","title":"Gurdjieff","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders-between East and West, between man and something higher than man, between the ancient teachings of esoteric schools and the modern application of those ideas in contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many respects-from the concept of group meetings to the mysterious workings of the enneagram to his critique of humanity as existing in a state of sleep-Gurdjieff pioneered the culture of spiritual search that has taken root in the West today. While many of Gurdjieff's students-including Frank Lloyd Wright, Katharine Mansfield, and P. D. Ouspensky-are well known, few understand this figure possessed of complex writings and sometimes confounding methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eGurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas\u003c\/b\u003e, the acclaimed novelist John Shirley-one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre-presents a lively, reliable explanation of how to approach the sage and his ideas. In accessible, dramatic prose Shirley retells that which we know of Gurdjieff's life; he surveys the teacher's methods and the lives of his key students; and he helps readers to enter the unparalleled originality of this remarkable teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040831848688,"sku":"9781585422876","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585422876_p0.jpg?v=1763802511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585422876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}