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2020 

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• Sutcliffe, Steven J. and John P. Willmett. 2020. '‘The Work’: The Teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky in Russia and Beyond,' in  Caryl Emerson, George Pattison, and Randall A. Poole eds. The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 543-561.

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2018

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• Jones, Constance A. 2018. 'Gnostic sensibility in Gurdjieff’s “Work”,' in Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Jay Johnston eds. The Gnostic World. London: Routledge. 

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2017 ​

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in 2017 following three book-chapters are published within the book; Katherine Mansfield and Russia:

• Kimber, Gerri. 2017. '‘A child of the sun’: Katherine Mansfield, Orientalism and Gurdjieff,' in G. Diment, G. Kimber, & M. Todd eds. Katherine Mansfield and Russia. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 41-65.

• Butler, Pierce. 2017. '‘The only truth I really care about.’ Katherine Mansfield at the Gurdjieff Institute: A Biographical Reflection,' in G. Diment, G. Kimber, & M. Todd eds. Katherine Mansfield and Russia. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 125-150.

• Lipsey, Roger. 2017. ‘Chez Monsieur Gurdjieff,’ in G. Diment, G. Kimber, & M. Todd eds. Katherine Mansfield and Russia. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 163-172.

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2015 

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• Woodson, Jon. 2015. 'The Harlem Renaissance as Esotericism: Black Oragean Modernism,' in Esotericism in African American Religious Experience. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, pp. 102-122.

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2014 

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• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2014. 'Gurdjieff on Sex: Subtle Bodies, Si I2, and the Sex Life of a Sage,' in Bogdan H., Lewis J.R. eds. Sexuality and New Religious Movements. Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 127-148.

• Zoccatelli, PierLuigi. 2014. 'Sexual Magic and Gnosis in Colombia: Tracing the Influence of G.I. Gurdjieff on Samael Aun Weor,' in Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic eds. Occultism in a Global Perspective. New York: Routledge, pp. 135-150.

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2012

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• Pittman, Michael. 2012. 'G.I. Gurdjieff: Cosmopolitanism in the Late 19th/Early 20th Century Caucasus' in David Gallagher ed. Creoles, Diasporas, Cosmopolitanisms: The Creolization of Nations, Cultural Languages, Global Languages and Literatures. Academica Press, Palo Alto, CA, 2012, pp. 499-511.

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in 2012 following four book-chapters are published within the Handbook of Religions and Cultural Production:

• Blake, Anthony. 2012. 'Gurdjieff and the Legomonism of 'Objective Reason',' in Carole Cusack and Alex Norman eds. Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Boston: Brill, pp. 237-270.

• Petsche, Johanna J. M. 2012. 'G.I. Gurdjieff's Piano Music and its Application In and Outside 'the Work',' in Carole Cusack and Alex Norman eds. Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Boston: Brill, pp. 271-296. (this book-chapter is republished in 2017, in Religion and the Arts, see articles)

• Azize, Joseph. 2012. 'Gurdjieff's Sacred Dances and Movements,' in Carole Cusack and Alex Norman eds. Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Boston: Brill, pp. 297-330.

• Pecotic, David. 2012. From Ouspensky's 'Hobby' to Groundhog Day: The Production and Adaptation of Strange Life of Ivan Osokin,' in Carole Cusack and Alex Norman eds. Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Boston: Brill, pp. 331-350.

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2008  ​

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in 2008 G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches is published consisting of the following book-chapters:

• Pittman, Michael. 2008. 'Introduction' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. vii-xv.

• Beke, George L. 2008. 'Gurdjieff and Greek Esoteric Thought' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-12.

• Pittman, Michael. 2008. 'Laughter as Demolition and Reconstruction in Beelzebub's Tales' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 13-32.

• Watts, John Allen. 2008. 'Introduction to the Gurdjieff-de Hartmann Piano Music' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 33-43.

• Pittman, Michael. 2008. 'Preliminary Remarks on Soul-Making in Beelzebub's Tales' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 44-56.

• Gonzalez, Otto. 2008. 'Gurdjieff's View of War' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 57-67.

• Pittman, Michael. 2008. 'Gurdjieff's View of Education in Beelzebub's Tales' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 68-76.

• Firestone, Lillian. 2008. Gurdjieff and the Education of Children' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 77-84.

• Gonzalez, Otto. 2008. The Transformation of Substances and Human Meaning' in Michael Pittman ed. G.I. Gurdjieff: Armenian Roots, Global Branches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 85-94.

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1996 

 

in 1996, Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings is published. Here below you will find list of ten book-chapters from this book which are listed under the headings 'Gurdjieff and the Modern World' (4-articles) and 'Comparative Studies' (6 articles). The rest of the 33 pieces are NOT listed because from the perspective of this study they are primary sources that belong to Mr. Gurdjieff and his pupils.

• Finch, Henry Leroy. 1996. The Sacred Cosmos: Teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 8-29.

• Brook, Peter. 1996. The Secret Dimension' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 30-36.

• Nicolescu, Basarab.1996. Gurdjieff's Philosophy of Nature' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 37-69.

• Needleman, Jacob. 1996. Gurdjieff, or the Metaphysics of Energy' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 70-85.

• Choisnel, Jacques.1996. An Unfinished Creation: A Christian Understanding of Gurdjieff's Teaching' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 200-213.

• Ravindra, Ravi. 1996. Gurdjieff Work and The Teaching of Krishna' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 214-224.

• Random, Michel. 1996. The Men of Blame and The Fourth Way' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 225-232.

• Desjardins, Arnaud. 1996. Homage to Gurdjieff' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 233-236.

• Decant, Patrick. 1996. Automatism and Consciousness' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 237-260.

• Camus, Michel. 1996. From Consciousness of the Body to 'The Body of Consciousness',' in Jacob Needleman and George Baker eds. Gurdjieff: Essays and Reflections on the Man and His Teachings (New York: Continuum, 2004 [1996]) pp. 261-270.

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1994

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• Moore, James. 1994. 'Katherine Mansfield and Gurdjieff’s Sacred Dance,' in Roger Robinson ed. Katherine Mansfield: In From the Margin. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, pp. 188-200.

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1975  

 

• Riordian, Kathleen. 1975. 'Gurdjieff,' in Charles T. Tart ed. Transpersonal Psychologies. New York: Harper and Row, pp. 281-328. 

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