John G. Bennett

**John Godolphin Bennett** () adalah seorang akademisi dan penulis asal Britania Raya. Ia dikenal terutama melalui karya-karyanya mengenai psikologi dan spiritualitas, khususnya yang membahas ajaran G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett pertama kali bertemu Gurdjieff di Istanbul pada Oktober 1920, dan kemudian berperan dalam mengoordinasikan kegiatan Gurdjieff di Inggris setelah sang guru menetap di Paris. Selain itu, Bennett juga aktif dalam mendirikan bagian Britania dari gerakan Subud  serta turut membentuk kantor pusatnya di negara tersebut.
## Bibliografi
* 1948. *Crisis in human affairs*. (2e ed. 1951) 
* 1949. *What Are We Living For?* (A critique of western culture)
* 1956. *Dramatic Universe, The* (A search for a unified vision of reality)
* 1959. *Concerning Subud.*
* 1961. *Christian mysticism and Subud.*
* 1962. *Approaching Subud; ten talks. And a discussion with Steve Allen.*
* 1962. *Witness: The Story of a Search* (Dharma Book Company, and Hodder & Stoughton)(Autobiography)
* 1964, *A Spiritual Psychology* (1974, 1999)(a workbook for creating an organ of perception and mode of existence independent from the vagaries of life)
* 1964. *Energies: Material, Vital, Cosmic* (2e ed. 1989) (exploration of the theory of Universal Energies developed from Gurdjieff's hints)
* 1965. *Long Pilgrimage* (2e ed. 1983) (The life and teaching of the Shivapuri Baba)
* 1969. *Gurdjieff: A Very Great Enigma* (The ideas of Gurdjieff and the mystery that surrounded him)
* 1973. *[https://archive.org/details/gurdjieffmakingn00benn Gurdjieff - Making a New World]* (Biography exploring Gurdjieff's role in bringing ancient wisdom to the West) 
* 1974. *How We Do Things: The Role of Attention in Spiritual Life* (Chapters on Function, Sensitivity, Consciousness, Decision, & Creativity)
* 1974. *Sex: the relationship between sex and spiritual development* (The relationship between sex and spiritual development)
* 1974, *Transformation of man series*

;Publikasi anumerta
* 1975. *Intimations: Talks with J.G. Bennett at Beshara* (talks given to students of Reshad Feild, Bulent Rauf and of the great Sufi Mystic 
* 1976. *First Liberation, freedom from like and dislike* (2002 ed. subtitle: Working with Themes at Sherborne House)
* 1976. *Hazard: The Risk of Realization* (First book of talks given on ideas found in The Dramatic Universe)
* 1976. *Journeys In Islamic Countries* (Diaries of Bennetts's search for the sources of Gurdjieff's teachings)
* 1977. *Needs Of A New Age Community: Talks on Spiritual Community & Schools* compiled by A. G. E. Blake from the unpublished writings and talks of J. G. Bennett. (Includes Bennett's commentaries on 'The Sermon on the Mount')
* 1977. *Material objects*
* 1978. *Creation* (Exploration of the idea that man lives in many worlds)
* 1978. *Deeper Man* (Gurdjieff's ideas applied to the critical condition of 20th century society)
* 1978, *Transformation* (2003) (The process by which a man can become a 'New Man')
* 1980. *Idiots In Paris* 1991. 2008. (Diaries of Elizabeth & J.G. Bennett in Paris with Gurdjieff)
* 1983. *Spiritual Hunger Of The Modern Child: a series of ten lectures* (Bennett, Mario Montessori, A.I Polack and others on the nature of a child's spirituality)
* 1989. *Creative Thinking* (1998) (The conditions necessary for creative insight)
* 1989. *Sacred Influences: Spiritual Action in Human Life* (Essays on the qualities of Life, Nature, Doing, Wisdom, God, and Sacred Images)
* 1993. *Elementary Systematics: A Tool for Understanding Wholes* (Conceptual tool to find pattern in complexity. A handbook for business)
* 1995. *Making A Soul: Human Destiny and the Debt of Our Existence* (Instruction based on Bennett's view of the fundamental purpose of human existence)
* 1995. *Masters Of Wisdom: An Esoteric History of the Spiritual Unfolding of Life on This Planet* (Historical study and a vision of the workings of higher intelligence)
* 2006. *Way To Be Free*. edited by Anthony Blake (Conversations between Bennett & his students on the difference between work done from the mind and work from essence)
* 2007. *Talks On Beelzebub's Tales* (From Bennett's talks on Gurdjieff's series 'Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson'.

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

* Official website

* Bennett Books website
* The ''Gurdjieff's Mission'' video explores Bennett's enigmatic relationship with Gurdjieff
* John G. Bennett page at Gurdjieff International Review website
* "A Call for a New Society" by Bennett
* Systematics website including original journal articles
* Sabah newspaper from Turkey Bennett's signature from 16 May 1919, Istanbul