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Getting Started and Deepening on the Wisdom Path

Find some of our suggested starting points and recommendations for both newcomers to the Wisdom path, and for more seasoned students ready to take their learning and practice to a deeper level.

In the podcast series Imaginal Inspirations, David Lorimer talks to Cynthia Bourgeault about the experiences, people and books that have shaped her life and work.

These are the commentaries that Cynthia and Rave worked with over many months at the monastery. They are essential and practical commentaries on fourth way inner work.

This is a difficult but primary resource for those who who are working with Gurdjieff’s fourth way inner work exercises.

Cynthia’s recent teaching has drawn heavily from this book by Jean Gebser. Many of her wisdom school students are actively studying this volume.

This is the source book that Cynthia used for her Mystical Courage exercises. Many of Cynthia’s wisdom school students are working regularly with Gurdjieff’s fourth way contemplative exercises described by Joseph Azize.

“A Silhouette of The Inner Body” by Josh Denny was posted on Facebook May 10, 2022 and is here shared with permission.

I have been working with the Gurdjieff exercises for the last year or so. Recently I’ve begun to experience a hazy sleepiness. Any ideas with what might be going on and how to work with this?

In this video interview Cynthia Bourgeault joins Garrison Institute founder Jonathan F.P. Rose for a conversation on the Common Good…

This is an insightful and groundbreaking study of evil, used by Cynthia in her Wisdom Schools on Evil, but has some challenging and problematic aspects.

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Getting Started and Deepening on the Wisdom Path

Imaginal Inspirations: An Interview with Cynthia Bourgeault

Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky: Volumes 1-6

Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson

The Ever-Present Origin

Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises

The Kesdjan Body by Josh Denny

Concentrate Yourself

Cynthia Bourgeault on The Common Good – Video Interview

People of the Lie by Scott Peck