About Us
29 October 2009 was the 60th anniversary of the death of G.I. Gurdjieff. It is timely that on this date, Reijo Oksanen, who started and has run Gurdjieff Internet Guide for seven years has decided to move on to another octave and focus on getting the works of Agnes Hidveghy published.
There are four supporting members in the project including Kenneth Jonsson, who has been resposible for the database work and technical issues in the past and will continue in this role also in the future.
We are glad of the great number of contributors to the site - they form the basis on which GIG is built.
We hope to serve the Work, ourselves and you in the following way:
The Gurdjieff Internet Guide project will involve maintaining and updating the website and related websites. As a philosophy, we will attempt to ensure that the Gurdjieff Internet Guide website and related websites will serve as a non-aligned online source of information and guidance on the teaching known as the Fourth Way and in facilitating access to Gurdjieff's teaching (as transmitted and practiced by the various lineages as well as by independent groups) to the public in an unbiased manner.
GIG Project
Gurdjieff Internet Guide is being taken over by a group of people who have come together as a result of meeting through the Internet. These people are:Kristina Turner
I met the Work in 1993 through my mother and spent ten years in a group in Stockholm, Sweden. During this period I married Adam Turner and had three children, and this experience, what it means to be a woman in the work, is central to my life today. I live in England and am part of a group based in Arundel. I have a BA in English Literature and am studying for an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Culture, with a particular interest in the esoteric tradition in Renaissance drama. I worked in merchant banking for five years and went on to start a financial translation business. I have written a book on spiritual aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, with expected publication in autumn 2010.James Kim
I recently celebrated my 50th birthday; I was born in 1959. I am married to Ofelia and we have two children, Jonathan and Matthew. We live in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. I first became interested in the Gurdjieff ideas when I was in college. My first contact with a group was the Fellowship of Friends, in Boston and then in Los Angeles. I stayed with the group for 4 years. However, for various reasons, I left the group. A few years later, I got married and about the time when my second son, Matthew, was born, I joined the Gurdjieff Foundation. And this group was very different than the Fellowship of Friends. I would say that it was more practical. And I stayed with this group for 12 years. And I am currently in another Gurdjieff group and am working with Reijo for the Gurdjieff Internet Guide (GIG) which I am very excited about. The GIG brings together two of my main interests - the Gurdjieff ideas and the computer (mainly involving the Internet). My aim with GIG is to contribute in disseminating the ideas of Gurdjieff and his followers to the public as well as to personally benefit from the process.Adam Turner
Adam Turner was born in a London suburb in 1964, is married and has three children. He is an engineering graduate who works as a translator, copywriter and editor. He encountered the ideas and practices known as the Work in Sweden in 1995. Adam is a member of the team working on the Gurdjieff Internet Guide. He is currently engaged in an interesting experiment in Group Work.There are four supporting members in the project including Kenneth Jonsson, who has been resposible for the database work and technical issues in the past and will continue in this role also in the future.
We are glad of the great number of contributors to the site - they form the basis on which GIG is built.
We hope to serve the Work, ourselves and you in the following way:
Mission Statement for Gurdjieff Internet Guide
We make a pledge that we, as members of the Gurdjieff Internet Guide team, will work on the project as a group, involving all three lines of work. We pledge to strive that any results will come from our inner attitude towards the project and towards each other.The Gurdjieff Internet Guide project will involve maintaining and updating the website and related websites. As a philosophy, we will attempt to ensure that the Gurdjieff Internet Guide website and related websites will serve as a non-aligned online source of information and guidance on the teaching known as the Fourth Way and in facilitating access to Gurdjieff's teaching (as transmitted and practiced by the various lineages as well as by independent groups) to the public in an unbiased manner.
Contacts
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Link Exchange
To submit your site to be included in our links please go to www.fourthway.info. (GIG links are no longer maintained.)