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Ouspensky's Fourth Way: The Story of the Further Development and Completion of P.D. Ouspensky's Work by Dr Francis Roles
Ouspensky has long been recognised as a pioneering genius in the fields of philosophy and self-development, but for lack of eyewitness accounts the end of his life has remained a mystery and represented by biographers only as a sad decline. For the first time, unpublished accounts by some of his close associates show that the last months of Ouspensky's life were a triumph and a vindication of all the exigencies he had overcome in his lifelong search for truth.
This book goes on to tell the story of the reconstruction of Ouspensky's work led by Dr Francis Roles who established his own school of the Fourth Way in London in the 1950s with the primary aim of making a new, living connection with the 'inner circle' - the original source of Gurdjieff's 'fragments of an unknown teaching' that were the basis of Ouspensky's practical philosophy.
In 1960 Francis Roles was introduced to the Shankaracharya of North India, Maharaj Shantananda Saraswati, in whom he at last recognised all the criteria Ouspensky had described that would mark out a fully realised man of the inner circle.
For the next 20 years Francis Roles maintained this inspirational relationship and developed a practical synthesis of eastern and western approaches to self-development - always relating his teaching to the framework of 20th century science and medicine.
'This is essential reading, a remarkable book, clear and compelling, that throws an entirely new light on the further development of Ouspensky's Fourth Way teaching.'
Dr Peter Fenwick. The Scientific & Medical Network
'Students of the Enneagram around the world will find this book a uniquely rich source of genuinely new insight and understanding.'
Dr Charles Keck. The Naranjo Institute, London
This book goes on to tell the story of the reconstruction of Ouspensky's work led by Dr Francis Roles who established his own school of the Fourth Way in London in the 1950s with the primary aim of making a new, living connection with the 'inner circle' - the original source of Gurdjieff's 'fragments of an unknown teaching' that were the basis of Ouspensky's practical philosophy.
In 1960 Francis Roles was introduced to the Shankaracharya of North India, Maharaj Shantananda Saraswati, in whom he at last recognised all the criteria Ouspensky had described that would mark out a fully realised man of the inner circle.
For the next 20 years Francis Roles maintained this inspirational relationship and developed a practical synthesis of eastern and western approaches to self-development - always relating his teaching to the framework of 20th century science and medicine.
'This is essential reading, a remarkable book, clear and compelling, that throws an entirely new light on the further development of Ouspensky's Fourth Way teaching.'
Dr Peter Fenwick. The Scientific & Medical Network
'Students of the Enneagram around the world will find this book a uniquely rich source of genuinely new insight and understanding.'
Dr Charles Keck. The Naranjo Institute, London
408 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2015
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August 20, 2018
This book changed my life. It brings esoteric knowledge passed down through the ages all the way up to the modern day. A must have for any individual interested in developing a better understanding of the universe.
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It is through using the knowledge brought forth within these pages that I have been able to have a miraculous recovery of my mental health having completely conquered my Bipolar disorder. It is easily palatable to everyone and needs no prior understanding of the subject material.
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