Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. — 264 p.
This book explores the life and ideas of the enigmatic twentieth century philosopher, mystic, and teacher of esoteric dances George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, performing a hermeneutic textual analysis of all his writings to illuminate the place of hypnosis in his teaching. Foreword by J. Walter Driscoll.
Mohammad Tamdgidi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.