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2020 

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• Burmistrov, Konstantin Yu. 2020. Gurdjieff in Constantinople,' Aries. Advance Articles, pp. 1-40.

• Woodson, Jon. 2020. "to be cuckolded in a mood indigo": Melvin Tolson's Harlem Renaissance as Brood Parasitism,' Academia Letters. Article 82.

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in 2020 Aries of BRILL published a special issue on Gurdjieff; following 5 articles:

• Azize, Joseph. 2020. ‘Assessing Borrrowing: The Case of Gurdjieff,’ Aries. 20, 1, pp. 1-30. 

• Cusack, Carole M. 2020. ‘The Enneagram: G.I. Gurdjieff's Esoteric Symbol,’ Aries. 20, 1, pp. 31-54.

• Giudice, Christian. 2020. ‘The Master's Voice: The Hidden Gurdjieff in the Music and Art of Franco Battiato,’ Aries. 20, 1, pp. 55-80.

• Seamon, David. 2020. ‘Understanding the Esoteric through Progressive Awareness: The Case of Gurdjieff’s Law of Three as Elaborated by J.G. Bennett’s Six Triads,’ Aries. 20, 1, pp. 81-107.

• Willmett, John. 2020. 'Tradition, Esotericism, Secrecy and Hiddenness in the Gospel Studies of P.D. Ouspensky and Maurice Nicoll,' Aries. 20, 1, pp. 108-136.​

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in 2020 Correspondences published a special issue on Gurdjieff and Esotericism

• Cusack, Carole M. 2020. Editorial Introduction ‘G.I. Gurdjieff and the Work: Transformations of an Esoteric Teaching,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 147-156.

• Azize, Joseph. 2020. ‘Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 157-217.

• Pittman, Michael.2020. ‘Deliteralizing Christianity: Gurdjieff and Almznoshinoo,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 219-254.

• Karalis, Vrasidas2020. ‘Gurdjieff and C. G. Jung: Life Is Real Only Then, When ‘I Am’ and the Question of Individuation,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 255-280.

• Cusack, Carole M. 2020. ‘The Fourth Way and the Internet: Esotericism, Secrecy, and Hiddenness in Plain Sight,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 281-306.

• Blake, Anthony. 2020. Supplementary Essay: ‘Understanding What is Esoteric,’ Correspondences. 8, 2, pp. 1-25.

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2019  

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• Maltabarova, Makhabbad. 2019. 'The Concept of Human Self: George Gurdjieff's Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson,' Correspondences. 2, pp. 441-464.

• Nicolescu, Basarab and Paul Beekman Taylor. 2019. 'Brancusi and Gurdjieff,' Literature & Aesthetics. 29, 2, pp. 184-199.

• Woodson, Jon. 2019. 'Augusta Savage’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (The Harp) as a Work of “Objective” Art,' Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures. 3, 1, pp. 101-118.

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2018

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• Blake, Anthony. 2018. 'The Fourth Way: A Hazardous Path (Part 2),' Literature & Aesthetics. 28, 1, pp. 101-156.

• Rodrigues, Gabriela Santos and Antonio Jaeger. 2018. 'Source Memory and Cognitive Control in Gurdjieff Mediators,' Mindfullness. 9, 11, pp. 1736-1747.

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2017 

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• Swanson, Cecily. 2017. '"Language of Behavior": Gurdjieff and the Emergence of Modernist Autobiography,' Modernism/Modernity. 24, 4, pp. 695-721.

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in 2017 Religion and the Arts of BRILL published two special issues on G.I. Gurdjieff, The Arts, and the Production of Culture; following editorial introduction and 10 articles:

• Cusack, Carole M. 2017. Editor’s Introduction: G.I. Gurdjieff, the Arts, and the Production of Culture,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 1-9.

• Blake, Anthony. 2017. The Fourth Way: A Hazardous Path,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 11-39.

• Azize, Joseph. 2017. ‘The Readiness is All: Gurdjieff’s Art of the “Preparation”,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 40-69. 

• Petsche, Johanna J. M.2017. G. I. Gurdjieff’s Piano Music and Its Application in and outside “The Work”,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 70-95.

• Cusack, Carole M. 2017. The Contemporary Context of Gurdjieff’s Movements,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 96-122.

• Pittman, Michael. 2017. Gurdjieff, Art, and the Legominism of Ashiata Shiemash,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 123-149.

• Seamon, David. 2017. “Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes”: Understanding Aesthetic Experience via Gurdjieff’s Phenomenology of Human Being,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 150-175.

