John g bennett biography
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John G. Bennett
Gurdjieff International Review
The Struggle to “Make Something” for Oneself
by George Bennett
In 1971, less than four years before he died, J. G. Bennett established the International Academy for Continuous Education, an “experimental” Fourth Way school. The academy at Sherborne, England was the culmination of a spiritual search that had begun more than fifty years earlier, at the time of his first meeting, in 1920, with the Russian teacher and philosopher George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff.
At Sherborne, in courses lasting only ten months, Bennett took on the task of trying to resehandling on—to one hundred students at a time—the fruits of his own lifetime’s search. He considered it to be a task he had been given and that there was a real need, especially among younger people, for the kind of practical knowledge and deep spiritual wisdom that he had earned during his eventful life. It was a hazardous undertaking. Bennett didn’t k
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Bennett, John G.
BENNETT, JOHN G. John Godolphin Bennett (1897–1974) was a British industrial scientist, mathematician, thinker, and visionary mystic who embodied the model of the perennial spiritual searcher. He combined scientific research with studies of Asiatic languages and religions. His legacy lives on through his books and recorded lectures about "The Work" which he received from the enigmatic Greek Armenian spiritual teacher George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1866?–1949) and which formed the foundation of his religious convictions. Bennett's contact with Gurdjieff convinced him that it is not enough to know intellectually more: what matters is to be more—that is, to have "presence." It was the search for the key to "being" that drove him to work on himself in order to be free from vanity and self-love, so that he could "live to the full inwardly as well as outwardly," as he wrote in his autobiography Witness (34). Outwardly, he experienced a life of poli
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John G. Bennett
British academic and author (1897–1974)
John Godolphin Bennett | |
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| Born | (1897-06-08)8 June 1897 London, England |
| Died | 13 December 1974(1974-12-13) (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | J.G. Bennett |
| Education | King's College School, London |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Known for | Books on psychology and spirituality |
| Website | Official website |
John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and author. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in October 1920 and later helped to co-ordinate the work of Gurdjieff in England after the guru had moved to Paris. He also was active in starting the British section of the Subud movement, and co-founded its British headquarters.
Bennett was born in London, England; educated at King's College School, London; Royal Mi