Our today's hero is Pyotr Dem'yanovich Uspensky. His biography will be examined in detail later. This is a Russian writer, journalist, philosopher, theosophist, esotericist, occultist and tarologue. By education he is a mathematician. He is the author of the books "The New Model of the Universe" and Tertium Organum. Companion Gurdjieff. He showed interest in cosmological metaphysical ideas of the fourth dimension. He used the logical-analytical approach in the study of mysticism. Among the first voiced the idea of fruitfulness from the synthesis of esoteric and psychology.
Biography
Assumption Peter Demjanovich comes from a family raznochintsev. Our hero was born in March 1878 in Moscow. He graduated from high school. Received a mathematical education. Petr Dem'yanovich Uspensky was carried away by theosophy while working as a journalist in the Moscow newspaper "Utro". From that moment I worked with a lot of "left" publications. He spoke with lectures in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Activities
Petr Demyanovich Uspensky in 1908 made a journalistic trip. So he got to the East. There he sought mystical revelations and visions. I visited yogis in India. After that I concluded that occult wisdom is in action, not contemplation. As a result, Uspensky Peter Demyanovich became interested in the ideology of the sects of Islam. Our hero again went to India. There he lived in the walls of the headquarters of the Theosophical Society, which was in Adyar. The future writer is where he met Herman Kezerling - the German mystic. Our hero decided to join forces with this man and create a new union together. It had to be guided by mysticism. However, the First World War prevented the implementation of these plans. In 1915, the journalist met with G. Gurdjieff. Soon he became an assistant and a disciple of this man. In 1916 our hero was drafted into the army. After the revolution, the writer joined the union of Gurdjieff. Together they went to Yessentuki. Our hero after the arrival of the Red troops stayed in this city. There he worked as a librarian. Soon came the army of Denikin. After that, our hero took the post of adviser to Major Pinder, who was the head of the British economic delegation. Retreating together with the white troops, our hero in 1920 came to Constantinople. The group of Gurdjieff also arrived there. In 1921, the writer went to the UK. Lived in London. Our hero ceased to cooperate with Gurdjieff. The reason was the rejection of the rigid relationship between the teacher and the student. Tested the influence of Steiner's ideas, which spread in Europe. As a result, I started to develop my own system in the field of education. According to her, you can not acquire esoteric knowledge without attending to the pedagogical tradition. In 1938, Mr .. made the creator of the London "Historical and Psychological Society" - an institution that studied the esoteric development of people. In 1941, foresaw the spread of war throughout Europe and went to the United States. Settled in New York. From 1941 to 1947 he carried out esoteric group work in the USA, France and England. Among the visitors of his lectures were even famous writers, such as Thomas Eliot and Aldous Huxley.
Teachings
Assumption Peter Demjanovich had his own very original views. They were estimated by the intellectual elite of pre-revolutionary Russia. At the same time in history our hero remained only as an associate of Gurdjieff and co-author of his doctrine of self-development. It should be noted that the writer played an invaluable role in the "Fourth Way" - one of the most notable trends in the esotericism of the twentieth century. The teaching of Gurdjieff-Uspensky is often considered the work of the first. However, not only its basic version is implemented. Not preserved the original version, did not satisfy our hero in full. He was one of the main ascetics of the "fourth way". After years of active participation in this work, our hero believed that Gurdjieff hides or does not know some of the key aspects of the teaching. For such conclusions, the writer had reasons. He accepted and realized the need for a "mystery" that extended to the uninitiated. However, he considered this admissible only until such an approach promotes the correct development of the adept.
Books
Above we have already told what way the Uspensky Peter Demyanovich passed. His books will be presented further. Peru of our hero belongs to the following works: "The Fourth Dimension", "The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin", Tertium Organum, "Tarot Symbols", "New Model of the Universe", "In Search of Miraculous", "Conversations with the Devil".
Other
Assumption Peter Demjanovich published articles in the pages of the occult magazine of martinists "Isis". He published a collection of lectures "The Psychology of a Possible Evolution of Man" (the continuation of this work speaks of cosmology). A number of posthumous publications were published: "Further Records", "The Fourth Way", "Letters from Russia in 1919", "Conscience. The search for truth. ".