Nyland Gurdjieff Podcast

Doug speaks with long-time group member Philip Perkis, a famed American photographer and educator, to explore his insights around G.I. Gurdjieff’s first series of writings, Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson – particularly how the book’s content maps vividly to our inner and outer life.

Jacques Hemsi met Mr. Nyland in 1969 and has been active in the Chardavogne Barn Gurdjieff group ever since. As a lifelong master jeweler, he has encouraged many people in the group to explore and experience the profound relationship between craftmaking and Work on oneself in practical terms. Beyond that he has helped to maintain […]

Why Gurdjieff Now highlights a conversation with Michael Near, Cynthia Kosut, and Robert Kosut, conducted in May 2019 during a group Intensive Work period in Northern California. All three were students of Mr. Nyland during the incredibly active latter period of his life dedicated to helping the group take root in upstate New York and California. Their […]

Why Gurdjieff Now welcomes Philip Perkis, a long time member of our New York group and one of America’s most respected photographers and educators. A Professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, his prints have been showcased at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and venues around the world. Here he shares his passion for […]

The concept of mechanicality, that all people are machines reacting to external forces, is a central idea in the Gurdjieff teaching. It is vividly described in the early chapters of In Search of the Miraculous, P.D. Ouspensky’s lucid account of his talks and experiences with Gurdjieff from 1915 to 1923. Two members of our New […]

Nicole, a California-based college professor, talks with Doug Sprei about how acceptance is necessary for seeing ourselves — even in light of a natural desire for change and “self-improvement.” Her reflections are sprinkled with humorous ordinary life anecdotes that many listeners will relate to.

An accomplished playwright, poet, and educator, Donna Spector is also a long-time member of Mr. Nyland’s groups and teacher of the Gurdjieff Movements. In May 2019, she sat down with host Doug Sprei for a conversation recorded during a Work intensive period held in Northern California. Here she warmly recounts her early impressions of coming […]