Probably no figure of our time has excited at once more enthusiasm and controversy among serious intellectuals seeking spiritual guidance than Georgi ivanovitch Gurdjieff. According, the editor of Studies in Comparative Religion engaged Whitall N. Perry, who as author of A Treausry of Traditional Wisdom is recognized for his impartiality, to devote a series of articles that world pierce through the obscurity and get to the real facts of the master. Thisbook is the result of that research. Whatever be the opinion of Gurdjieff gained by the reader, one thing certain is that he or she will come away with a far clearer understanding of the background, teaching, and phenomenon perse than has ever been accessible before.