George Gurdjieff
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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher.
Gurdjieff between 1925 and 1935
The house in which Gurdjieff was allegedly born
The body of Gurdjieff, lying in state, France. "Every one of those unfortunates during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognizant of the inevitability of his own death as well as of the death of everyone upon whom his eyes or attention rests".
George Gurdjieff
Ashik
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An ashik or ashugh is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan or a shorter original composition—with a long-necked lute in Azerbaijani culture, including Turkish a
George Gurdjieff
…Yerevan Governorate, Russian Empire (now Gyumri, Armenia). His father Ivan Ivanovich Gurdjieff (born Ioannis Georgiades) was a Greek and a renowned ashugh under the pseudonym of Adash, who in the 1870s managed large herds of cattle and sheep. The name Gurdjieff represents the Anglicized Russian form of…
Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz
Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists
Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary
An ashik performance in Tabriz