Ouspensky
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Descriptions of a mystical ‘fourth dimension’ by Russian mathematician Peter Ouspensky in the early 1900s resonate in their work, too.
From Nature ● Dec. 27, 2018
Wells’s great fantasies charged the batteries of mystically inclined intellectuals like Madame Blavatsky, G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky and especially Gorky, a celebrated writer on friendly terms with Chekhov, Tolstoy and Lenin.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2011
It was this "ark" that Author Walker helped to build, and it was under Ouspensky that he began to study Gurdjieff's teachings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gurdjieff picked up followers, funds, and his chief disciple, a stocky journalist and mathematician named P. D. Ouspensky.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Ouspensky says, we have created two lives—one material, the other spiritual.
From Psycho-Phone Messages by Francis Grierson
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