On a Spaceship with Beelzebub: By a Grandson of Gurdjieff
Called an insider's view of a secret sect, this memoir chronicles the spiritual journey of the author ( Visions of America , LJ 7/73) and his wife, Nonny, after they join a school that followed the teachings of Gurdjieff. These teachings demand a balancing of body, mind, and heart with conscious labor and intentional suffering. To achieve these goals, Kherdian and Nonny move to a community of dedicated Gurdjieff followers. Finding it too structured and hierarchical, they leave and join another. Eventually they abandon Gurdjieff's teachings altogether and find satisfaction in the secular world. Their leavetaking is neither joyful nor bitter, and there are no startling revelations about this obscure sect. Nevertheless, Kherdian's talented writing retains the reader's interest. For larger collections.- Gail Wood, Montgomery Coll. Lib., Germantown, Md.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.