James Moore (Cornish author)
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James Harry Manson Moore (born December 16, 1929) in Cornwall, England. Gurdjieffian and author.
[edit] Biography
Moore has been active in practical and thematic Gurdjieff studies since 1956, after coming into contact with Kenneth Walker M.D, and later with Henriette H. Lannes ("Madame Lannes") as his teacher and mentor (in the period October 1957 – December 1978).
From 1981 to 1994 he was responsible for gathering and leading new students in the Gurdjieff Society in London. During this period he was the pupil of M. Tracol and Maurice Desselle.
In summer 1994 he withdrew from the Gurdjieff Society, according to his own biography, due to controversy concerning his article "Moveable Feasts: the Gurdjieff Work" (this article is available at the Gurdjieff Bibliography link below) published in the academic journal Religion Today. He later founded the London-based Gurdjieff Studies Group.
He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Moore's biography of G. I. Gurdjieff, Gurdjieff: The Anatomy of a Myth, is considered to be one of the best works in the field, though the objectivity of its author may be brought into question. A later edition of this book was published under the title Gurdjieff: A biography.
See James Moore's site (under external links) for comprehensive detail and photos.
[edit] Works
- (1980) Gurdjieff and Mansfield
- (1991) Gurdjieff: The Anatomy of a Myth, ISBN 1-85230-450-2
- (2005) Gurdjieffian Confessions: a self remembered
