31.1.1937 - 7.7.2023
William Patrick Patterson war der Schüler von Lord Pentland und widmete nach dem Tod seines Lehrers sein Leben der Verbreitung der Lehre und Ideen Gurdjieffs.
Er veröffentlichte 8 Bücher und 7 Filme über Gurdjieffs Ideen.
W. P. Patterson gründete und leitete ab 1992 das Gurdjieff Journal.
W. P. Patterson organisierte in den USA zahlreiche Gurdjieff Arbeits-Gruppen und Online Kurse.
W.P. Patterson´s Gurdjieff Biographie "Gurdjieff: The Man, The Teaching, His Mission" wird von vielen Insidern als beste bisher veröffentlichte Biographie von Gurdjieff erachtet.
von W. P. Patterson veröffentlichte Bücher:
Struggle of the Magicians
Eating the I
Gurdjieff & Taking with the Left Hand
Teachers of No-Thing & Nothing
Ladies of the Rope
Spiritual Survival in a Radically Changing World-Time
Voices in the Dark: Esoteric, Occult & Secular Voices in Nazi-Occupied Paris
Gurdjieff: The Man, The Teaching, His Mission
von W. P. Patterson veröffentlichte Filme:
The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part I -
Gurdjieff in Egypt: The Origin of Esoteric Knowledge
The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part II -
Gurdjieff's Mission: Introducing The Teaching to the West, 1912–1924
The Life & Significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Part III -
Gurdjieff's Legacy: Establishing The Teaching in the West, 1924–1949
Introduction to Gurdjieff's Fourth Way: From Selves to Individual Self to The Self
Introduction to Gurdjieff's Fourth Way Vol. 2: The Movement From Sex To Love
Introduction to Gurdjieff's Fourth Way Vol. 3: What Is the Meaning of Human Life on the Planet Earth?
Spiritual Pilgrimage: Mr. Gurdjieff's Father's Grave
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