Fourth Way

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The Fourth Way is spiritual teacher George Gurdjieff's approach to human spiritual growth, developed by him over years of travel in the East (c. 1890 – 1912), and taught to followers in subsequent years. Gurdjieff's students often refer to the Fourth Way as "The Work" or "Work on oneself". The exact source of his teaching is unknown, but Gurdjieff indicated that the knowledge was known to man in the past and he had gathered it from attending various monasteries and from meetings with remarkable men. The term "Fourth Way" was used by his pupil P. D. Ouspensky in his book In Search of the Miraculous, which provides a detailed account of Gurdjieff's teaching as it was conveyed directly to him; and also in his own lectures and writings. After Ouspensky's death, his students published a book entitled The Fourth Way based on his lectures. According to Ouspensky, the three traditional schools, or ways, "are permanent forms which have survived throughout history mostly unchanged. Where schools...

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