All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Gurdjieff in Egypt: The Origin of Esoteric Knowledge

    Gurdjieff in Egypt retraces G. I. Gurdjieff's journey and his discovery of the teaching of The Fourth Way, an ancient prehistoric teaching of self-development and conscience, which he reassembled and reformulated for our time.

  • S01E02 Gurdjieff's Mission: Introducing The Teaching to the West, 1912-1924

    Gurdjieff's Mission is the first documentary to detail Gurdjieff's unwavering struggle to fulfill his mission of establishing the ancient teaching of The Fourth Way in the West. Shot on site in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Constantinople, London, Paris and New York, the 80-minute color documentary follows Gurdjieff from his arrival in Russia in 1912 through to 1924.

  • S01E03 Gurdjieff's Legacy: Establishing The Teaching in the West, 1924-1949

    Gurdjieff's Legacy tracks Mr. Gurdjieff's struggle to establish the ancient teaching of The Fourth Way in the West. The 86-minute color documentary was shot on site in Paris, Mont. St. Michel, Lascaux, London, Lyne Place, New York, New Haven, and Avon cemetery. It traces Gurdjieff's life from his near-fatal car crash in 1924 through to his giving meetings during the Nazi-occupation of Paris to his death in 1949. Examined in depth are the writing of his Legominism All and Everything and his relationships with Orage, Ouspensky and Bennett. Also included is the Rope and his final trip to the Caves of Lascaux.