{"id":373,"date":"2021-04-10T23:44:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T23:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robcouture.com\/blog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2024-01-01T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T21:56:08","slug":"reading-gurdjieff-primary-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robcouture.com\/blog\/reading-gurdjieff-primary-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Gurdjieff: Primary Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For familiarizing oneself with Gurdjieff\u2019s writings, the following are a list of the primary texts, first publication dates, and most recent available printings of his works. Hardcover printing is assumed unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Beelzebub\u2019s Tales to His Grandson<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nAll and Everything, First Series.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-410 alignright\" style=\"margin-top: -3em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robcouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BT-Twin-Rivers-1950-Facsimile.jpg?resize=100%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1950 Harcourt, Brace &amp; Company or Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul<\/li>\n<li>1993 Two Rivers Press<\/li>\n<li>1999 Penguin Compass (paperback)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/solisscriptorium.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Solis Scriptorium (Enlarged Print)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Meetings with Remarkable Men<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAll and Everything, Second Series.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-413\" style=\"margin-top: -3em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robcouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MWRM-1963.jpg?resize=99%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1963 Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul or E.P. Dutton.<\/li>\n<li>1991 Penguin Compass (paperback)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Life Is Real Only Then, When \u201cI AM\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>All and Everything, Third Series.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-412\" style=\"margin-top: -3em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robcouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LIROTWIA-1975.jpg?resize=103%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1975 E.P. Dutton (private printing, missing the last eight pages contained in later editions)<\/li>\n<li>1981 Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul or E.P. Dutton<\/li>\n<li>1999 Penguin Arkana (paperback)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>The Herald of Coming Good<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411 alignright\" style=\"margin-top: -2em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robcouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HOCG-2017.jpg?resize=98%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1933 (private printing)<\/li>\n<li>2017 Book Studio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Transcripts<\/h2>\n<p>Authorized transcripts of group meetings can give the reader additional theoretical knowledge of the problems that students face and how Gurdjieff worked with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Paris Meetings 1943<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2017 Dolmen Meadow Editions<\/li>\n<li>Index: <a href=\"http:\/\/thebp.site\/177884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available through print-on-demand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Meetings with G.I. Gurdjieff in Paris 1944<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meetings-G-I-Gurdjieff-Paris-Translated\/dp\/B0BMJJX9J4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Solis Scriptorium edition.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Groupes de Paris, Tome I: 1943<\/em><\/strong> (French edition only)<br \/>\n<strong><em>Groupes de Paris, Tome II: 1944<\/em><\/strong> (French edition only)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2020 \u00c9ditions \u00c9oliennes (softcover)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Writings<\/h2>\n<p>Other writings of Mr. Gurdjieff that could be included among primary resources are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Struggle of the Magicians<\/li>\n<li>The Study House aphorisms<\/li>\n<li>Reliable meeting notes that have been cross-checked with multiple sources, including\u00a0<em>Gurdjieff&#8217;s Early Talks, 1914-1931<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Electronic Versions<\/h2>\n<p>There are many electronic versions of primary texts available for download but determining their edition or copy accuracy may present problems to the reader.<\/p>\n<p>Some reasonably reliable electronic versions are available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gurdjieff.work\/library\/primary-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiritual Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Misattributed and Unauthorized Texts<\/h2>\n<p>Excluded from the primary text list are texts with misattributed authorship to Gurdjieff, such as <em>In Search of Being: The Fourth Way to Consciousness<\/em>.\u00a0Also excluded from the primary text list are unauthorized revisions,\u00a0such as the 1992 Penguin hardcover version of <em>Beelzebub&#8217;s Tales<\/em>, which was significantly altered from the author\u2019s approved English version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For familiarizing oneself with Gurdjieff\u2019s writings, the following are a list of the primary texts, first publication dates, and most recent available printings of his works. Hardcover printing is assumed unless otherwise noted. 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