Michel de Salzmann (31 December 1923 in
Paris
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– 4 August 2001 in Paris), son of
Jeanne de Salzmann Jeanne de Salzmann (born Jeanne-Marie Allemand) often addressed as Madame de Salzmann (January 26, 1889, Reims – May 24, 1990, Paris) was a French-Swiss dance teacher and a close pupil of the spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff.
Life
Jean ...
, was a psychiatrist, and the president of the
Gurdjieff Foundation from 1990 until his death.
His friends and pupils salute him as one of the most important spiritual figures of the 20th century.
His writings in English and in French reveal him as a creative thinker. Michel de Salzmann was a faithful follower of
Gurdjieff
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (; rus, Гео́ргий Ива́нович Гурджи́ев, r=Geórgy Ivánovich Gurdzhíev, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪd͡ʑ ɡʊrd͡ʐˈʐɨ(j)ɪf; hy, Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև; c. 1 ...
, as seen in his contribution in ''The Encyclopedia of Religion'' (1987). A witness on his own teaching was given by the poet Fran Shaw.
[ Fran Shaw, ''The Next Attention'', Indications Press, New York, 2010.]
References
1923 births
2001 deaths
Fourth Way
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Students of George Gurdjieff