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Gurdjieff and the Women of the Rope: Notes of Meetings in Paris and New York 1935-1939 and 1948-1949 Kindle Edition

by Gurdjieff (Author), Solita Solano (Author), Kathryn Hulme (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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During the mid-thirties in Paris, Gurdjieff drew together four women: Solita Solano, Kathryn Hulme, Alice Rohrer, and Elizabeth Gordon—and formed a special, mutually supporting work group.

In allegory he explained: You are going on a journey under my guidance, an “inner-world journey” like a high mountain climb where you must be roped together for safety, where each must think of the others on the rope, all for one and one for all. You must, in short, help each other “as hand washes hand,” each contributing to the company according to her lights, according to her means. Only faithful hard work on yourselves will get you where I want you to go, not your wishing.

Among themselves they called their foursome “The Rope.”

The company around Gurdjieff’s table, his principal teaching site, soon expanded to include Louise Davidson, Margaret Anderson, Georgette Leblanc, and Jane Heap.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086SGN1JK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book Studio (April 4, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 4, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 19.0 MB
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  • M. W.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Astonishing! You could say he was brutal with his students but he was pushing them to fight for their souls!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2017
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    This is the most entertaining of all the 4th way/Gurdjieffs books I've read so far. Gurdjieff was a flame thrower with his students, especially in the beginning of their education. That said, he got results and it was all supposed to happen in 6 months. What I find most hilarious is that Gurdjieff people have a reputation for being 'Spock-like,' people who do not emote. Gurdjieff was outrageous yet disciplined. There are so many hilarious and astonishing episodes. These women felt exhausted, stressed and emotionally stripped to the bone a lot of the time, but they learned and they changed for the better. It reads like a play, but actually it is taken straight from the women's notes during the months that they lived together with Gurdjieff in a French villa. Most of them were lesbians, a fact that does not make any difference in the book. Every day he assigned each one their personal thought exercises. He also dictated their health regime and aspects of their diet. One night he insisted they all had to enemas. It's not very abstract, it is mostly day to day gritty reality. He finds a thousand ways to make them see how stuck in their ruts they are and keep them desperately clawing their way toward liberation.
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  • BadBob
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Rope" is not inspirational or hope-giving, but unexpectedly encouraging.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2016
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    These notes taken from life – and death – have been an excellent reminder that high ideas are worth little if not stirred into the pot of daily events – our ordinary life. The words used by both teacher and pupil(s) are plainly printed on each page of human need-aspiring. That this giving-of-necessary-data even to such excellent examples of contemporary humanity could take place is not miraculous – it is utterly arresting. Of course this isn’t a good book in any conventional sense – it probably will not speak to “good” readers either. Frequent examples of “destroying mercilessly” and “providing new material” are to be found, as well as numerous apparently apt (and much enjoyed by their originator) “formulations” of Mr. Gurdjieff. It is a little surprising to note that while almost everyone mentioned in the book is “colored” in a quite specific manner, no one is ultimately painted with any undue sentimentality.
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  • Ziprgun5
    5.0 out of 5 stars .A book I could not live without
    Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
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    Even though there are new documents now recently discovered because of the 50 year release of political dossiers from America and the Soviet Union Germany and France, these were real meetings where you hear Mister Gurdjeff work with individual people in a way that you wouldn't believe if you just thought of him as a scoundrel or charlatan. He wasn't – he was a master and even though at times he professed that spiritual growth required sexual normalcy he ended up teaching this group of lesbians as a group telling them that they were tethered together like mountain climbers, and by God he worked hard with them. It's evident in this book which is probably drawn from the public record but is very well bound and a book that will last on your shelves. I'm not a fan of Patterson but there are 2 books that he's written that I cannot live without and this is one of them
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  • Dmitri Va
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2017
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    Must have if you into Gurdjieff!
    Good that this book doesn't include Patterson's narrative as in "Ladies of the rope"
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  • Seeker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
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    Compelling transcripts of years of meetings. A unique book.
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  • Clearsky311
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading for all interest in George Gurdjieff and The Fourth Way Teachings
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015
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    Recommended reading for all interested in George Gurdjieff and The Fourth Way Teachings.
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  • Nat Kat
    3.0 out of 5 stars Important first-hand accout of life w/ Gurdjieff but confusing and difficult to follow
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021
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    I have mixed feelings about this book. In one respect it's an important read for any serious student of Gurdjieff as an eyewitness first hand account. But it's boring and confusing to actually slog through. The writer/s reproduce G's accented pidgin English. Indeed one gets the feeling the whole group started talking this way. It's an interesting approach that brings the reader closer to the experience of living and studying with G. But it's tiresome to read. I get no sense of who is talking and often feel lost in the lingo. Long meandering descriptions of the food they ate ... yet precious few details of their spiritual work or personal struggles. Perhaps they were forbidden to write about the spiritual work? I'm about 75% through the book. I keep falling asleep b/c it gets boring. The Bennetts' diaries give a more thorough account that touches upon the actual spiritual struggles they faced. Women of the Rope seems like it was written by food critics rather than spiritual seekers. Energetically, the book connects me with the 4th Way current ... so there is magic here. But it's missing something. I can't connect with the writers and wonder why they were there?
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  • Josefa Halby
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book takes you back to paris in the 1920's ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2014
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    This book takes you back to paris in the 1920's and 30's while giving a glimpse of how direct work with gurdjieff changed the lifes of his pupils
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  • Ash
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2015
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    A fascinating selection of entries giving snippets of who Gurdjieff was
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  • amanda patterson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2017
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    Great
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  • june simpson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2015
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    just great
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  • Esteban
    1.0 out of 5 stars Boring book, nothing extraordinary
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2022
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    Expected a lot more
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