PD Ouspensky

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PD Ouspensky

PD Ouspensky ( Russian Пётр Демьянович Успенский , transcription Pyotr Demjanowitsch Uspenski, scientific. Transliteration Pëtr Dem'janovič Uspensky , even Peter or Pyotr D. Ouspensky ; * 4. March 1878 in Moscow , † 2. October 1947 in Lyne Place , Surrey ) was one Russian , and later in England acting esoteric writers , of an important disciple of George Gurdjieff and as such one of the main representatives of the so-called Fourth way was.

Life

Ouspensky took an early interest in literature and mathematics . In 1905 he wrote his first novel The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin . A short time later he began to be interested in the theosophical literature, which was forbidden in what was then Russia . Subsequently he dealt with the question of how a synthesis between science, religion and mysticism could be brought about. This was followed by extensive trips to the Orient and Egypt . Back in Saint Petersburg , he devoted himself to the study of yoga , magic and occultism .

This phase was followed by further trips through India and Ceylon . His goal was to find a school where he could learn “the hidden laws of our world and the universe”. However, due to the outbreak of World War I , he returned to Moscow in 1915 and met Georges I. Gurdjieff in Petersburg. He was convinced that he had found a teacher in Gurdjieff who could impart the knowledge he was looking for. This encounter ultimately resulted in an intensive collaboration lasting several years. Due to the turmoil of the October Revolution , Gurdjieff and a group of his students, including Ouspensky, traveled through various countries to Constantinople , where both paths parted in 1920.

Ouspensky's more formal-mathematical thinking ultimately led to tensions between him and his teacher Gurdjieff, who founded the Institute for the Harmonic Development of Man in Fontainebleau near Paris in 1922 . Ouspensky finally broke with Gurdjieff in 1924, but remained true to his teachings and worked in London with his own group of students to understand the teachings mainly presented by Gurdjieff in the years 1915 to 1918 and to supplement missing areas. In Search of the Wonderful , one of his most famous works, in which he presents Gurdjieff's teachings , also dates from this time .

literature

Works

  • The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin. Novel. From the English by Rolf Gleichmann. Sphinx-Verlag, Basel 1984, ISBN 3-85914-415-4 .
  • Tertium organum. The third canon of thought. A key to the riddles of the world. Translated from the English by François Grunwald. 3. Edition. Barth, Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3502674801 . ( online; English )
  • A new model of the universe. The principles of the psychological method as applied to problems of science, religion and art. Translated from the English by François Grunwald. 2nd edition, Barth, Basel 1986, ISBN 3-85914-173-2 .
  • In search of the wonderful. The teaching of the great master GI Gurdjieff. From the American by Arnold Keyserling and Louise March. New edition. Barth, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-29187-0 . ( PDF file; English; 4.2 MB ( Memento from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))
  • The psychology of the possible evolution of man. Translated from the English by François Grunwald and Peter Sineokow. 6th edition. Ryvellus at Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2008, ISBN 978-3-89060-521-0 .
  • The fourth way. Recordings of Ouspensky's conversations at his meetings in London and New York in 1921–1946, sorted by subject. Instructions for the development of the true human potential according to GI Gurdjieff. From the English by Rolf Gleichmann. advaitaMedia, Saunstorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-936718-30-0 .
  • Consciousness and conscience. The search for truth. From the English by Rolf Gleichmann. Sphinx, Basel 1982, ISBN 3-85914-141-4 .
  • Conversations with a devil. Aurum-Verlag, Freiburg am Breisgau, 1976, ISBN 3-591-08028-4 .

Secondary literature

  • Peter McGregor Eadie (Ed.): PD Ouspensky - Commemorative Issue. (The Bridge No. 12). The Study Society, London 1997, OCLC 938851380 .
  • Olga and Thomas de Hartmann : Expeditions into the wonderful - Our life with Mr. Gurdjieff. Chalice, Xanten 2019, ISBN 978-3-942914-39-0 .
  • Bob Hunter: Don't Forget: PD Ouspensky's Life of Self-remembering. Bardic Press, California 2006, ISBN 0-9745667-7-2 .
  • Gary Lachman : In Search of PD Ouspensky. The Genius in the Shadow of Gurdjieff. Quest Edition, Wheaton 2004, ISBN 0-8356-0840-9 .
  • William Patrick Patterson: Struggle of the Magicians. Exploring the teacher-student relationship. Why Uspenskii left Gurdjieff. Arete Communications, Fairfax 1996, ISBN 1-879514-80-X .
  • Robert S. de Ropp (Ed.): Talks by Madame Ouspensky. Philogos Press, Manchester 1984, OCLC 40818310 .
  • Merrily E. Taylor (Ed.): Remembering Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky. Yale University Library, New Haven 1978, OCLC 13612215 .
  • James Webb : The Harmonious Circle: The Lives and Work of GI Gurdjieff, PD Ouspensky, and Their Followers. Putnam Publishing, New York 1980, ISBN 0-399-11465-3 .
  • Colin Wilson : The Strange Life of PD Ouspensky. Aquarian / Thorsons, 1993, ISBN 1-85538-079-X .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Ouspensky, PD
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Пётр Демьянович Успенский; Uspensky, Pyotr Demjanowitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian esotericist and writer, Gurdjieff student
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1947
Place of death Lyne Place ( Surrey )