Charles Stanley Nott (1887–1978) was an author, publisher, translator and a student of G. I. Gurdjieff. He first met Gurdjieff and A. R. Orage in New York in 1923. He spent time at the

Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man The Fourth Way is an approach to self-development developed by George Gurdjieff over years of travel in the East (c. 1890 – 1912). It combines and harmonizes what he saw as three established traditional "ways" or "schools": those of the body, ...

and became a close student of Gurdjieff. He helped with the publication and distribution of Gurdjieff's first published book '' The Herald of Coming Good''. He wrote two books on his life and experience with Gurdjieff, Orage, and P. D. Ouspensky.

Early life

Nott was born in

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, and grew up in a Hertfordshire village.

Publishing

Nott had a publishing business in London until the outbreak of World War II. He helped A. R. Orage to start '' The New English Weekly'' in 1932.

Bibliography

*''The Young Churchill - A Biography'', Stanley Nott, 1941, Coward-McCann, Inc. Publishers, New York *''Teachings of Gurdjieff - A Pupil's Journal'', C. S. Nott, 1961, Published by Penguin Arkana, 1990, *''Further Teachings of Gurdjieff - Journey Through This World'' - Including Account of Meetings with G I Gurdjieff, A R Orage and P D Ouspensky, C. S. Nott,

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Kegan Paul Charles Kegan Paul (8 March 1828 – 19 July 1902) was an English clergyman, publisher and author. He began his adult life as a clergyman of the Church of England, and served the Church for more than 20 years. His religious orientation moved f ...

, 1969, (cloth), (paper) *''

The Conference of the Birds ''The Conference of the Birds'' or ''Speech of the Birds'' ( fa, منطق الطیر, ''Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr'', also known as ''Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr''; 1177) is a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Ni ...

- Mantiq Ut-Tair'',

Farid Ud-Din Attar Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221; fa, ابو حامد بن ابوبکر ابراهیم), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn () and ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur (, Attar means apothecary), was a PersianRitter, H. ...

, English Translation by C. S. Nott, First published 1954 by The Janus Press, London, Reissued by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1961,

References

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