Brief
G. I. Gurdjieff
The claims the writer was given for G. I. Gurdjieff, in the order they were given.
1
The Gurdjieff Foundation, as referenced during Whitley Strieber's hypnosis recollection, is an organisation devoted to the development of consciousness based on the ideas of philosophers G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky, and is not related to other groups that publicly claim the same name.
“This was the Gurdjieff Foundation, an organization devoted to the development of consciousness based on the ideas of the philosophers G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky. It is not related to groups that make public claim to be the "Gurdjieff Foundation." The real Foundation is not a public organization.”
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2
Whitley Strieber spent fifteen years involved with the Gurdjieff Foundation, largely because the thought of G. I. Gurdjieff and his disciple P. D. Ouspensky involved the triad as a primary expression of the essential structure of life.
“I spent fifteen years involved with the Gurdjieff Foundation, primarily because so much of the thought of G. I. Gurdjieff and his disciple P. D Ouspensky involved the triad as a primary expression of the essential structure of life, and I have always been fascinated with the significance of this figure.”
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3
Gurdjieff was reported to have said that if there had been two obstacles to achieving the mystical state such as the sexual one presented, he would not have achieved it.
“Gurdjieff, the famous early-twentieth-century mystic, was reported to have stated that if there had been two obstacles to achieving the mystical state such as the sexual one presented, he wouldn't have achieved it.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch23:1689-1902 hearsay second hand
4
G. I. Gurdjieff claimed that certain abilities discussed by Whitley Strieber were taken from humanity, perhaps because humanity was on the losing side of a cosmic war.
“Or, as certain mystics, most notably G. I. Gurdjieff, have claimed, were they taken from us, perhaps because we were on the losing side?”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch23:10906-11037 opinion second hand
5
According to G. I. Gurdjieff, the Organ Kundabuffer was placed into humanity to reduce access to cosmic energies believed too powerful to handle, but the resulting helpless state led to the rise of egotism and other negative traits.
“According to Gurdjieff, this was done to reduce our access to cosmic energies that were believed to be too powerful for us to handle, but instead the helpless state in which we were left led to what Gurdjieff characterizes as the rise of egotism and other negative traits.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch23:11310-11575 opinion second hand
6
The Corpus Hermeticum dialogue between Hermes and Tat is structurally identical to Gurdjieff's Organ Kundabuffer story, in that the older character imparts wisdom to the younger one, who serves as a stand-in for the reader.
“The stories are structurally identical, insofar as the older character imparts wisdom to the younger one, who serves as a stand-in for the reader.”
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7
Whitley Strieber considers that humanity may have lost or forgotten something and been severed from an earth energy, as G. I. Gurdjieff described.
“maybe your chief was right. Maybe we lost something. Maybe what we really are is something we've forgotten and lost. We've been severed from that energy.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 02:07:33.2-02:07:44.8 opinion first hand
8
The centrepiece of G. I. Gurdjieff's All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson is a demonic figure creating an organ called the kundabuffer, which severs humanity from the earth energy.
“the centerpiece of this book ... he has in it this thing these this demon or whatever it is uh creates something called the organ kunda buffer that severs us from this energy. It's Kundalini Buffer. And we're severed from that energy.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 lines 233-238 administrative second hand