• Karalis, Vrasidas. 2017. Gurdjieff beyond the Personality Cult: Reading the Work and Its Re-Workings: Notes on René Zuber’s ‘Who are You Monsieur Gurdjieff?’,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 176-188.

• O'Rawe, Ricki. 2017. “Should We Try to Self Remember While Playing Snakes and Ladders?”: Dr. Gambit as Gurdjieff in Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet (1950),' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 189-208.

• Christof, Catharine. 2017. Gurdjieff in the Theater: The Fourth Way of Jerzy Grotowski,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 209-235.

• Robertson, David G. 2017. “Turning Ourselves”: Fripp, Bennett, Gurdjieff,' Religion and the Arts. 21, 1-2, pp. 236-258.

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2016 

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• Kane, Paul. 2016. 'Work: Emerson, Wittgenstein, Gurdjieff,' Spiritus. 16, pp. 110-113.

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in 2016 Fieldwork in Religion of EQUINOX published a special issue on Fieldwork on G.I. Gurdjieff and the"Work"; 

following editorial introduction and 6 articles:

• Cusack, Carole M. 2016. ‘Editorial Introduction: Fieldwork on G.I. Gurdjieff and the “Work”,’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 5-9

• Azize, Joseph. 2016. ‘Biographical Studies of G. I. Gurdjieff,’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 10-35 

• Pittman, Michael. 2016. ‘Through the Lens of Gurdjieff: Glimpses of Contemporary Sufism in Turkey,’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 36-52 

• Petsche, Johanna J. M.2016. ‘The Sacred Dance of the Enneagram: The History and Meanings behind G. I. Gurdjieff’s Enneagram Movements,’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 53-75 

• Willmett, John and Steven J. Sutcliffe. 2016. ‘Issues in Accessing a Gurdjieffian Tradition: Lessons from a Study of Maurice Nicoll (1884–1953),’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 76-90

• Cusack, Carole M. and David Pecotic. 2016. ‘The (World Wide) Work 2.0: The Gurdjieff Tradition Online,’ Fieldwork in Religion. 11, 1, pp. 71-103

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2015 ​

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in 2015 International Journal for the Study of New Religions of EQUINOX published a special issue on Gurdjieff;

following editorial introduction and 5 articles:

• Sutcliffe, Steven J. and Carole M. Cusack. 2015. ‘Editorial Introduction: G.I. Gurdjieff and the Study of Religion/s,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 109-114.

• Sutcliffe, Steven J. 2015. ‘Gurdjieff as a Bricoleur: Understanding the "Work" as a Bricolage,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 117-135.

• Azize, Joseph. 2015. ‘The Practice of Contemplation in the Work of Gurdjieff,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 139-156.

• Cusack, Carole M. 2015. ‘Intentional Communities in the Gurdjieff Teaching,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 159-176.

• Pittman, Michael. 2015. ‘Orality and Refractions of Early Literary Textualizations in Gurdjieff’s <Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson>,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 179-195.

• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2015. ‘Gurdjieffian Overtones in Leon MacLaren’s School of Economic Science,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 6, 2, pp. 109-114.

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2014 

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• ​​Woodson, Jon. 2014. 'Maxwell Perkins and the Oragean Modernist Literary "'Network'": esoteric communication in the modernist comic-satiric novel,' FlashPoint. Vol. 16.

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in 2014 Journal for the Academic Study of Religion of EQUINOX published a special issue on Gurdjieff;

following editorial introduction and 6 articles

• Cusack, Carole M. 2014. ‘Editorial Introduction: G.I. Gurdjieff,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 259-261.

• Sutcliffe, Steven J. 2014. ‘Hard Work: Locating Gurdjieff in the Study of Religion/s,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 262-284.

• Azize, Joseph. 2014. ‘Fasting in Christianity and Gurdjieff,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 285-302.

• Karalis, Vrasidas. 2014. ‘Situating G. I. Gurdjieff’s Meetings With Remarkable Men,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 303-324.

• Cusack, Carole M. 2014. ‘Gurdjieff and Katherine Mansfield Redux: Alma de Groen’s ‘The Rivers of China’,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 325-345.

• Petsche, Johanna J. M.2014. ‘The Value of E. J. Gold: Unearthing the Real Mr. G.,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 346-366.

• Pecotic, David. 2014. ‘Mountains Analogous? The Academic Urban Legend of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cult Film Adaptation of René Daumal’s Esoteric Novel,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 27, 3, pp. 367-387.

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2013

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• Azize, Joseph. 2013. ‘"The Four Ideals”: A Contemplative Exercise by Gurdjieff,’ Aries. 13, 2, pp. 173-203.

• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2013. ‘A Gurdjieff Genealogy: Tracing the Manifold Ways the Gurdjieff Teaching has Travelled,’ International Journal for the Study of New Religions.  4, 1, pp.1-25.

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2012

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• Woodson, Jon. 2012. “Melvin B. Tolson and Oragean Modernism: A Few Notes on the Problem of Esoteric Writers in American Literature,” FlashPoint. Vol. 14.

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2011  

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• Cusack, Carole M. 2011. ‘An Enlightened Life in Text and Image: G. I. Gurdjieff‟s Meetings With Remarkable Men (1963) and Peter Brook‟s Meetings With Remarkable Men (1979),’ Literature & Aesthetics. 21, 1, pp. 72-97.

• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2011. ‘Gurdjieff and Blavatsky: Western Esoteric Teachers in Parallel,’ Literature & Aesthetics. 21, 1, pp. 98-115.

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2010  

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• Azize, Joseph. 2010. ‘Solar Mysticism in Gurdjieff and Neoplatonism,’ Crossroads. 5, 1, pp. 18-26.

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2009  

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• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2009. ‘Channelling the Creative: Keith Jarrett's Spiritual Beliefs Through a Gurdjieffian Lens,’ Literature & Aesthetics. 19, 2, pp. 138-158.

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2008  

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• Cescato, Mark Stephen. 2008. ‘The Psychology of George Gurdjieff: Implications for Counseling,' CPH Journal: Counselling in the Asia Pacific Rim: A Coming Together of Neighbours Special Issue. 4, 1, pp. 35-53.

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2007  

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• Cescato, Mark Stephen. 2007. ‘The Psychology of George Gurdjieff: Part 1,’ The International Journal of the Humanities. 5, 6, pp. 147-156.

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2005  

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• Wellbeloved, Sophia, 2005. ‘Gurdjieff, 'old' or 'New Age': Aristotle or Astrology?,' Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies. 1, pp. 75-88.

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2004

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• Pecotic, David. 2004. ‘Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way: Giving Voice to Further Alterity in the Study of Western Esotericism,’ Sydney Studies in Religion. 5, pp. 86-120.

• Tamdgidi, Mohammed. 2004. 'Freire Meets Gurdjieff and Rumi: Toward the Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Oppressive Selves,' The Discourse of Sociological Practice. 6, 2, pp. 165-185.

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2003  

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• Rauve, Rebecca. 2003. 'An Intersection of Interests: Gurdjieff's Rope Group as a Site of Literary Production,’ Twentieth Century Literature. 49, 1, pp. 46-81.

• Tamdgidi, Mohammed. 2003. 'Marx, Gurdjieff, and Mannheim: Contested Utopistics of Self and Society in a World-History Context,' in Social Theories, Student Realities. pp. 102-120 (Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge: Volume II, Issue 1,  2003)

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2002  

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• Lappin, Linda. 2002. The Ghosts of Fontainebleau,’ Southwest Review. 87, 1, pp. 29-48.

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2001

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• Wellbeloved, Sophia, 2001. 'Changes in G. I. Gurdjieff’s Teaching ‘The Work’,’ (paper presented at the 2001 Conference (CESNUR-INFORM) in London).

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1998

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• Wellbeloved, Sophia. 1998. ‘G.I. Gurdjieff: Some References to Love,’ Journal of Contemporary Religion. 13, 3, pp. 321-332.

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1994

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• Moore, James. 1994. ‘Moveable Feasts: The Gurdjieff Work,’ Religion Today. 9, 2, pp. 11-16.

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1992  

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• Moore, James. 1992. ‘New Lamps for Old: The Enneagram Debacle,’ Religion Today. 8, 1, pp. 8-12.

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1990

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• Seamon, David. 1990. 'Gurdjieff's Presentation of Emotions: Toward a Phenomenology of Affective Experience,' The Humanist Psychologist. 18, 3, pp. 279-300.

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1989

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• Moore, James. 1989. ‘The Enneagram: a Developmental Study,’ Religion Today. 5, 3, pp. 1-5.

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1986

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• Moore, James. 1986. ‘Gurdjieffian Groups in Britain,’ Religion Today. 3, 2, pp. 1-4.

• Moore, James. 1986. 'Neo‐Sufism: The case of Idries Shah,' Religion Today. 3, 3, pp. 4-8.

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1976 

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• Meyers, Jeffrey. 1976. 'Katherine Mansfield, Gurdjieff, and Lawrence's "Mother and Daughter",' Twentieth Century Literature. 22, 4, pp. 444-453.

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1951  

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• Burch, George Bosworth. 1951. 'The Philosophy of P.D. Ouspensky,' The Review of Metaphysics. 5, 2. pp. 247-268

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