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Utilising one of wouter hanegraaffs definitions of esotericism as religious activity concerned predominantly with salvific knowledge of the inner mysteries of religion reserved for a selected elite, ouspenskys and nicolls view of the. Maurice nicoll received personally from ouspensky, whom he met in 1921, and gurdjieff, whom he met in 1922. Many of these talks were recorded verbatim and documented in a sixvolume set of books titled psychological commentaries on the teachings of gurdjieff and ouspensky. Description download nicoll, maurice psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky volume 2. Maurice nicoll has 36 books on goodreads with 1904 ratings. Psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and. The psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky by maurice nicoll are the best, most in depth and easiest to understand books on the subject of gurdjieffs and ouspenskys teachings. It is a system of ideas and psychological practices derived from the fourth way system that originated with george ivanovich gurdjieff, interpreted by peter ouspensky, and taught by maurice nicoll in psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky. Nicoll presents his understanding that time can only be understood by waking from a kind of slumber and entering another dimension of timelessness throught present moments at a higher. Fourth way, knowledge, maurice nicoll, ouspensky, wisdom. See six sample pages of the index here links to a 38kb pdffile. Psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky maurice nicoll volume 3.
Maurice nicoll 18841953 was a british physician, specializing in. Maurice nicoll 19 july 188430 august 1953 was a british psychiatrist and noted fourth way teacher. Everyone who has read maurice nicolls psychological com mentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky has felt the need for an index to the five volumes. Psychological commentaries vol 1 by maurice nicoll. Maurice nicolls special contribution to the fourth way is that his teaching, by leavening the method transmitted by p. Listen to psychological commentaries if a man reasons soundly, he inevitably arrives back at himself and begins to search for the answer to what he is, and what his place is in the world. He is best known for his psychological commentaries on the teaching of gurdjieff and ouspensky, a multivolume collection of talks he gave to his study groups. Nicoll s teaching has continued from 1931 until the present day. There is a light heartedness in nicolls writing which makes him a joy to read. Tradition, esotericism, secrecy and hiddenness in the gospel.
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