In search of P. D. Ouspensky. The genius in the shadow of Gurdjieff

In the book "In search of P. D. Ouspensky" Gary Lachman is drawn to detail investigated, and little lit periods of the life and works of Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky - one of the pillars of spiritual direction, known as the Fourth way. Attracting a huge array of little-known sources and literature, the author tells how the was formed to the views of Ouspensky met Gurdjieff, how did his ideas of time, of sleep, of the highest space and mystical experience on the formation of the theory of early Russian modernism. Thousands of new readers who each year turn to the books of assumption, don't know much about his influence on the avant-garde movement of the early XX century, or about its value for such writers as Aldous Huxley and John B. Priestley.
But of course, the Central intrigue of the narrative are difficult creative and personal relationship of two strong and talented people - Peter Ouspensky and George Gurdjieff.
Book Gary Lachman is a serious scientific study, but it reads like a fascinating novel. The assumption appears to us not only an original thinker and a gifted writer, but a complex, contradictory and hesitant man searching for his way and seeks to comprehend the world around us.

What the book is about
The book tells about the life and work of P. D. Ouspensky, one of the founders of the doctrine of the "Fourth way". For a long time the identity assumption remained a mystery to his followers and disciples. Why the assumption that the seeker of knowledge, broke with Gurdjieff, his owner? Whether really it is believed by many, stole the ideas of Gurdjieff, to impersonate teachers? Or he was trying to save them from destruction at the hands of a once robust man, the founder of the School, which by all indications has gone mad? In this book, the author sheds light on some interesting details of the life of Russian mysticism.

Why is the book worth reading
"Schism" between Ouspensky and Gurdjieff is not the only mystery in the history of the formation of the "Fourth way". The author also finds answers to other puzzles in the history of the "Fourth way", until today, remained beyond the scope of the study researchers.

Who this book
The book is intended:
- for those who are close to the ideas of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, as well as the principles of the system "the Fourth way";
- for those who are interested in spirituality;
- for those who love the biographical literature.

Why did you decide to publish
Personal life Ouspensky and his relationship with Gurdjieff long been hidden by a veil of secrecy. In the circle of Schools "the Fourth way" has always existed guesswork, speculation, untold stories about the assumption and Gurdjieff - but evidence-based research about the life and work of two talented Russian mystics still existed. Book Gary Lachman is one of the few scientific works devoted to the life of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff. This material, collected bit by bit from different sources, are published in Russian for the first time.

Information about the author
Harry Lachman - American writer and musician, known for his numerous articles books about mysticism and the occult. The history of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff had fascinated him when he first - in the late ' 70s - have read p. D. Ouspensky's "In search of the miraculous". "My first impression was that I came into contact with the system of ideas, not like anything seen before; a few years later that feeling has led to the fact that I myself was engaged by Gurdjieff," describes Gary Lachman my impressions from the books of assumption.

Key concepts
School of the Fourth way, Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, machinery of the mind, psychology.