George Gurdjieff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Gurdjieff

influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1866

Place of Birth: Gyumri, Shirak Region, Armenia

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1949

Profession: screenwriter, writer, composer, teacher, choreographer, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (, Russian: ???´???? ???´????? ??????´??, Greek: Ge?????? Ge?????d??, Armenian: ?????? ????????; 31 March 1866/14 January 1872/28 November 1877 – 29 October 1949) was a mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and composer of Armenian and Greek descent, born in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri), Armenia.
Gurdjieff taught that most humans do not possess a unified consciousness and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential.
Gurdjieff described a method attempting to do so, calling the discipline "The Work" (connoting "work on oneself") or "the System". According to his principles and instructions, Gurdjieff's method for awakening one's consciousness unites the methods of the fakir, monk and yogi, and thus he referred to it as the "Fourth Way".