On a Spaceship with Beelzebub by David Kherdian

On a Spaceship with Beelzebub by David Kherdian

GURDJIEF / SPIRITUALITY Simple, direct, uncompromising, bluntly even brutally honest. . . .Anyone who has ever been in the Work will be fascinated. . . .a genuinely original book. --John Anthony West, author of Serpent in the Sky A brave attempt to describe the indescribable. --The New York Times Book Review Kherdian's story should be required reading for serious students of Gurdjieff. --Charles Tart, author of Waking Up and Altered States of Consciousness Lively, personal and intense. . . . a thoughtful book. . . .honest and penetrating. --Gnosis Acclaimed author David Kherdian gives us the inside story of the powerful Gurdjieff Work of self-transformation, in which individuals increase their capacity for self-awareness by freeing themselves from conditioned patterns.The inspiring story of Kherdian's own awakening will resonate deeply with others undertaking spiritual quests. Drawing on his own decades of intense study and application of Gurdjieff 's philosophy, Kherdian offers a stirring account of transformation, as well as a warning of the real dangers inherent in being a member of any spiritual group. DAVID KHERDIAN is the author of over fifty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. His book The Road from Home was nominated for the National Book Award and won the Newbery Honor Book Award, The Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, and The Jane Addams Peace Award. He has also won the Friends of American Writers Award. He lives in Sebastopol, California, with his wife, Nonny Hogrogian, an award-winning children's book author and illustrator.

Kherdian, David: - David Kherdian is an internationally acclaimed author of 73 books, 23 of them poetry. David's biography of his mother (The Road from Home) the sole survivor of her family during the Armenian genocide, has been continuously in print for 36 years, and has been translated into seventeen languages. His longstanding dedication to ethnic American literature led to the production of three seminal works: Settling America: The Ethnic Expression of 14 Contemporary Poets, Forgotten Bread: Armenian American Writers of the First Generation, and Forkroads: A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature. David has also written numerous spiritual titles, including Monkey: A Journey to the West, Buddha: The Story of an Awakened Life, On A Spaceship with Beelzebub: By A Grandson of Gurdjieff, and Seeds of Light: Poems from a Gurdjieff Community. He has received numerous awards including a Newbery Honor Book Award, The Boston Globe / Horn Book Award, The Jane Addams Award, The Friends of American Writers Award, The Armenian Star Award, and a nomination for the National Book Award.

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ISBN 13	9780892816736
ISBN 10	0892816732
Titre	On a Spaceship with Beelzebub
Auteur	David Kherdian
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Année de publication	1999-12-07
Nombre de pages	288
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