Gurdjieff Legacy
Mary
Ellen Korman speaks on her new book, A Woman's Work with Gurdjieff,
Ramana Maharshi, Krishnamurti, Anandamayi Ma & Pak Subuh: The
Spiritual Life Journey of Ethel Merston, published by Arete
Communications.
The spiritual life story of Ethel Merston based on her diaries and recollections is an important historical wo...rk,
as well as a keen insight into many of the seminal teachers of her
times. Merston was one of Gurdjieff's first English pupils and lived at
the Prieuré from 1922 until 1927. Her seriousness and organizational
abilities led Gurdjieff to put her in charge in his absences. Fritz
Peters gives a wonderful account of what she had to put up with (he
gives her the name Miss Madison) in his Boyhood with Gurdjieff. In
India, she lived at Ramana Maharshi's ashram for many years. She gives
a first-person account of his death and also the meeting between The
Mother and Sri Aurobindo and Anandamayi Ma (with whom she often
traveled). She also attended many of Krishnamurti's talks and seminars
in the 1930s, was a friend of Sunyata, Alain Daniélou, Krishna Prem and
Swami Omananda. In the 1950s she was initiated into Subud by Pak Subuh
at J. G. Bennett's Coombe Springs study house. At Mendham, she met
again her friends from her Gurdjieff days—Mme de Salzmann, Mme
Ouspensky, Olga de Hartmann and Peggy Flinsch—and was introduced to
Lord John Pentland.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:00pm
The Musical Source, Washington, DC
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