William Patrick Patterson is the author of many books on the Fourth Way. His earlier books were: Struggle of the Magicians, which explores the teacher-student relationship as seen through the lives of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, A. R. Orage, Jean Toomer and J. G. Bennett; and Eating the "I", a spiritual autobiography and the first modern book to show the teaching in action.
Author/Artist: William Patrick Patterson
ISBN: 1879514877
Publisher: Arete Communications
First published: 2009
Explores the seminal teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way in great and original depth through a detailed introduction, illustrative meetings, and probes and essays of key esoteric ideas and practices of how to self-awaken in this radically changing world-time. In this seventh and final book on Gurdjieff's teaching, William Patrick Patterson warns that unless we learn to control Technology, it will control us. We will lose our spiritual heritage and simply become machine-like worker ants. Patterson holds that Technology is not different from us - it is simply our rational part developed to an extraordinary degree. To understand it, we must first understand ourselves and our potential which is the focus of the teaching. --Arizona Networking News
William Patrick Patterson's books become more profound and exciting as time goes on. Spiritual Survival is one of the best so far, full of wonderful insights. --Colin Wilson, author, War Against Sleep