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Jane Heap Notes
Jane Heap told her pupils that when she 'met the teaching in the person of G.I.Gurdjieff she turned her back on her old life,locked her studio on Long Island and painted no more.' From that time in 1924 until her death in 1964, she sought to understand and apply to her own life the teachings of Gurdjieff. After several years of preparation Gurdjieff sent her to assist A.R.Orage in establishing work groups in London. She was also involved in the editing of 'All and Everything' (Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson)
She left no lectures, no books, only these notes which she recorded for her talks to her groups. Her legacy was an oral one...... strong, direct and compassionate.
After Jane's death all her hand written notes were meticulously typed by her surviving pupils and a copy was sent to Mrs. Annie Staveley at Two Rivers Farm. It was from these notes that this present selection came into being.
ISBN 0-89756-023-X