  George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff took a special oath in 1911 in which he would devote 21 years to introduce and establish the teaching of the Fourth Way in the West. Gurdjieff's idea was to establish an institute to train helper-instructors to disseminate the teaching. He began in Russia in 1912, but the Russian Revolution a few years later made his stay there impossible. Subsequent attempts to establish the institute in Constantinople, Germany and England failed. Finally, in 1922, Gurdjieff established The Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in Fontainbleau, France, about 40 miles from Paris. Shortly afterwards, he made his initial trip to America. Less than two years after opening the Institute, Gurdjieff was involved in a near fatal car crash. This shock brought the realization that there was not enough time to train his helper-instructors. Six weeks later he closed the Institute. |
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