Described as “the harmonious development of man,” Fourth Way is an alternative to the way of the monk, yogi, or fakir because it works on all levels of the human system simultaneously – emotional. intellectual, and physical. Its methods use normal daily life and self verified experience rather than removal from the world.
Taught by G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky during the early 20th century, it became increasingly popular and is still practiced by many varieties of groups throughout the world today.
Biographies of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky
An Introduction to Gurdjieff ~~~Biography, writings, and teachings from the Gurdjieff International Review. Accounts by his original students.
Mr. Gurdjieff’s Original Approach to Life ~~~A talk by his early student Alexandre de Salzmann, from the Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions
Gurdjieff: States of Consciousness~~~Excerpt from Gurdjieff, Teacher of Radical Transformation, Dr. Kathleen Speeth, from the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Ouspensky and Gurdjieff: An Historical Choreography~~~A detailed chronicle of Ouspensky’s life and work, by James Moore
Biography of Ouspensky~~~From the Gurdjieff Legacy Foundation Archives
Fourth Way Exercises 