What is George Gurdjieff's middle name?
Ivanovich
What is George Gurdjieff's full name?
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
George Gurdjieff nickname(s):
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, George Gurdjieff
George Gurdjieff date of birth:
January 13, 1866
How old was George Gurdjieff when died?
83
Where was George Gurdjieff born?
Gyumri, Armenia, Russian Empire
When did George Gurdjieff die?
October 29, 1949
Where did George Gurdjieff die?
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
What is George Gurdjieff nationality?
Greek
What is George Gurdjieff's occupation?
Writer
Short Biography
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff /ˈɡɜːrdʒiˌɛf/ (January 13, 1866 – 1877? - October 29, 1949), also commonly referred to as Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and G. I. Gurdjieff, was an influential early 20th century Russian mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and composer of Armenian and Greek descent. Gurdjieff taught that most humans do not possess a unified mind-body consciousness and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. Gurdjieff described a method attempting to do so, calling the discipline "The Work" (connoting "work on oneself") or "the Method". According to his principles and instructions, Gurdjieff's method for awakening one's consciousness unites the methods of the fakir, monk or yogi, and thus he referred to it as the "Fourth Way".