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    <body><![CDATA[Wikipedia: &quot;George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Георгий Иванович Гюрджиев, Georgiy Ivanovich Gyurdzhiev (or Gurdjiev); (January 13, 1866? – October 29, 1949), was an Armenian-Greek mystic, a teacher of sacred dances, and a spiritual teacher. He is most notable for introducing w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12376236">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These book is great...speak about the Gurdjieff life and his diferent trips around Asia and how he had some beauty meeting with wisdom men.<br/>Is a book that can help you to find a certainly true life...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second series of Gurdjieff's writings, Meetings with Remarkable Men was written, in Gurdjieff's words, &quot;to acquaint the reader with the material required for a new creation and to prove the soundness and good quality of it.&quot;   On one level, it may be read as an account of one man's adv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24290084">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An autobiography in the form of an anaolgy for the search for transcendental truth.  There really is a way of looking at the world that shatters all of your previous experiences.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Taught me to see how remarkable people are and to look for other remarkable men from the past and present]]></body>
    
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