Skip to content

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Jeanne De Salzmann


From the publisher

Based on notebooks kept by G.I. Gurdjieff's closest follower, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teachings--a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity. It is a complete and uniquely authoritative guide to the great teacher's ideas and to his methods for liberating ourselves from the state of "waking sleep" in which most of us live our lives. Gurdjieff respected traditional religious practices, which he regarded as falling into three general categories or "ways": the Way of the Fakir, related to mastery of the physical body; the Way of the Monk, based on faith and feeling; and the Way of the Yogi, which focuses on development of the mind. He presented his teaching as a Fourth Way that integrated these three aspects into a single path of self-knowledge. Progress in the Fourth Way comes through conscious effort toward a quality of thinking and feeling that brings a new capacity to see clearly and to love.

Details

  • Title The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
  • Author Jeanne De Salzmann
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Shambhala Publications, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-07-27
  • ISBN 9781590308158 / 1590308158
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.36 x 1.13 in (23.42 x 16.15 x 2.87 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Spiritual life, Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010006464
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.93

About the author

Jeanne de Salzmann (1889-1990) was born in France and pursued a career in music, dance, and theater. She met Gurdjieff in 1919 and became his closest pupil. Before his death in 1949, Gurdjieff directed de Salzmann to continue his work worldwide. She founded centers in New York, Paris, London, and Caracas, Venezuela. Madame, as she was called with respect, was an esteemed teacher in her own right, transmitting the Gurdjieff Work and especially his "Movements," or sacred dances.
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by De Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
  • first
Condition
Used - fine/fine
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$31.34
$13.75 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala Publications Inc, 2010. First Edition. fine/fine. fine book in fine dw 1st edition Shambhala Publications 2010 1st print hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
Item Price
$31.34
$13.75 shipping to USA
The Reality of Being : The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Reality of Being : The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by De Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Reno, Nevada, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$26.49
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Item Price
$26.49
FREE shipping to USA
THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

by de Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
  • first
Condition
Used - Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket; A few prelim pages corner creased due to production error.
Edition
First edition
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Richmond, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$33.00
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket; A few prelim pages corner creased due to production error.. 320 pages. Based on notebooks kept by Madame de Salzmann, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teaching—a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity. It is a complete and uniquely authoritative guide to the great teacher's ideas and to his methods for liberating ourselves from the state of waking sleep in which most of us live our lives.Madame de Salzmann's writings will challenge longtime followers and even confound readers who are unfamiliar with Gurdjieff's teaching. Everyone will have the opportunity to recognize the limits of his or her understanding, that is, open to a sense of the unknown that Madame would call the threshold to reality."Man remains a mystery to himself. He has a nostalgia for Being, a longing for duration, for permanence, for absoluteness—a longing to be. Yet everything that constitutes… Read More
Item Price
$33.00
$5.00 shipping to USA
THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

by de Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
Condition
Used - Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.
Edition
Second printing
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Richmond, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$38.50
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010. Second printing. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. 320 pages. Based on notebooks kept by Madame de Salzmann, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teaching—a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity. It is a complete and uniquely authoritative guide to the great teacher's ideas and to his methods for liberating ourselves from the state of waking sleep in which most of us live our lives.Madame de Salzmann's writings will challenge longtime followers and even confound readers who are unfamiliar with Gurdjieff's teaching. Everyone will have the opportunity to recognize the limits of his or her understanding, that is, open to a sense of the unknown that Madame would call the threshold to reality."Man remains a mystery to himself. He has a nostalgia for Being, a longing for duration, for permanence, for absoluteness—a longing to be. Yet everything that constitutes his life is temporary, ephemeral, limited. He aspires to… Read More
Item Price
$38.50
$5.00 shipping to USA
The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by Jeanne De Salzmann

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used: Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$40.98
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010-07-27. Hardcover. Used: Good.
Item Price
$40.98
FREE shipping to USA
THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

by de Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
Condition
Used - Hardbound in fine condition in very good dust jacket.
Edition
First printing
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Richmond, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$44.00
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010. First printing. Hardbound in fine condition in very good dust jacket.. 320 pages. Based on notebooks kept by Madame de Salzmann, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teaching—a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity. It is a complete and uniquely authoritative guide to the great teacher's ideas and to his methods for liberating ourselves from the state of waking sleep in which most of us live our lives.Madame de Salzmann's writings will challenge longtime followers and even confound readers who are unfamiliar with Gurdjieff's teaching. Everyone will have the opportunity to recognize the limits of his or her understanding, that is, open to a sense of the unknown that Madame would call the threshold to reality."Man remains a mystery to himself. He has a nostalgia for Being, a longing for duration, for permanence, for absoluteness—a longing to be. Yet everything that constitutes his life is temporary, ephemeral, limited. He aspires to another… Read More
Item Price
$44.00
$5.00 shipping to USA
The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by De Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Clean & Unmarked
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Portland, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$45.00
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010-07-26. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked/Very Good. 6x1x9. Slight overall wear, visible mostly at edges of book and jacket. Gently read with clean text and a sturdy binding.
Item Price
$45.00
$5.00 shipping to USA
THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

THE REALITY OF BEING: THE FOURTH WAY OF GURDJIEFF

by de Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
Condition
New cloth bound in dust jacket.
Edition
First printing
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Richmond, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$66.00
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010. First printing. New cloth bound in dust jacket.. 320 pages. Based on notebooks kept by Madame de Salzmann, this book offers new insight on his spiritual teaching—a way of gnosis or "knowledge of being" passed on from remote antiquity. It is a complete and uniquely authoritative guide to the great teacher's ideas and to his methods for liberating ourselves from the state of waking sleep in which most of us live our lives.Madame de Salzmann's writings will challenge longtime followers and even confound readers who are unfamiliar with Gurdjieff's teaching. Everyone will have the opportunity to recognize the limits of his or her understanding, that is, open to a sense of the unknown that Madame would call the threshold to reality."Man remains a mystery to himself. He has a nostalgia for Being, a longing for duration, for permanence, for absoluteness—a longing to be. Yet everything that constitutes his life is temporary, ephemeral, limited. He aspires to another order, another life,… Read More
Item Price
$66.00
$5.00 shipping to USA
The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by De Salzmann, Jeanne

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Diego, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$81.15
$5.45 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala, 2010-07-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Item Price
$81.15
$5.45 shipping to USA
THE REALITY OF BEING The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
More Photos

THE REALITY OF BEING The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

by De Salzmann, Jeanne

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
New in New dust jacket
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781590308158 / 1590308158
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lenore, Idaho, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$99.99
$5.00 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Shambhala. New in New dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. NEW; 8.9 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 320 pages .
Item Price
$99.99
$5.00 shipping to USA