J. G. Bennett Quote


Gurdjieff's doctrine of the reciprocal maintenance of everything that exists, which he calls the Trogoautoegocrat, is, if not the master-idea, at any rate one of the most significant conceptions that have been formulated since the new epoch began.

Preface: "The Crisis in Human Affairs" (third edition), 1954

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Photos


1. JGB with Ross McNeil, later his brother-in-law, and unidentified friend, King’s College School, 1916.

2. 1920, Istanbul. Bennett during his tenure in Military Intelligence. To Bennett’s right is his friend Tahsin Bey, later to be appointed Police Chief for Istanbul.

3. During the 1930's Bennett practiced Yoga.



4. A class of Gurdjieff Movements, London, sometime in the 1930's.

5. Bennett with a group of scientists, outside the "Fishbowl", Coombe Springs. M.W. Thring to Bennett’s right, R.L. Brown third from left.



6. Bennett with Jeanne de Salzmann, Paris 1949.

7. Coombe Springs 1956. From left: Bennett, Elizabeth Mayall – later Bennett, Asikin, Ibu, Ismana, Rahayu, Shafreddin.

8. The Rose Garden, Coombe Springs, 1956. From left: Asikin, Shafreddin, Bapak, Bennett, Ihsan.



9. Baghdad, 1953.

10. Glastonbury Festival, 1971, Bennett with a group of students.

11. Bennett at Glastonbury 1971 during construction of Pyramid-stage.



12. Elizabeth and J.G. Bennett, Uzbek Tekke, Istanbul 1972. (photo Nezih Uzel)

13. Bennett and Hasan Shushud outside Shushud’s house in Levend, Istanbul 1972. (photo: Nezih Uzel)

14. Bennett and Irmis Popoff, Seacliff, NY 1973. Mrs Popoff was one of Bennett's closest collaborators in his last years.



15. Bennett in the Orangery Pottery at Sherborne House, 1973.

16. At a party at Diane Cilento’s home, Scot’s Farm, Gloucestershire, 1972.

17. Bennett in his apartment at Sherborne House, 1973.