Bibliography

Driscoll, J. Walter. Gurdjieff: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1985, 363 p.

Comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources.

Biography

Bennett, John G., Gurdjieff—A Very Great Enigma: Three Lectures. Reprint. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1973, 96 p.

Discusses "the incredible environment of Gurdjieff's boyhood," the eclectic influences on his occult beliefs, and the major concepts on which his teachings are based.

De Hartmann, Thomas, and De Hartmann, Olga. Our Life with Mr. Gurdjieff. New York: Viking Penguin, 1992, 304 p.

Divided into three sections: the first, a brief introduction to the book, written by Thomas de Hartmann and later expanded by Olga de Hartmann; the second, a biographical sketch of Gurdjieff; the third, a biographical sketch of the de Hartmanns.

Moore, James. Gurdjieff—The Anatomy of a Myth: A Biography. Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1993, 415 p.

A defense of Gurdjieff against allegations of fraudulence.

Nott, C. S. Teachings of Gurdjieff: A Pupil's Journal. New York: Viking Penguin, 1991, 256 p.

A day-to-day account of studies with Gurdjieff and A. R. Orage. "The first part of the present book consists chiefly of accounts of work with Gurdjieff; the second of Orage's commentary in the New York group; while the third is a kind of sequel to and result of the first two."

Criticism

Anderson, Margaret. The Unknowable Gurdjieff. London: Arkana (Penguin), 1962, 212 p.

A firsthand account of Gurdjieff's teachings, and "… a rectification—which will prevent anyone from ever again having the hardihood to call Gurdjieff an impostor."

Hough, Graham. "The Shaman of Fontainebleau." The Times Literary Supplement (13 June 1980): 665-666.

A review of three memoirs of Gurdjieff. Hough concludes that "looked at in the right context Gurdjieff appears as merely one in the long line of mystagogues, masters, gurus and shamans whose operations have been a constantly recurrent feature of our world, and remain an eternal puzzle to those who are constitutionally immune to their influence."

Lefort, Rafael. The Teachers of Gurdjieff. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1966, 157 p.

Sketches of fifteen Sufi mystics known to have encountered and influenced Gurdjieff during his travels.

Ouspensky, P. D. "Food for Transformation." Parabola XVII, No. 4 (Winter 1992): 16-19.

Recalls one of Gurdjieff's talks.

Speeth, Kathleen Riordan. "Gurdjieff." In Transpersonal Psychologies, edited by Charles T. Tart, pp. 281-328. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.

An introduction to Gurdjieff in the context of psychological behaviorism and Gestalt psychotherapy.

—, and Friedlander, Ira. Gurdjieff: Seeker of the Truth. New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1980, 175 p.

A series of essays about Gurdjieff and his teachings.

—. The Gurdjieff Work. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Archer, 1989, 144 p.

Chapters: Who Was Gurdjieff?, The Philosophical Basis of Gurdjieff's System, The Psychology of Ordinary Human Beings, Human Possibilities, The Gurdjieff Work, and The Living Tradition.

Vaysse, Jean. Toward Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Left by Gurdjieff. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980, 170 p.

Analysis of Gurdjieff's ideas, which constitute "the truest answer to the questions raised by the tremendous material power now in the hands of modern man as he questions himself in front of the so-called 'options' which its use obliges him to face."