When Maurice Nicholl was studying in Zurich, he met Jung, and Ouspensky. He went on to study with Gurdjieff, and from 1931 to his death in 1953, he began at Ouspensky's request, a programme of work devoted to passing on the ideas he had received. Reissued in hard cover, these five unedited commentaries are taken from the weekly lectures and talks Nicoll gave to his students in England and which were recorded verbatim; the sixth volume is an index produced by the Gurdjieff society Washington DC. These differ from Nicholl's ...
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When Maurice Nicholl was studying in Zurich, he met Jung, and Ouspensky. He went on to study with Gurdjieff, and from 1931 to his death in 1953, he began at Ouspensky's request, a programme of work devoted to passing on the ideas he had received. Reissued in hard cover, these five unedited commentaries are taken from the weekly lectures and talks Nicoll gave to his students in England and which were recorded verbatim; the sixth volume is an index produced by the Gurdjieff society Washington DC. These differ from Nicholl's more polished works - they are more concerned with directly applying certain deep ideas to daily life.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Light wear to top and bottom edges of dust jacket for Volume 1, concavity to Vol. 4 spine, all others VG++ to fine; light staining to fore-edge of Vol 1; all other volumes as new. Lacking slipcase. 6 volume set. Black cloth over boards with copper design on cover, title on spine. 1766 p. (Vols. 1-5, paginated consecutively); 202 p. (Vol. 6) Maurice Nicoll (1884-1953) was a British psychiatrist associated with Carl Jung, and a noted Fourth Way teacher. Nicoll is best known for this collection of talks which he gave to his study groups. Previously published in five volumes, this Weiser edition is arguably the "best edition" as adds a very useful index as the sixth volume.