RT Article
T1 Gurdjieff in Constantinople: New Evidence and Documents
JF Aries
VO 21
IS 2
SP 185
OP 224
A1 Burmistrov, Konstantin Yu
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1761688510
AB Abstract George Gurdjieff (1866–1949) and his students’ stay in Constantinople in 1920–1921 remains a blank spot in the movement’s history. Very few records relating to this period survive. In Constantinople, Gurdjieff succeeded in founding the first branch of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, after his attempts in Tbilisi in 1919 had failed. In this article, two important documents related to this period are published in English translation. The first is a booklet that contains information about the branch of the Institute in Constantinople, its program, theories, and working methods. It was published in Constantinople in 1920, in Russian. The second is a translation of fragments from the memoirs of Vasily Shulgin (1878–1976), a prominent Russian politician, writer, and journalist who witnessed and interacted with the Gurdjieff group in Constantinople. These materials significantly expand our knowledge of this early stage of the Gurdjieff movement and its cultural-historical context.
K1 Vasily Shulgin
K1 Russian emigration
K1 Russia
K1 Constantinople
K1 Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man
K1 The Fourth Way
K1 George Gurdjieff
K1 Quelle
DO 10.1163/15700593-20201002