William Patrick Patterson is the founder/director of The Gurdjieff Studies Program, the author of six books on The Fourth Way,
and the director/narrator of the award-winning documentary video trilogy—The Life and Significance of G.I. Gurdjieff.
He is also the founder/editor of The Gurdjieff Journal (est. 1992), the first domestic and international Fourth Way journal.
He has led groups for many years and annually gives four public seminars on G.I. Gurdjieff's teaching of The Fourth Way.
He is the direct and longtime pupil of John Pentland, the remarkable man Mr. Gurdjieff chose to lead the Work in America.
| Seminar Friday, August 29 to Monday, September 1, 2008 Through guided meditation, Conscious Body-Breath Impressions™, dialogue and private interviews, William Patrick Patterson explores the theme. Open to all levels of simplicity. No previous experience necessary. Because space is limited and past seminars have filled quickly, please make your reservation early. The total cost of tuition, lodging (single occupancy) and meals is $575. Space is reserved with a $325 deposit. To reserve a place, send your deposit by mail or reserve electronically below. There is a small surcharge when using the latter. To reserve a place by mail, send a check made out to Arete Communications to the following address: 773 Center Boulevard #58 Fairfax, CA 94978-0058 If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086 Deep Diving Intensive. September 1-4. For students only. |
Registration Deposit, $325.00
Full Registration - single occupancy, $575.00
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The spiritual life story of Ethel Merston based on her diaries and recollections is an important historical work, as well as a keen insight into many of the seminal teachers of her times. Merston was one of Gurdjieff's first English pupils and lived at the Prieuré from 1922 until 1927. Her seriousness and organizational abilities led Gurdjieff to put her in charge in his absences. Fritz Peters gives a wonderful account of what she had to put up with (he gives her the name Miss Madison) in his Boyhood with Gurdjieff. In India, she lived at Ramana Maharshi's ashram for many years. She gives a first-person account of his death and also the meeting between The Mother and Sri Aurobindo and Anandamayi Ma (with whom she often traveled). She also attended many of Krishnamurti's talks and seminars in the 1930s, was a friend of Sunyata, Alain Daniélou, Krishna Prem and Swami Omananda. In the 1950s she was initiated into Subud by Pak Subuh at J. G. Bennett's Coombe Springs study house. At Mendham, she met again her friends from her Gurdjieff days—Mme de Salzmann, Mme Ouspensky, Olga de Hartmann and Peggy Flinsch—and was introduced to Lord John Pentland. |
Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Location: From I-695 (Baltimore Beltway): I-83 South to Cold Spring Lane east (Exit #9A). Turn right onto Falls Road (south). Travel about one mile and turn left onto 36th Street (The Avenue). Breathe Books is four blocks down the street, on the left. From downtown Baltimore: I-83 North to Falls Road (Exit #8). Turn right at the first light, onto 36th Street (The Avenue). Breathe Books is four blocks down the street, on the left. If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Sunday, October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6 p.m. Location: If you have questions, email us at: Introduction@Gurdjieff-Legacy.Org or call (800) 470-3086. |
Mary Ellen Korman speaks on her new book, A Woman's Work with Gurdjieff, Ramana Maharshi, Krishnamurti, Anandamayai Ma & Pak Subuh: The Spiritual Life Journey of Ethel Merston, published by Arete Communications.