Witness: the Autobiography of John G. Bennett
VERY GOOD--The cover has slight wear. The book is tightly bound, with clean pages. The pages have no tears, creases, or markings
Soft cover (trade paper, ie. larger paperback). traces the author's long life back through encounters and experiences with many of the 20th century's great spiritual leaders. Ouspensky, Gurdjieff, Pak Subuh, etc.
Quoted text from.Wikipedia:
"John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 - 13 December 1974) was a British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author. He is perhaps best known for his many books on psychology and spirituality, and particularly the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in 1921, and later helped to co-ordinate the work of Gurdjieff in England after Gurdjieff's arrival in Paris. He also was active in starting the British section of the Subud movement, and co-founded its British headquarters.
Bennett was born in London, England, educated at King's College School, London; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Royal School of Military Engineering, Chatham; and the School of Oriental Studies, London.
He was a Fellow of the Institute of Fuel, London, from 1938 onwards; Chairman, Conference of Research Associations, 1943-1945; Chairman, Solid Fuel Industry, British Standards Institution, 1937-1942; Chairman and Director, Institute for the comparative study of History, Philosophy, and the Sciences, Kingston upon Thames, 1946-1959.[1]
Bennett integrated scientific research with studies of Asiatic languages and religions. He foresaw the growth in chaos theory, dynamic/evolving values systems, and optimal psychology, and laid the groundwork for later studies of contemporary spirituality"
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"Peter D. Ouspensky (March 4, 1878-October 2, 1947), (Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii or Uspensky), a Russian philosopher,[1] invoked euclidean and noneuclidean geometry in his discussions of psychology and higher dimensions of existence.
Ouspensky has a reputation for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff, whom he met in Moscow in 1915. He was associated with the ideas and practices originating with Gurdjieff from then on. Eventually he separated from Gurdjieff personally, and some[who?] say that he finally gave up the "system" that he had shared with people for 25 years in England and the United States, but his own recorded words on the subject ("A Record of Meetings," published posthumously) do not clearly endorse this judgement. While lecturing in London in 1924 he announced that he would continue independently the way he began in 1921."
"Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo (born 1901 in Java, Indonesia; died 1987).
Bapak Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo
As a young man Muhammad Subuh claimed to have received a series of intense experiences that he believed gave him contact with a spiritual energy from a higher power. By the 1930s, he believed that it was his task to transmit this energy - which he called latihan kejiwaan (Indonesian for "spiritual exercise") - to others, but that he was not to seek people out but simply to wait for those who asked for it.
In 1956, Pak Subuh, or "Bapak" as he was called by members of Subud (the word "Bapak" is Indonesian for respected father), was invited to England by J. G. Bennett, where many Westerners joined Subud. He was then asked to go to other countries such as the United States and Australia. In this way, Subud spread rapidly around the world.
When he died in 1987 he left many talks on tape, video and in print, which Subud uses to guide the organization he founded.
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